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Hilary Duff is opening up about her decision to have children before marriage.

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• "We had the baby, got married, which was actually so fun. She walked me down the aisle," Duff shared on The Morgan Stewart Show.

• Duff and Koma had daughter Banks Violet Bair in 2018, a year before their wedding.

Hilary Duffgoes her own way.

The pop star, Disney Channel veteran, and millennial icon recently opened up about the decision to have a child with husband Matthew Koma before their wedding.

Duff outlined her winding road to marriage and motherhood on Tuesday's episode ofThe Morgan Stewart Show. Duff said that she and Koma broke up and got back together twice before deciding, "'We should have a baby.' Which is psycho, absolutely psycho. Like three weeks later, I think I was pregnant with Banks.'"

Before meeting Koma, Duff was married to NHL player Mike Comrie from 2010 to 2016, but they had been dating since 2007. The pair welcomed son Luca in 2012. After a brief relationship with personal trainer Jason Walsh in 2016, Duff met Koma, a producer, through a meeting arranged by a colleague.

"Our meeting was, like, two hours long, and then I found, like, a month ago, that he sent an email,"Duff revealedin February. "He wrote his manager and was like, 'Two hours with Hilary, I think I'm in love.'"'

The couple weathered a pair of stops and starts before having their first daughter, Banks Violet Bair, in 2018.

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"We had the baby, got married, which was actually so fun," Duff recounted. "[Banks] walked me down the aisle... It was really, really fun and cute... and Luca walked Matt down down the aisle, which was, I would recommend it to people."

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Duff and Koma welcomed two more daughters after their 2019 wedding — Mae James Bair, in 2021, and Townes Meadow Bair, in 2024. The TV star and recording artist has taken many occasions since becoming a mom to commemorate the journey and celebrate her special bond with all her kids.

Last May, Duffrang in Mother's Daywith a special message shared to her social media, in which she attempted to "put into words how grateful l am for all that this life has afforded me is a sincere challenge — honestly thankful for my camera roll for capturing and reminding me of all the moments big and small that get swallowed up by the next and the next — it seems life is on the autobahn — what a ride."

You can watch Duff's full interview onTheMorgan Stewart Showpodcast above.

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Barbara Eden has shared on several occasions that the pilot episode of I Dream of Jeannie is her favorite

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• The actress, 94, recently spoke about her second-favorite episode of the beloved series in an Instagram post

• I Dream of Jeannie aired for five seasons from 1965 to 1970

Barbara Edenis all about looking on the bright side.

In a May 18 Instagram post, the 94-year-old actress opened up about her second-favorite episode ofI Dream of Jeannie.While acknowledging the pilot as her favorite, Eden continued, "However, I also really enjoyed the wedding episode."

"It is true, the wedding was ultimately what caused the series to end... after all, a genie, a wisp of smoke, cannot marry a mortal man. The network (NBC) felt otherwise. So, Jeannie and Tony were married!" she wrote."I always focus on the bright side of a difficult situation! That wonderful wedding costume, designed by Joie Hutchinson was a highlight! I also had such fun playing the robot/mannequin version of Jeannie whom Dr. Bellows escorted down the aisle. They returned to the concept that Jeannie could not be photographed," Eden continued.

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The episode featuring Jeannie and Tony's wedding aired on December 3, 1969, and was thought by some to be the death knell for the show, as it ended the sexual tension between the characters. Eden previously spoke about the episode in a 2024 interview withForbes,admitting, “I was very upset about it — not that anybody would listen to me.”

Eden added that she didn't demand producers change the script, telling the outlet: "I did not so much. No, I didn't. I guess if I had asserted myself, yes, I would have, but I didn't. I talked about it; I said, 'This is ridiculous. She can't marry you. It's ridiculous,' but it was okay. It was still funny. People could relate, one way or another."

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Speaking with PEOPLE in April about the upcoming documentarySock It to Me: The Legend of George Schlatter, the actress talked about why the pilot episode was her favorite.

The pilot, which premiered on NBC on Sept. 18, 1965, introduced families to Captain Anthony Nelson after his NASA rocket Stardust One misfired and fell to Earth near a desert island in the South Pacific. Captain Nelson, played by the late Larry Hagman, then stumbled across the bottle containing a 2,000-year-old genie, Jeannie, played by Eden.

“That definitely is the one I've always thought was the best," Eden shared.

