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Top stories
Trump rejects Iran’s reply to a U.S. ceasefire offer. Iran’s semi-official press described its response as demanding an end to fighting on all fronts, lifting U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil sales, removing a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and unfreezing assets. President Trump said the reply was “totally unacceptable.” The temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran remains in place for now, but Gulf states reported continued threats: Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates said they intercepted hostile drones over their territory over the weekend.
Details of the U.S. proposal haven’t been disclosed. Trump has signaled he wants Iran to stop nuclear enrichment and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping. NPR correspondent Aya Batrawy says the bigger picture is a deep lack of trust: Trump pulled the U.S. out of the original Iran deal during his first term and has criticized Iran in recent rounds of talks. Even so, neither side appears eager to resume full-scale hostilities, and Gulf nations are still dealing with damage from earlier attacks on their infrastructure.
Congress returns with immigration enforcement funding on the agenda. Lawmakers are expected to consider a measure that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for three years. Democrats previously blocked funding after an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. citizens during federal immigration operations. Republicans want to settle the funding question now; if they succeed, Democrats would lose leverage to press for changes in immigration enforcement, and Congress would have fewer tools to oversee how those agencies operate, NPR’s Eric McDaniel says.
Seventeen Americans flown home after a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. The passengers are among nearly 150 people from 23 countries who were on the vessel; three passengers have died since the outbreak began. During the repatriation flight one U.S. traveler tested mildly positive and another showed mild symptoms, U.S. health officials said. Most returning passengers will be taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine Unit. Public-health experts say this strain of hantavirus has been studied for decades, does not transmit easily between people, and is unlikely to spark a pandemic. Contact tracing is under way to limit further spread.
Today’s listen
The Black Keys are back with a new album, Peaches!, a return to the bluesy grooves that shaped their early work. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney talk about the record and play tracks on All Things Considered.
Picture show
Cape Verde, population just over half a million, will make its first World Cup appearance this summer. The achievement has shifted how young people on the islands imagine their futures — what was once informal street and school soccer is now a national aspiration. Pedro Bettencourt, who runs one of the country’s top youth academies, describes how qualification transformed local talent and ambition.
3 things to know before you go
1) A Frontier Airlines jet struck and killed a pedestrian who had crossed a runway at Denver International Airport. 2) Radiohead has taken over a Brooklyn warehouse for a multi-month installation featuring film, sculptures, paintings and unreleased material tied to Kid A and Amnesiac-era work. 3) The 61st Venice Biennale opened amid major protests and boycotts tied to geopolitical disputes, overshadowing some of the art on display.
This briefing was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.