NPR News: 07-06-2026 10AM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the Oval Office this morning.

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So ring the bell, Mr. President [bell ringing].

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[crowd cheering] NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

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President Trump symbolically rang the opening bell for the stock market from the White House. The event was designed to promote the new Trump accounts that encourage young people to invest. Saudi Arabia and other major oil exporters promised to increase pumping by nearly two hundred thousand barrels a day next month, putting more downward pressure on prices. That would be the fifth consecutive production increase, though not all that oil is actually making it to market due to ongoing tension in the Strait of Hormuz. Retail gasoline prices have also been falling. AAA says the average price of regular gas is now three dollars seventy-nine cents a gallon. That's about forty cents less than a month ago, but still about eighty cents higher than when the US launched its war with Iran. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

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Another Russian attack targeting Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones has killed at least eighteen people and injured more than sixty. NPR's Joanna Kakissis reports from Kyiv, the strikes come as NATO allies get ready to meet this week in Turkey, with Ukraine top on the agenda. [explosion] The sounds of missiles and explosions could be heard from NPR's