NPR News Now - NPR News: 06-16-2026 3AM EDT

Episode Date: June 16, 2026

NPR News: 06-16-2026 3AM EDTSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. President Trump is in the French Alps for the G7 Leaders Summit. He's been touting the signing of a preliminary peace deal with Iran. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben says he is portraying the deal with Iran as a victory, but he actually needed an off-ram. In general, yeah, this gives him a way to move on in the sense that we'll see gas and diesel prices drop, but it could be weeks or more until they're even anywhere near pre-war levels. for those prices to trickle through to other goods, that could take some time as well. But let's be real, those prices are what many Americans care about. So will this ease Trump's political problems? Yeah, maybe some. But there are more complicated questions that hover over all of this. For example,

how long of a memory will Americans have for this time of high prices? And then if Trump doesn't get what he wants on the nuclear front, does he look weak? Does this hurt his party in the midterms? On Capitol Hill, Senate, Republicans and Democrats say there are are still many unanswered questions about the deal with Iran and they need more information before it's finalized. At the World Cup, in a contest that attracted a lot of off-field interest to Iran in its opening match tied New Zealand at two goals apiece. Steve Utterman reports a match left many Iranian fans torn over who to root for. This was a match full of emotions and sometimes very conflicted emotions. Before the match, several hundred people gathered outside the stadium here opposing and protesting

the current Islamic Iranian government. They were urging people not to go inside. Inside the stadium, the vast majority of fans were people of Iranian descent. But even there, the conflicted emotions continued. When the national team of Iran came onto the field, there were loud cheers. But when the Iranian national anthem was played,

there were lots of booze and jeers, along with some cheers. And during the match itself, the conflicts continued. Some people of Iranian descent were for Iran, Others who say the national team as a puppet of the government were for New Zealand. For NPR news, I'm Steve Futterman at the World Cup in Los Angeles. California Governor Gavin Newsom says he's being investigated by the Justice Department from

Member Station KQED. Guy Marzorati reports that Newsom says the probe is in response to his opposition to President Trump. In a video release Monday, Newsom says federal agents have contacted friends and demanded records. Donald Trump isn't just coming after me. because of my mean tweets, he's coming after me because I'm considering running for president. The governor's office says federal agents are also looking into the work of Newsom's wife, filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The focus of the investigation is not yet clear. Newsom's office has filed a freedom of information request with the Department of Justice regarding the probe.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. For NPR News, I'm Guy Marzarotti in San Jose. This is NPR News. Eight people are dead after a B-52 bomber crashed near Edwards Air Force Base in California. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the plane crash just after takeoff on what has been described as a routine test mission. Base first responders rushed to the spot where the huge bomber crashed on the runway inside Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles. They quickly determined the crash was unsurvivable. Authorities on base said the crew was a mix of uniform military and military and

civilians. The B-52 Stratofortress has been in service since the 1950s and been used in conflicts from Vietnam to today's war with Iran. It can carry nuclear or conventional weapons up to about 70,000 pounds of them on missions as far as nearly 9,000 miles. Air Force officials say they'll withhold personnel details until all next of kin are notified and that it could take weeks or months before an investigation determines the cause of the crash. Quill Lawrence NPR News. Starbucks, South Korean operation says it will close all of its stores early next Monday for mandatory history and social sensitivity training. The move follows a backlash from a marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.

The stores will close early so employees can watch a recording of a session happening this Wednesday for executives and head. headquarters employees. Oil prices falling further, following that initial agreement between the U.S. and Iran. This is NPR News.