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President Trump will no longer headline a rally Sunday in Iowa, sources told CNN. He also scrapped plans for a Saturday event in Kansas and is instead planning as many as 20 telerallies, officials said. Meanwhile, some GOP officials have expressed relief at the canceled rallies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With six days to go until the midterm elections, the New York Times is reporting that aides aligned with Alaska's Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent months recruiting candidates to siphon votes away from Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump sought to bolster Republicans facing tougher-than-expected contests in the Lone Star State today with rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, where Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico also campaigned tonight. Democrats are hoping to snap a 32-year statewide losing streak in the Senate and governor’s races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump shrugged off any concerns about the Republican candidate not winning Mississippi’s Senate seat, even as his very presence in the ruby-red state underscored GOP concerns about once-safe seats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate election if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in the critical contest which could decide the balance of power in the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump defended Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad featuring rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother, telling him to keep it up and “say thank you, God.” A source told CNN Trump thinks Republicans were “weak” for criticizing the ad and views backlash within the party as damaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight we learned that the president of the United States is planning a rally to Mississippi next week, a sign that even Republicans are starting to worry about that Senate race.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is in North Carolina trying to give a GOP candidate a boost. With just 14 days to go until midterms, Trump and Republicans and dealing with some discomfort as some races aren’t going according to plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump claimed riots and looting in France are foreshadowing what could happen to the US if Democrats win in November. He also rejected concerns about the prospects for GOP Sen. Roger Marshall in the surprisingly competitive Senate race in the solid-red state Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House turmoil with just 18 days to go until the midterm elections as the president fires his brand new White House press secretary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tuesday’s Senate debates in Maine, Georgia and Iowa offered a revealing look at how Republicans are navigating a difficult political environment in the closing weeks before the midterm elections, with control of the narrowly divided Senate at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump on Monday kicked off a week of red-state campaigning with a raucous rally in Ohio, where Republicans are fighting to hold onto a Senate seat that could be key to the majority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing coverage of Hurricane Isaias. The DHS Chief defends the ICE shooting in New York City and calls the victim 'worst of the worst'. President Trump strikes a deal with Russian President Putin for diesel fuel ahead of the midterms. Trump now says he wasn't involved in the plan to livestream the execution of the Ft. Hood shooter. Plus, Katie Zacharia is named as the new White House Press Secretary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shooting occurred just after 4 p.m. when an ICE agent discharged a weapon into the man’s vehicle, which also had a 5-year-old sitting in the back seat, New York City officials said late Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump made his third trip to Texas in less than a month to stump for a Senate candidate who’s privately questioned his political capital and whom the president has publicly insulted in personal terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s Senate race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump hits Nebraska on his red state tour as he changes his tune on not one but two of his previous positions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest jobs report shows that recent months’ hiring was weaker than previously thought and that wage growth slowed, putting Americans’ paychecks further behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York State Attorney General Letitia James will be taking over as special prosecutor in the case alleging sexual assault at Cornell University, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, saying she “lost faith” in the district attorney’s ability to oversee it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said that top tech executives had signed a new commitment aimed at better “self-policing” their companies’ AI models, arguing that the light-touch approach represents the best way to balance safety concerns with his desire to accelerate a technology that he’s dubbed “Super Intelligence.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump has personally driven the controversial, taxpayer-funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the midterm elections approaching, the White House is airing a new TV ad promoting President Donald Trump and his policies that says it is “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge is weighing whether to restore the ability of CNN, MS NOW and Politico to access the White House, after a 45-minute hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the ban against them announced by President Donald Trump late last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump is dealing with who is breaking ranks outside the White House as more and more Republicans on the ballot are signaling his policies are hard to defend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — filed a First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court and could result in hearings and legal arguments from the administration as soon as this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump claimed Friday afternoon that he is “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House.” He said it was “effective immediately,” but there was no indication his administration had taken steps to follow through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republican advertisers have aired just 12 TV ads that mention Trump from September 1 to September 15, according to a CNN analysis of AdImpact data, to the tune of about $1 million. Those spots represent a fraction of more than 500 Republican ads produced during that period, totaling more than $160 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years in a renewed fight against inflation, which has picked up since early in the year due to the war with Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A record seven House Republicans join Democrats in a vote to stop Trump’s war in Iran as the President lashes out in the face of widespread political pressure. Plus, Democrats accuse Trump of holding the Kennedy Center hostage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned would have had catastrophic consequences if allowed to take effect for this year’s midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York City released reams of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions were unsafe. This year, a new seventh moment of silence was held during the NYC commemoration ceremony for the thousands of people who died from diseases linked to toxic exposure at the World Trade Center site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last night, the president promised Americans $5,000 payments if Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities this fall, and reiterated the promise while closing the convention. But he offered no details on how the payments would be funded and gave conflicting remarks on whether he believes they needed congressional approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump, in his address to the GOP midterm convention, vowed to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate, an extraordinary attempt to seemingly buy votes to keep his party in power. He did not explain how he would make it happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Washington Post says the Trump Administration has stripped language criticizing a removed statue at Arlington National Cemetery for glorifying the Confederacy, even as it promises to bring the memorial back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a dramatic conclusion to a trial that gripped the nation and sparked passionate debate, a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial today in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vice President JD Vance could provide neither a timeline for the Iran war to end nor a date when gas prices might sink below pre-war levels during a White House appearance Thursday, suggesting instead it was up to Iran to conclude the conflict that began with joint US-Israeli airstrikes six months ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New pressure on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as one GOP senator who voted to confirm him is asking the president to find someone else to run the Pentagon. Plus, President Trump leans into his midterm strategy of keeping the focus on himself.