Iran ceasefire under pressure; Melania Trump statement; Artemis II splash down; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Friday briefing: Iran ceasefire under pressure; Melania Trump Epstein statement; U.S. fertility rate; Artemis II splashdown plan; and more
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| 0:00.0 | The Iran ceasefire is coming under pressure. |
| 0:07.0 | Melania Trump made an unusual statement. |
| 0:10.3 | And the Artemis astronauts are set to splash down tonight. |
| 0:14.8 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:18.8 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:20.0 | It's Friday, April 10th. Let's get you |
| 0:22.3 | caught up with today's seven stories. Number one, Israel's strikes on Lebanon are threatening |
| 0:31.7 | the U.S. Iran ceasefire. Soon after President Donald Trump announced a two-week truce with Iran on Tuesday, |
| 0:39.8 | the confusion about its terms began. Israel announced that the halt in fighting did not apply to |
| 0:46.4 | Lebanon. On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed hundreds of people in a 10-minute aerial barrage |
| 0:53.0 | across Lebanon. Iran's Lebanese ally, |
| 0:56.2 | Hezbollah, has returned fire. Iran said it was pausing plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because |
| 1:02.9 | of the Israeli attacks, and in an overnight post on truth social, Trump accused Iran of being |
| 1:09.3 | dishonorable about the strait. So, where does all of this |
| 1:13.2 | leave the truce? On thin ice, just as American and Iranian delegates are set to meet in Pakistan |
| 1:19.5 | tomorrow for negotiations. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., the economic effects of the Iran war |
| 1:26.0 | will grow clear this morning. New inflation data, |
| 1:29.8 | set to be released at 8.30 Eastern, is expected to show the biggest monthly gain in consumer prices |
| 1:35.7 | in about four years. That's being driven by rising energy costs. |
| 1:48.7 | Music costs. Melania Trump made a rare public statement about Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:54.1 | That's our second story. |
| 1:56.2 | In January, the Justice Department released millions of pages of correspondence from its investigation |
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