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5 min readPresident Trump said Friday he is not satisfied with Iran’s latest proposal to end the war, though he acknowledged negotiations are continuing by phone. Speaking outside the White House before departing for Florida, Trump described the talks as difficult because of what he called Iran’s “disjointed leadership.” According to NPR’s Franco Ordoñez, Trump said his team is “trying to negotiate with two to four different groups of Iranian leaders. And it puts us in a bad position. One group wants to make a certain deal, the other group wants to make a certain deal.” Trump said progress has been made during the talks but added he was unsure whether the Iranians would ever get to where they needed to be. The war with Iran has now hit 60 days, and lawmakers disagree on whether that means today is the deadline under federal law for Congress to intervene. The president maintains he does not need congressional authorization because, as he sees it, last month’s U.S.-Iran ceasefire terminated hostilities that began at the end of February. Oil shipment disruptions out of the Strait of Hormuz persist.
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- 1 (00:04) **Trump Unhappy with Iran’s Latest Proposal** - President Trump says Iran wants a deal but that negotiations are difficult due to "disjointed leadership" among multiple Iranian groups.
- 2 (00:55) **Debate Over Iran War Deadline and Gas Prices Soar** - Lawmakers disagree on whether today marks a legal deadline for Congress to intervene in the 60-day conflict, as oil disruptions and gas prices spike.
- 3 (01:38) **Consumer Advice: Budget for Rising Energy Costs** - Business analyst Jill Schlesinger advises Americans to tighten budgets as high energy prices are expected to persist.
- 4 (02:09) **Pentagon Taps Silicon Valley for AI Military Tools** - The administration announces new deals with Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and others to make the U.S. military an "AI first fighting force."
- 5 (03:01) **Man Charged in London Terror Attack** - British authorities charge a 45-year-old man with attacking a friend before targeting Jewish people on a train, stabbing two Jewish men.
- 6 (03:33) **Israeli Man Detained for Wearing Flag Kippah** - An academic and religious Jew, Alex Sinclair, describes being briefly detained for wearing a kippah with both an Israeli and Palestinian flag on it.
- 7 (04:19) **Banksy Installs New Statue on Blind Patriotism** - A statue of a man blinded by a billowing flag has appeared in central London, near Buckingham Palace, with observers speculating it is about blind patriotism.
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