NPR News: 08-17-2026 10PM EDT
Summary
The 60-day ceasefire with Iran has ended, prompting President Trump to threaten ally Oman and scale back military exercises with South Korea. In domestic news, Luigi Mangione’s murder trial is postponed indefinitely, while border construction in Big Bend National Park pauses pending review. Additionally, a Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools faces Supreme Court scrutiny, and a unique affordable housing community for young women in D.C. is closing after a decade.
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Trump threatens Oman over Iran ceasefire mediation
US scales back military exercises with South Korea
Luigi Mangione murder trial postponed indefinitely
CBP pauses border construction in Big Bend National Park
Supreme Court to review Texas Ten Commandments law
Deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo kills over 2,300
DC affordable housing community with nuns closes
Alaska primary features two candidates named Dan Sullivan
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