NPR News: 06-20-2026 9PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Vice President Vance is on his way to Switzerland for talks with US and Iranian negotiators on the ceasefire deal. UN envoy... US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are, are already there. Pakistan's mediating the talks set to be held tomorrow, but as NPR's Diaa Hadid reports from Islamabad, it comes as tensions escalate yet again.

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The statement came even as Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, met the Iranian foreign minister. Naqvi's previous visits, which revived talks between the US and Iran. It also came as Iran insisted it had shuttered the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the US of not stopping its ally, Israel, of bombing Lebanon. Reuters reports at least 20 people were killed. But the US insisted the strait remained open. Despite the tensions, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said a delegation was heading to Switzerland. Diaa Hadid, NPR News, Islamabad.

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The Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question long-standing civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities. NPR's Cory Turner has more.

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For decades, the courts and Republican and Democratic administrations alike have agreed when it comes to serving Americans with disabilities, states have to provide support in home or in the communities where they live. Institutionalization should be a last resort. But a new Justice Department