NPR News: 05-24-2026 5PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Hurst. President Trump says he expects an agreement to be announced soon on ending the US Israeli war in Iran. But no details have been made public, and Iran hasn't said where it stands on the proposal. NPR's Greg Myre has more.

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President Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that an agreement has been largely negotiated, but he acknowledged details were still being worked out. The president claimed the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though he didn't provide specifics. Trump took to Truth Social again on Sunday to say that the deal under negotiation would keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The proposed deal appears to leave many of these difficult questions for further negotiations. Iranian officials and media reports say the US and Iran have been making progress but add that differences remain on key issues. Greg Myre, NPR News, Washington.

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The head of Customs and Border Protection told Congress that his agents followed agency policy. This in response to questions about the death of a blind man released from their custody. NPR's Jimena Bustillo has more.

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In a letter first shared with NPR, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said Nurul Amin Shah Alam did not display signs of distress, and his agents observed no disability requiring special assistance. Shah Alam was a fifty-six-year-old, mostly blind Rohingya refugee who was found dead in Buffalo,