NPR News: 05-30-2026 11PM EDT

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Dale Willman· Host0:14

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump says he'll decide soon on a proposal to extend a ceasefire with Iran, but it's not clear when that decision will come. NPR's Jane Arraf reports on what the potential agreement includes.

Jane Arraf0:32

Well, it's meant to extend the ceasefire agreed in April for another sixty days, and the key issue seems to be money. Uh, US sanctions prevent Iran from selling oil, and they've also frozen billions of dollars in Iranian assets. Iran is insisting that the US unfreeze some of those funds, and it also insists on retaining control of the Strait of Hormuz. This initial agreement, if it's signed, provides for further talks on the nuclear issue, and specifically there, the issue is Iran's stocks of highly enriched uranium. Iran wants to keep them. The US insists that it send them out of the country.

Dale Willman· Host1:11

That's NPR's Jane Arraf with our report. President Trump's doctor is recommending that he lose weight and exercise more. But as NPR's Franco Ordoñez reports, the doctor also says the president is in excellent health.

Franco Ordoñez1:26

President Trump, who turns eighty in June, remains