The show aired for five seasons from 1965 to 1970. Even over 55 years later, Eden noted that Jeannie is “always there.”

“She's always been on the air. Never been off," Eden said.

"I have lots of mail from Russia, from China, from places you'd never imagine, all over Europe, Spain, France, the U.K.,” Eden shared of the continued reach of the show.

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What to know about the Iran war today:President Trumpconvened his Cabineton Wednesday, where he discussed negotiations over the Iran war. Mr. Trump said Iran was "negotiating on fumes," before adding, "Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't." He also pushed for Gulf countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia to sign on to the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with Israel.A senior official with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said renewed fighting with the U.S. seems unlikely but, just as Mr. Trump has done, he stressed his country is prepared for any outcome as negotiations continue.Israeli strikes killed more than 30 people on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said, as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah. Israel also called for evacuations in and around Tyre before launching strikes there on Wednesday. U.S. missile supply could take 3 years or more to replenish, nonpartisan research group says

The U.S. missile supply depleted by the war with Iran could take three or more years to replace,according to the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies, a nonpartisan think tank.

While some missiles could take only a year or two to replace, such as precision strike missiles and joint air-to-surface standoff missiles, other more advanced weaponry could take much longer, according to the study released Wednesday.

Patriot missiles, of which an estimated 1,060 to 1,430 were used in the Iran attacks, could take up to mid-2029 to return to pre-war levels, the group said. Terminal high altitude area defense, or THAAD, missiles could take up until mid- to late-2029 to replace as well.

Tomahawk cruise missiles, one of the key long-range weapons used by the U.S. military, will take the longest to replace, the group said. More than 1,000 were used in the war and pre-war stockpiles may not be equaled until early 2031, the group said.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said only that it could take "months or years" to replace the stockpiles depleted during the war at a hearing on April 30.

Sen. Graham thinks Trump can get Saudi Arabia to join Abraham Accords, "effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict"

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a proponent of resuming military action in Iran, said he believes President Trump can get Saudi Arabia on board with the Abraham Accords, "effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict."

"The biggest news out of the cabinet meeting is President Trump's determination to expand the Abraham Accords, to include Saudia (sic) Arabia making peace with Isreal (sic). This would be the biggest change in the Middle East in thousands of years, effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict,"Graham wrote on X.

The agreement to the Abraham Accords, which were negotiated during Mr. Trump's first term in office, would mean the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Currently, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and Kazakhstan have agreed to the pledge.

"I have been working on normalization for years, including during the Biden administration, because I know this leads to a lasting peace and a new Middle East that could become an economic powerhouse, not a powder keg," Graham wrote.

Mr. Trump said Gulf countries — such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar "and others" — agreeing to the Abraham Accords could be a condition to agreeing to an Iran peace deal.

"It'll be historic if they do it. And I think, I think they owe that to us," he said.

Israel moves evacuation line in Lebanon farther north, launches strikes on Tyre

Israel announced on Wednesday it was moving the evacuation line in Lebanon north of the Zahrani River, saying "all areas south of the river are considered combat zones, and the Defense Army does not intend to harm civilians."

Previously, the line of demarcation was about the Litani River, however, Israel launched operations north of that this week. The Litani River is about 18 miles north of the Israeli border, while the Zahrani River is about 25 miles north of the border.

The Israel Defense Forces also said it struck command centers in Tyre, about 12 miles north of the Israeli border, on Wednesday. The IDF had previouslycalled for evacuationsin the area.

There were 550 Hezbollah targets struck in Lebanon since the beginning of the week, the IDF said.

If Gulf countries don't sign Abraham Accords, Trump says he may not sign an Iran agreement

In his Cabinet meeting, President Trump said if Gulf countries don't sign onto the Abraham Accords, he may not sign a peace deal with Iran. The president also suggested this week it should be "mandatory" for more countries to sign onto the agreement as a part of any Iran deal. The Abraham Accords, established in 2020 during Trump's first term, entails agreements normalizing individual countries' relations with Israel.

"We'd like to have the countries we were talking about, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and the others … we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords," he said. "It'll be historic if they do it. And I think, I think they owe that to us."

The United Arab Emirates is already a part of the Abraham Accords, as Mr. Trump recognized later.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Trump negotiators are "pushing" for those remaining countries to sign onto Abrahama Accords.

"I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign, if you want to know the truth," Mr. Trump added.

