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

Today marks 60 days since the Trump administration formally notified Congress of the war with Iran.

That's the legal deadline to gain approval from lawmakers to continue the conflict.

But as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, top officials argue hostilities with Iran have ended,

despite continued presence of U.S.

forces in the region.

Under the War Powers Act, President Trump is supposed to get congressional approval of a conflict

once the 60-day deadline is reached or is required to withdraw U.S. forces.

Trump announced major combatter operations against Iran in late February, but the White House and

Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth said that hostilities stopped with the implementation of the ceasefire

and that there has been no exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran since April 7th.

After two months of fighting, the two sides remain in a high-stakes standoff that is having

major impacts on the global economy. Neither the U.S. nor Iran wants the bombing to resume,

but both continue to make demands that the other side will not accept. Franco, Ordojouz,

NPR News, the White House.

China's ambassador to the UN is urging Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,

and he says if the waterway is still closed when President Trump visits China later this month,

this will be a major theme of the trip, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

As he takes over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council,

China's ambassador, Fu Tsong, says the Strait of Hormuz needs to open as quickly as possible.

And that actually applies to both sides.

Iran needs to lift its restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz,

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