Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyvone.

There were fresh indications today that the U.S. and Iran are working toward resumed talks to avert new hostilities in the U.S. Israel War in Iran.

Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command says that no ships have gotten all the way through the Strait of Hormuz since a U.S. naval blockade was put in

place Monday and one that did go through turned back. At the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,

research director Dana Stroll says the parties are at a point where everyone needs a closing deal.

They do need a deal. So does the United States. At the end of this war, as the fog

clears from the damage, the problems that plagued around before the war are going to continue.

They can't keep the lights on. They can't provide electricity. They've mismanaged their water.

They can't protect their people. They can't stabilize their currency. And those problems are

only going to compound

as this naval blockade continues. Dana Stroll at the Washington Institute for Near East policy,

a man who received a pardon from President Trump for assaulting police in the January 6th,

2021 Capitol riot, has agreed to plead guilty to new charges of child sex abuse. NPR's

Tom Dreisbach reports. David Daniel assaulted police protecting the U.S. Capitol on January 6th,

and he was set to be sentenced when President Trump issued mass pardons to the riot defendants.

But that pardon did not cover additional charges against Daniel for possession of

child pornography. Now Daniel has agreed to plead guilty to illegally inducing two children to

engage in sexually explicit conduct. The children were both young girls, according to court

filings, and one victim was under 12 years old at the time of the abuse.

Daniel is one of dozens of former January 6 defendants who have been charged or convicted of crimes since receiving Trump's pardon.

Tom Dreisbach and PR News.

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