Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Vice President J.D. Vance says the U.S. is prepared to go back to striking Iran if negotiations don't end in a deal.

President Trump said earlier that he called off an attack on Iran after allies like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates said Iran was close to agreeing to a deal.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.

The VP said Iran recognizes that having a nuclear weapon is a red line for the U.S. and that no deal can

be reached unless Iran agrees not to have a nuclear weapon. But Vance also says resorting back to

military tax on Iran is still an option.

We're locked and loaded. We don't want to go down that pathway, but the president is willing and able to go down that pathway if we have to.

Vance says he believes that increased prices of gas and other goods that have come from the war are a temporary increase, and they will come down. But in the meantime,

voters are not happy with how the administration is handling the economy. Deepa Shiverom, NPR News,

the White House. Air travel continues to get more expensive. A domestic flight in mid-May costs

about an average of $94 more than it did a year ago, according to data published by the travel

site Kayak.

NPR's Stephen Besaha reports international flights have gone up even more.

The war with Iran is really what's to blame here.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent up the cost of jet fuel and with it airline

prices.

A flight to London costs about $350 more than it did a year

ago, according to Kayak. Pierre Bueller is Kayak CEO, and he says demand for international

flights is down. In response, you see people with increased interest in domestic travel,

maybe staying closer to home, adjusting their trips.

While domestic flights are cheaper than international, they have still gone up 30% compared

with a year ago.

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