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The 7

Epstein’s purported suicide note; hantavirus outbreak; brain supplements; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Thursday briefing: Iran talks; Epstein’s purported suicide note; hantavirus outbreak; brain supplements; and more


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0:00.0

President Trump threatened more strikes on Iran.

0:07.0

A cruise ship struck by the deadly hauntavirus is headed for Spain.

0:12.0

And I'll tell you which brain supplements may actually be worth your money.

0:17.1

That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post.

0:20.9

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, May 7th.

0:23.8

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:30.5

Number one. President Donald Trump said that if Iran did not agree to his latest peace plan,

0:37.3

U.S. bombing would resume at what he called

0:40.1

a much higher level. The two countries have been in a temporary ceasefire since last month,

0:46.5

though there have been strikes during that time, including this week. In recent days,

0:51.2

Iran and the U.S. have been exchanging documents through a mediator, and Trump said that Iran had already accepted parts of the latest U.S. proposal.

1:00.5

Trump sounded optimistic talking to reporters in the Oval Office yesterday.

1:04.9

They want to make a deal. We've had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it's very possible that we'll make it

1:12.0

deal. But the two sides aren't saying the same thing about what has been agreed so far.

1:18.1

Tehran has previously rejected U.S. claims that it had agreed to concessions on its nuclear

1:23.6

program. The Strait of Hormuz is another sticking point. Trump briefly launched an

1:29.9

operation this week for the U.S. to guide ships through the strait. That led to new attacks in the

1:36.1

waterway, and Trump stopped the plan. A court released a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein.

1:48.7

That's number two.

1:51.0

For years, a note said to have been written by the late sex offender weeks before his death in 2019 has been kept under court seal.

2:00.3

A former cellmate of Epstein said he discovered it in July

2:04.0

2019 after he was found unresponsive in his cell. Epstein survived that incident, but then was found

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