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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. With oil prices rising again following U.S. attacks on Iranian rocket launcher positions in the strait of Hormuz, President Trump insisted Monday that Iran is a failed nation. They've got 350% inflation. They have no currency. They're not paying their soldiers. Their leaders are largely dead. Their Navy is gone. Their Air Force has gone. their surveillance equipment is almost entirely gone. That doesn't mean we won't smack them. Trump spoke at the White House.

Brent Crude, the international standard, is above $91 barrel. The U.S. Supreme Court allowing the White House to continue work on President Trump's ballroom project. The justices intervened Monday allowing the project to go forward while a lawsuit plays out. Lower courts found construction must stop

because the project does not have congressional approval. Russia was a surprise inclusion at this year's U.S. hosted G20 meeting of top global economic officials in Nashville, North Carolina. European officials whose countries openly support Ukraine against Russia's ongoing invasion are expressing outrage at the move. MPRs Charles Mainz has more from Moscow. It appears the White House told few, if any, of its allies, that Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov would be attending the G20 gathering in North Carolina,

European officials refused to stand for the traditional group photo, a protest that resolved itself after Siluanov removed himself from the event. In a brief statement from Moscow, Russia's finance ministry says Siloanav has met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant to discuss opportunities for economic cooperation. Meanwhile, the Kremlin is busy showcasing partnerships elsewhere in Central Asia. President Vladimir Putin just attended a regional economic and security conference for talks with the leaders of China and Iran. Trosman's Empir News, Moscow. State authorities in North Carolina have arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection with the May attack on a mosque in San Diego. Empir's Odette Yusuf has the latest. The minor is charged with three felony counts of first-degree murder, one for each of the victims,

Mansor Kazija, Adir Awad, and Amin Abdallah. She is also charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder against worshippers at the mosque and against worshippers at a Jewish temple and black students at a public high school. The two gunmen died by suicide before they went to the temple or the school. They were males aged 17 and 18. Writings they apparently left behind outline anti-Semitic, anti-feminist, white nationalist views. According to the charging documents, the teenage girl in North Carolina had worked out plans with them in advance to live stream the shootings and to disseminate their writings.

Odette Yousaf, NPR News. And from Washington, this is NPR News. A jury in Las Vegas has found former gang member Dwayne Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Monday's verdict marks a first and only conviction in the case. Police in New York City fatally shot a woman Monday after she stabbed two people in Times Square. The shooting happened next to a police department substation, both stabbing. victims were taken to a hospital. Authorities say one died and the other is in stable condition. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says a woman killed by officers had what she said was documented

mental health history with the NYPD, but no arrest history. Whether or not it's okay from men to wear shorts to the office is a hot topic this summer with nearly half of the white-collar financial industry workers surveyed saying short pants are fine for work. MPR's Chloe Veltman reports that some men are shying away. In 2026, there are some shorts wearing outliers in tech, like Adam Masseri. The Instagram head spoke about his sartorial choices recently on the Throwing Fits podcast. But I am pro. I'm definitely a pro. But Silicon Valley fashion stylist, Victoria Hitchcock, says while dorm room style may have been deroguer during the dot-com boom days,

male tech industry workers have been gravitating away from shorts. I don't think anything above the knee is appropriate, really. It's distracting. Hitchcock says Silicon Valley's shift towards more polished men's looks in recent years reflects the maturing industry, employees' growing disposable incomes and the power of social media influences in the men's style space. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.