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The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire deal yesterday, simply hours earlier than President Trump’s deadline for Iran to satisfy his calls for. Underneath the settlement, Trump introduced that the U.S. and Israel would halt bombing for 2 weeks, contingent on Iran following by way of with its dedication to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil costs plummeted and shares soared after the announcement of the deal. Brent crude oil dropped by greater than 13% to $94.74. Within the early hours of the ceasefire, Israel disputed that the deal included a pause of its assaults on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and continued its assaults at the moment.
Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement on the Enqelab sq., in Tehran, on April 8 2026.
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- 🎧 NPR’s Franco Ordoñez tells Up First that the deal marks a big shift from Trump’s posts yesterday and over the weekend, when he threatened Iran in a profane social media publish and demanded it open the Strait. Many analysts, together with Nate Swanson, who labored on the Iran portfolio throughout the Obama administration and the early Trump years, consider Trump underestimated Iran’s resilience. Swanson says that Trump believed if he utilized sufficient stress and brought on sufficient injury, Iran would finally capitulate. The U.S. has acquired a 10-point proposal from Iran, which the president described as a workable foundation for negotiations.
- 🎧 Iran’s international minister Abbas Araghchi posted a press release on X expressing gratitude to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for facilitating a ceasefire. His assertion additionally made it clear that Iran will keep management over the Strait, and any ships permitted passage within the subsequent two weeks will accomplish that on Iran’s phrases. Whereas there is a sense of reduction in Iran, individuals are cautious, NPR’s D. Parvaz says. Whereas state media confirmed photographs of jubilant crowds waving flags within the streets, Parvaz says that for a lot of, the ceasefire indicators the finish of any hope of actual regime change.
- 🎧 The market noticed a whole lot of reduction after the ceasefire announcement, however NPR’s Maria Aspan says it is unclear how lengthy that may final. Traders are swinging from hope to worry and again once more, she says. She provides that this whiplash is totally different from the market modifications Individuals noticed final yr from tariffs. What occurs subsequent hinges not solely on the president’s actions but additionally on Iran’s response. A battle can be far more difficult to unwind than tariffs, Aspan says.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged in a letter in response to lawmakers’ questions that the company is utilizing adware instruments that may intercept encrypted messages as a part of its efforts to disrupt fentanyl trafficking. Appearing director Todd Lyons mentioned within the letter, which was reviewed by NPR, that ICE’s Homeland Safety Investigations makes use of varied instruments as a part of its mission to disrupt and dismantle international terrorist organizations. His affirmation that the company is utilizing adware comes as ICE intensifies its use of surveillance applied sciences to seek out individuals within the U.S. with out authorization as a part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation marketing campaign.
Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller has gained the U.S. Home Race in Georgia to exchange Marjorie Taylor Greene. He’ll symbolize the state’s 14th Congressional District in Washington, D.C., for the rest of the present time period. Fuller secured 56% of the vote, and Democrat Shawn Harris gained 43% of the vote within the runoff race. Fuller has dedicated to upholding Trump’s agenda in Congress.
A federal choose in Louisiana dominated Tuesday that telehealth entry to abortion remedy will stay obtainable for now. The choose granted a request from the Meals and Drug Administration to place a maintain on the case whereas it completes a evaluation of the security of mifepristone, an abortion remedy that has been obtainable within the U.S. for greater than 25 years. The choose ordered the company to replace the courtroom on its progress in six months.
- ➡️ At the least 38 abortion clinics closed final yr in states the place abortion stays authorized, in keeping with information from I Want an A, a mission that helps individuals discover abortion choices. Even in states that just lately handed constitutional amendments to guard abortion rights, clinics have shut down for the reason that U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Now, communities are establishing alternate options, corresponding to pressing care clinics, to assist fill the hole.
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JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon says it’s his job to talk out on many points. In his annual letter to shareholders of the U.S.’s largest financial institution, he addressed banking points and financial dangers, together with inflation and the Iran battle, expressing the corporate’s readiness for any problem. In an interview with Morning Version host Steve Inskeep, Dimon defended the battle’s basic function however acknowledged the potential for financial blowback, together with the opportunity of a recession. He additionally mentioned he would not fear a lot about the best way Trump’s contradictory statements are likely to have an effect on monetary markets. “I have to deal with the world I got,” he mentioned. Watch or hearken to the interview to listen to Dimon’s ideas on the battle, financial system, AI’s position within the office and extra. You’ll be able to learn the article about their dialogue right here.
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The Artemis II crew acquired a front-row seat to a photo voltaic eclipse and the far facet of the moon, taking in sights with their very own eyes throughout their mission. The crew took geological observations of locations of curiosity on the lunar floor, together with a moon crater they proposed naming “Carroll” after their commander’s late spouse. On their journey, the astronauts captured hundreds of images of the moon’s floor. Whereas we look ahead to them to return dwelling, take a have a look at what they noticed.
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Ye, seen right here in Los Angeles in 2025, was barred from getting into the U.Ok. to carry out at a pageant this summer season. The artist, beforehand often called Kanye West, has been trying to comeback following a sequence of antisemitic statements.
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- The U.Ok. has denied Ye, previously often called Kanye West, entry into the nation following his historical past of antisemitic feedback. The transfer compelled the cancellation of the Wi-fi music pageant, which he was scheduled to headline.
- NPR’s “Word of the Week” is “sarcasm,” which has a mean-spirited historical past. Linguists and etymologists say that, over time, a playful kind of humor has typically watered down the phrase’s which means.
- A paleontologist’s discovery of pincers on a tiny, 500-million-year-old fossil might change scientists’ understanding of the origin of spiders.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
