A Times Investigation Into Epstein’s Death, and Why Gas Prices Might Stay High
6/16/202611 min
Plus, a counterclockwise mystery.
Here’s what we’re covering:
The (Mostly) Unanswered Questions at the Heart of a U.S.-Iran Accord, by Richard Pérez-Peña
High Gas Costs May Linger After U.S.-Iran Deal, by Emmett Lindner
Six Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Epstein’s Death, by Charles Homans, Steve Eder, Jan Ransom and Michael Rothfeld
Newsom Says Trump’s Justice Department Is Investigating Him and His Wife, by Laurel Rosenhall, Devlin Barrett and Maggie Haberman
Fox to Acquire Roku, Joining the Battle for the Living Room, by Benjamin Mullin
Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking, by Rachel Nuwer
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Speaker 3· Soundbite0:39
I think there's still a lot of confusion about what exactly is in this deal. Can you lay out the terms for us?
Speaker 4· Soundbite0:50
You know, first of all, good morning, everybody. Thanks for, for having us. So first of all, I think it's a great day for the American people because what this deal does fundamentally is two things. It immediately reopens the Straits of Hormuz- A day after the US and Iran announced they'd agreed to a framework to end the war, the specific language of what's in the short-term truce has not been released, and the exact terms remain a secret On a number of issues, we are gonna have to figure this stuff out during the technical negotiation phase, but we- That's led to confusion and conflicting statements from both sides about what is included, so we're gonna quickly run through some of the big outstanding questions that my colleagues have been working to answer.