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

Three months into the war launched by the U.S. and Israel, Iran now says it's suspending all talks with the U.S.

until Israel stops its, quote, aggression against Lebanon and Gaza.

President Trump insists talks will continue, as NPR's Hidel al-Shalshi explains.

President Trump had actually seemed like he was confident about talks with Iran.

Just this morning, he posted on truth social also that, quote,

Iran really wants to make a deal and it will be a good one for the USA.

He went on to say, just sit back and relax.

It will all work out well in the end.

It always does.

But then the semi-official Iranian news agency, Tasneem,

that has ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said that Iran was going to hold off those

talks. From the beginning, Iran has said Israel has to end its invasion of southern Lebanon,

where it's occupied large swathes of land. And the U.S. and Iran said last week, they were actually

close to a tentative 60-day

ceasefire extension and framework to start talks to the end of the war, but the agreement is still

waiting on President Trump's approval. And then this morning, the two countries exchanged fire

with the U.S. striking Iranian radar sites. NPR's Hidal-L Shalchi reporting. With rising gas

prices, the unpopular Iran war, and

affordability concerns. Top of mind, voters say they are unhappy with Republican leadership.

NPR's Stephen Fowler reports on the party's effort to explain why they should stay in power.

There's roughly five months to go until the November general election, and the GOP message is mixed at best.

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