Countries that agreed to normalize relations with Israel as a part of the Abraham Accords include the UAE, Bahrain and Kazakhstan.

Trump says "nobody's going to control" the Strait of Hormuz, threatens Oman

President Trump said "nobody's going to control" the Strait of Hormuz, when asked if he would allow a short-term deal for Iran and Oman to control it.

"The strait's going to be open to everybody," he told reporters during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. "It's international waters."

"Nobody's going to control it," he continued. "We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it. But nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters. And Oman will behave just like everybody else or we'll have to blow them up. They understand that. They'll be fine."

Bessent claims oil prices will be lower than before the conflict when it ends

Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed oil prices will be lower than before the Iran war when the conflict ends.

"Oil will be lower than pre-conflict levels when this ends," he said.

The current average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.46 nationwide, according to AAA.

Rubio reiterates Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, wants a deal to be made

Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated many of the comments President Trump has reiterated in recent weeks at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, saying Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon and they'd prefer to negotiate a deal.

"The bottom line is Iran is never going to have a nuclear weapon and if recent events have done anything it's to remind us once again they are the world-leading sponsor of terrorism and they can never have a nuclear weapon," Rubio said. "The president's preference, your preference, is always to negotiate these things and figure out if you can have agreements. Diplomacy is always the first option and we continue to work on that."

Rubio highlighted the work of envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Vice President JD Vance in working toward a deal, but offered no specifics on the negotiations.

"If there is an agreement to be made, we want that to be made and I think there's been progress and interest and we will see over the next few hours and days," the secretary said. "I want to remind everybody, you (Mr. Trump) have other options available if that doesn't work."

Trump says Iran is "negotiating on fumes"

President Trump said Iran is "negotiating on fumes" and needs to make a deal, but he said the U.S. still may need to return to attacks while speaking at a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

"They want very much to make a deal," he said. "So far, they haven't gotten there, we're not satisfied with it, but we will be. We will be. Either that or we'll have to just finish the job. Their navy is gone, as I've said a thousand times, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, everything's gone. And they're negotiating on fumes. But we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't."

"Right now, I think it looks like they want to just make a deal," he said. "I don't think they have a choice."

Mr. Trump said Iranian leadership thought they would just wait him out because of political pressure from the midterms.

"They thought they were going to out wait me, you know," he said. "'We'll out wait him. He's got the midterms.' I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms."

Iranian state TV's reporting on memorandum draft is "not true," White House says

The White House has rebuffed a report by Iran's IRIB state TV network after the outlet said it had a draft of the "Islamabad Framework"memorandum of understanding, saying what Iranian state media claimed is "not true."

Iranian state TV claimed a draft of the initial framework claimed all shipping traffic would be managed by Iran, along with other points that appear contrary to the Trump administration's stated positions. The Trump administration has made it clear they won't allow Iran to control the strait or impose tolls.

"This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they 'released' is a complete fabrication," an official White House accountwrote on X. "Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out. FACTS MATTER."

109 vessels have been redirected by U.S. blockade on Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has turned around 109 commercial vessels heading into or leaving ports in Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.

That total is an increase by one vessel since Tuesday's update.

Lifting the blockade on the strait has been a key condition of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

Iranagreed in principle to a dealover the weekend that will be a two-step process, with the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the U.S. blockade, followed by negotiations on a mechanism for Iran to give up various parts of its nuclear program, the official said.

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter approaches USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) after patrolling the Arabian Sea in support of the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of May 27, 109 commercial vessels have been redirected to ensure compliance.pic.twitter.com/Ic6btTvrpz

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)May 27, 2026Israel issues more warnings for Tyre, nearby residents to evacuate

Israel is issuing evacuation orders to the ancient city of Tyre in Lebanon, as well as 11 camps in the area.

Among those camps are Shabriha, Hammadiya, Jal al-Bahr, Zoqoq al-Mafdi, Al-Bass, Al-Maashouk, Burj al-Shamali, Nabaa, Al-Housh, Rashidieh and Ain Baal.

"In light of the terrorist Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement and its targeting of Israeli territory, the IDF is forced to act strongly against it," the Israel Defense Forces said. "The IDF does not intend to harm you.

"For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately according to thearea shown on the mapand move north of the Zahrani River."

Residents of the city of Nabatiehwere warned to evacuateearlier in the day ahead of a bombing campaign.