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*t show,” according to a new whistleblower report released Tuesday by a Democratic senator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. One source said the decision was unsurprising given tension between Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump’s detour in Iran now turns into a six-month slog. Plus, a look at what evidence the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial wanted to hold for themselves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid a growing trade war with one of the United States’ closest allies, President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” needling Canada further after trade talks collapsed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta said Wednesday it has agreed to pay about $18 billion as part of a settlement to resolve a multistate lawsuit claiming that it intentionally designed addictive platforms that harmed young people’s mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dolly Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s most philanthropic, unifying and beloved stars, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to a family statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court on Monday said that President Trump could begin carrying out parts of an executive order intended to restrict mail voting, but additional legal challenges could hinder implementation of his plan before the November midterm election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump goes to bat for his embattled Senate pick Darline Graham in South Carolina. Plus, the Pentagon fires top members of the “Stars and Stripes” military newspaper.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A CNN exclusive on the Navy apparently reconsidering naming a carrier set to honor a Black war hero. Plus, President Trump buries the hatchet with Michael Cohen. So, what’s in it for both of them?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voters are sending both wings of the Democratic Party into November, so can a big tent hold everyone? DNC Chair Ken Martin joins to discuss. Plus, a former LAPD detective takes the stand in the Tupac murder trial.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic socialists once again demonstrated their growing influence with state Rep. Angie Nixon’s victory in Democrats’ Senate primary in Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The trial of Duane Keith Davis, who is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon in the death of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, began with opening statements Monday morning in Las Vegas from both sides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they’d killed him. CNN’s Isabelle Chapman embarks on a sprawling investigation that takes her from the Mississippi parking lot where he died to Washington, D.C. to unravel the mystery: Why did Ilya abruptly leave his family and his job and head for the border with laptops and cash? Why is there still no official explanation of his death? And maybe most importantly: Was Ilya a spy?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” he told the court. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shock gloves, surveillance, a gun in a woman’s face. ICE faces new scrutiny as Trump wants to ramp up his immigration crackdown. Plus, the negotiations in Luigi Mangione’s federal case that could result in a guilty plea as soon as tomorrow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democrats confront what they stand for as a party and what they want to leave behind. So, why aren’t Republicans doing the same? Plus, Wall Street firms fork over tens of thousands of dollars to get early access to Trump’s posts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN tracks live results from primaries in South Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, Alabama and Vermont. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Progressive Democrats are chalking up old woke comments as bad takes as Wisconsin's crucial governor's race fast approaches. Plus, President Trump tries to upend the childhood vaccine schedule.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Blanche is on the verge of becoming the attorney general and President Trump’s ballroom is headed for the Supreme Court. Two different fights raise the same question. Is Congress giving up what leverage it actually has?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three different Trump officials, three different loyalty tests. Plus, do Democrats have a fighting chance to flip a Kansas Senate seat for the first time in nearly a century?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party triumphed in battleground Michigan on Tuesday, as former public health official Abdul El-Sayed defeated the more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens — and the party’s establishment, which had rallied behind her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moderate Rep. Haley Stevens has extended her lead among mail voters as progressive Abdul El-Sayed remains ahead overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at how Todd Blanche convinced GOP holdouts to back him with concessions that may not be what they seem. Plus, why Jeanine Pirro’s job may be at risk over the botched Reflecting Pool case she dismissed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department admitted that President Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was “hasty and botched,” and it is dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn that accused him of vandalizing the pool, according to a new court filing from DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said that he wouldn’t object to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche as his nominee for attorney general amid resistance from two Republican senators, another blow to Blanche’s confirmation battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senate GOP leaders were forced to postpone a vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Trump’s attorney general late Wednesday, with a key GOP senator refusing to yield in a weeks-long battle with the administration over its controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fate of Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Trump’s attorney general is up in the air, with a key GOP senator indicating Tuesday he has not yet received the assurances he needs to vote in support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration to move forward with implementing a sweeping executive order aimed at mail voting that lower courts blocked in nearly two dozen states — setting up a major elections dispute at the high court months before the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The federal government says it will drop its subpoenas compelling New York Times reporters to testify about anonymous sources in a case that involved President Donald Trump’s claims about a Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says the US will “destroy one bridge or power plant” every time Iran targets a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran in turn will hit infrastructure and energy facilities across the region, an official told Iranian media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, according to US Defense Secretary Hegseth, but the bill is likely much higher, experts have told CNN. He and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testified before Congress to seek additional funding for the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US completed more strikes against Iran, US Central Command said late Monday, hours after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would pay for the deaths of three service members over the past few days. Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on election officials in key battleground states, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin doubling down on claims that hundreds of thousands of non-citizens are illegally registered to vote – claims that the agency has quietly acknowledged aren’t fully vetted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump questions America’s election system during an ominous address to the nation. Plus, Epstein victims finally get their meeting with Todd Blanche as his nomination hangs in the balance. One survivor who was in the room joins to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In twin hearings Wednesday, two nominees integral to executing President Donald Trump’s agenda worked to convince senators that they were up to the task: Todd Blanche for attorney general, and Jay Clayton to lead the US Intelligence community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Trump really still obsessed with the 2020 election? Plus, ICE is now pausing traffic stops after two deadly shootings. How long will it really last?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge on Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to “manipulate the judicial process” and that he acted in bad faith in bringing it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anger is growing over the ICE shooting of a 52-year-old father of three. Now, witnesses who were there when the man was killed are disputing ICE's version of events. Plus, President Trump says the bipartisan housing bill he is refusing to sign is a "yawn," but at midnight, it's going to become law anyway. And what is going on with Mitch McConnell? The deepening mystery into his condition as CNN obtains new video from when he was loaded into an ambulance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us on Laura Coates Live for insight into Trump’s immigration crackdown, election commission firings, and international tensions with Iran. Tune in for an in-depth discussion with experts and insiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday he was suspending his campaign, taking aim at the Democratic establishment while clearing the way for the party to select a new candidate to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the most important contests of November’s midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner who had previously accused him of violence told CNN she was heartened that he was facing broad calls to drop out of the race after another woman accused him of rape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The man who brought two federal cases against Donald Trump is sounding a new alarm. A look at why Jack Smith says this is the biggest attack on the rule of law he has seen in his entire lifetime.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Soaring money and soaring questions. As President Donald Trump’s wealth has soared since retaking office, a new financial disclosure shows his two premier Florida resorts have also delivered record-breaking surges in revenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda Tuesday, ruling that his administration could not use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for hundreds of thousands of babies born on US soil every year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't miss tonight's explosive segment on Lower Coates Live. We dive deep into the chaos within Trump's own party and the latest Supreme Court rulings. Catch expert analyses from guests like Congressman Adam Kinzinger and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A feud over President Donald Trump’s elections overhaul push has further crippled an already-dysfunctional Congress, leaving Republicans unable to move on critical elements of their agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck near the northern coast of Venezuela, collapsing homes and buildings in the capital, Caracas, and causing widespread destruction. It happened just 40 seconds after a foreshock with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked the area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Progressives Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — will win House primaries in New York, CNN projects, offering a preview of the ideological battles to come as Democrats look ahead to 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Vice President JD Vance said Tehran agreed to admit nuclear monitors into the country after negotiations in Switzerland. Iran denied making any new commitments. Meanwhile, President Trump said preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon outweighs the potential economic consequences of prolonged military action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Switzerland, a US official said, as Washington and Tehran work to get technical talks back on track after a postponement. President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is also expected to join. Negotiators face a 60-day deadline to reach a final deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran’s supreme leader said he authorized the signing of the agreement, despite holding a “different view.” The US and Iran have been working on laying out secret proposals for implementing the agreement, according to multiple sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump signed a copy of the US-Iran agreement tonight at the Palace of Versailles in France. “It’s signed,” Trump told reporters. The document was also signed by President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to photos published by Iranian state media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump vowed to publicly release the text of the agreement within days. US negotiators are downplaying the significance of the document’s wording, saying it doesn’t reflect Iran’s back-channel commitments, US officials said. An Israeli source said Israel asked the US to see the text of the agreement and was rejected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance both virtually signed an agreement to end a US blockade of Iranian ports, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and start 60 days of nuclear negotiations, a senior US official said. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed the document for the Iranian side, the official said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An appeals court is keeping intact a federal judge’s ruling requiring the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump’s name from its building by the end of Friday. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a last-minute effort by the center to freeze the judge’s ruling so that it wouldn’t need to comply while more court proceedings play out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump claimed the US has “ended the war with Iran,” after announcing a “great settlement” that he said would resolve the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said Vice President Vance could attend a signing ceremony in Europe in the coming days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Annual inflation rose to a three-year-high of 4.2% in May, underscoring how elevated energy prices are rippling through the US economy, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices rose 0.5% on a monthly basis, driven higher by the US-Israeli war with Iran, the latest Consumer Price Index shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marine veteran Graham Platner will win the Democratic Senate nomination, CNN projects, setting up a showdown against five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a race critical to Democrats’ chances of flipping four GOP-held seats and winning a majority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices