Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

President Trump did not signal that he's in a hurry to end the war in Iran today.

Speaking at length to reporters in the Oval Office, he was not forthcoming about the status of talks.

When asked about gas prices, he emphasized stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. A reporter pointed out that

Iran is stubborn and the talks seem like they're stalled, then asked if the president is feeling antsy

to break the ceasefire. Trump demurred. I don't know what stubborn is because really nobody knows what

the talks are except myself and a couple of other people. They want to make a deal badly.

When asked about gas prices, Trump said Iran

won't have a nuclear weapon and that prices will decline when the war is over. He says that'll

happen fast. Industry experts say otherwise. Oil prices briefly hit a four-year high before the

end of the day. According to AAA, the average gas price is $4.30 per gallon. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump has signed a bill ending the record long shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.

The measure excludes money for ice and parts of border patrol. As NPR's Sam Greenglass reports,

it caps two and a half months of bitter debate over deportation and immigration enforcement

tactics that resulted in the deaths of two people in Minneapolis. Funding for DHS was first caught up

in debate between Republicans and Democrats over funding for two of its agencies, immigration and

customs enforcement and customs and border protection. Senate Republicans struck a deal with Democrats

blessed by the White

House to separate ICE and border patrol so funding could flow again to other agencies like TSA and

the Coast Guard. But when that measure reached the House, it sat for a month amid disagreements

within the GOP. The House finally acted as money that Trump was using to keep paychecks flowing to many DHS workers was set to run out.

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