NPR News: 05-12-2026 3AM EDT

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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says the Iran ceasefire is now on life support. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Monday that Iran's response to his proposal was, in his words, "unbelievably weak," and he dismissed it as garbage.

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And frankly, their leaders have been killed at the first level, second level, and half of the third level. And, uh, then they come back, and they wanna negotiate, and they give us a stupid pro-- It's a stupid proposal.

Giles Snyder· Host0:29

Iranian state media say Tehran's demands include an end to the blockade, reparations, and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's chokehold over the strait is fueling high gas prices. The Iran war likely to loom over Trump's meeting this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He is to leave for Beijing later today. Nonprofits suing the federal government over its decision to resurface and paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before July Fourth. NPR's Anastasia Siokas reports the advocacy group is asking a federal judge to halt the project.

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. It's suing the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, saying there was no federal review of the plans, which is mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act. Last month, President Trump said the project would cost no more than two million dollars, but The New York Times has reported that the project's