Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The United States and Iran are continuing negotiations over a possible agreement aimed at easing tensions in the region.
Roughly 1,500 commercial ships remain backed up near the Strait of Hormuz,
a key global shipping route that Tehran has controlled since the conflict began.
NPR's Aya Batraoui reports on where the negotiations stand between the two sides.
This would only be a preliminary agreement, not a final deal.
This is, and think of it more as a starting point for direct talks between the U.S. and Iran.
And so what we've heard from Washington
and Tehran is that this deal would include Iran gradually opening the Strait of Hormuz,
which is critical to getting energy flowing again from the Gulf to the rest of the world.
And what this deal does not include are details on Iran's nuclear program.
The White House is closely watching a series of high-profile Supreme Court cases.
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the decisions will likely help shape debate
going into this year's midterm elections and beyond.
The Supreme Court justices are expected to issue major rulings on immigration, mail-in ballots, and presidential power.
President Trump has taken advantage of almost every opportunity to pressure the justices to back him.
As he did recently on his efforts to restrict birthright citizenship.
It would be a disgrace if the Supreme Court of the United States allows that to happen.
Trump even attended oral arguments on the birthright case, first by a sitting president.
Trump has said,