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The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, less than two hours before the deadline President Trump imposed for Iran to meet his demands or else face wide-scale destruction.
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To discuss what's likely to be next for U.S. military strategy in the Iran war, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with retired Gen. Joseph Votel.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with President Trump Wednesday amid tensions over the alliance.
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U.S. and Iran agree to two week ceasefire, how Iranians are responding to the ceasefire, the effects of the war in Iran give investors around the world whiplash.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to television producer Eric Kripke and actor Jessie T. Usher about the final season premiere of the satirical superhero series "The Boys."
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Clay Fuller received President Trump's endorsement earlier in the election season in the race to replace former Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene. He will serve out the remainder of Greene's term.
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Iranian state media showed images of Iranians celebrating the news of the ceasefire, but for many, the deal also means an end to any hope of real regime change.
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With President Trump declaring a two-week ceasefire, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director for foreign policy at Brookings, about Iran's next moves.
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American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released a week after she was kidnapped by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militant group.
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In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an urgent care center is seeing patients who want a medication abortion. It's a model other states can use when operating a reproductive rights clinic becomes too hard.