Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to arrive in Islamabad today at the head of a U.S.

delegation, which includes President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Whitkoff.

They are to hold talks tomorrow seeking to shore up afire, shaky over Israel and Hezbollah exchanging

fire, and Iran's chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump's handling of the war

is drawing criticism and some praise among Americans. NPR's Frank Langfit reports from

Asheville, North Carolina. George Peer is an emeritus professor of political science.

Other than taking out the leaders of a corrupt and repressive regime,

he sees nothing good about the war.

I think it's a disaster from the beginning.

It is separating us from our NATO as well as their Arab allies,

and it is impacting the world's economy in ways that I don't think

this administration had any clue about. But Laura McHugh, an investment advisor, sees Trump

making the world safer for the U.S. That includes the capture of Venezuela and President

Nicholas Maduro. That did send a message to the bad guys, and I think it sent a message to them that it could happen to you.

And she hopes someday Iranians can topple their government.

Frank Langford NPR News, Asheville, North Carolina.

White House has warning staff to not place bets on popular prediction market sites.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports on new scrutiny over whether government

officials are abusing confidential information for profit. A staff-wide email from the White

House management office put Trump officials on notice over prediction market sites like Kauci and

Polymarket. It said it's a criminal offense to use non-public information to make money on betting markets

about federal policy, military strikes, and war. It comes as a number of suspiciously well-time

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