Oil prices drop 5% on optimism for a U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices dropped Wednesday on rekindled hope of the Strait of Hormuz reopening as the U.S. and Iran appeared to be nearing an agreement to deescalate the war launched 89 days ago by the U.S. and Israel.

Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, fell 5% to $94.61 a barrel briefly, before rebounding slightly to trade around the $95 mark.

The main U.S. crude contract, WTI, tumbled almost 6% to trade at $89 a barrel early Wednesday.

Iran state TV says "Islamabad Framework" draft with U.S. includes reopening Strait of Hormuz, but with fees

Iran's IRIB state TV network reported Wednesday that it had "obtained" a draft of the "Islamabad Framework" - a memorandum of understanding taking shape with the U.S. that would see the countries agree to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while also launching direct negotiations on more contentious matters.

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IRIB called the version it obtained an "unofficial preliminary document outlining a 14-point draft of the agreement," which it cast as a potential step toward ending the war that was still being revised and negotiated between the two countries.

The White House laterrejected the reporting, writing, "This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they 'released' is a complete fabrication. Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out."

IRIB said the draft includes a commitment from the U.S. to lift its blockade of Iranian ports and vessels. In return, Iran would restore the flow of commercial shipping through the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, through the Strait of Hormuz, to pre-war levels within one month.

IRIB said military vessels would be excluded from Iran's lifting of restrictions in the strait and that commercial traffic — including vessel inspections and the imposition of service "fees" — would remain under the authority of Iran in coordination with neighbor Oman.

"The Strait of Hormuz, between us and Oman as coastal countries, must have a defined mechanism," Esmail Baqaei, spokesman for both Iran's Foreign Ministry and its team negotiating with the U.S., told IRIB.

The IRIB report said the draft agreement included the U.S. accepting "an obligation" to withdraw American forces from the Mideast, but it noted that specifics, including whether the withdrawal would apply only to recently added forces or also long-standing troop deployments, remained subject to negotiation.

The draft envisions, per the report, that if direct talks between Iran and the U.S. yield a final agreement on a wider peace deal within the provisioned 60 days, that deal would be enshrined as a binding United Nations Security Council resolution.

The report concluded by stressing that the Islamabad Framework remained unfinalized - and noting a significant possibility that the two sides could still fail to resolve their differences on terms to even begin direct negotiations on contentious issues such as Iran's nuclear material.

State TV claims 23 more ships cleared to transit Strait of Hormuz as Iran tries to present a new normal

"Today, 23 vessels that requested permission from the IRGC Navy to pass through the Strait of Hormuz received their permits," declared a reporter on Iran's IRIB state TV network Wednesday.

"The IRGC Navy's conditions remain in place. These conditions were made clear on the first day, and continue to be valid today: no hostile country can pass its vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, but it cooperates with those who wish to respect Iranian order."

It was the latest in a series of similar reports by the same state TV reporter this week. They have all been delivered from near the Iranian coast, and clearly intended to portray a new state of play in the busy shipping lanes of the strait — which, until the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war on Iran, had always been free and open for commercial vessels.

Since the U.S. imposed its own military blockade on Iranian ports and vessels on April 13, Tehran has threatened to attack any ship that tries to transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission. It says dozens have sought and been granted clearance this week, though the real numbers are impossible to verify as ships can mask their true locations.

Iranian officials say they are implementing a new system, in conjunction with Oman, to control shipping traffic through the strait. They say they are not imposing tolls, which the Trump administration accuses Tehran of attempting to do, but that the new system will carry costs for shippers.

U.S. Secretary of State MarcoRubio said this weekthat the strait would reopen "one way or the other," calling Iran's actions in relation to commercial traffic unlawful and "unsustainable for the world, it's unacceptable."

Iranian regime says internet access almost back to pre-war levels

Iran's national telecommunications company TCI said Wednesday that internet access across the country had "almost returned to the level" seen before it was blocked at the outset of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, though an official acknowledged lingering connectivity issues for some people and promised help.

Davoud Zareian, a deputy spokesperson with TCI,said"in case of disruption, users should first turn their modem or router off and on," and if problems continue, he urged clients to contact the company "so that specialists can examine and resolve the issue."

Zareian said internet traffic had "grown significantly and has almost returned to the level before the outage."

In its latest update, international internet monitoring groupNetblocks said Wednesdaythat connectivity in Iran "has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours."

"Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January," the organization said, adding that "calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard."

"Welcome back #Iran!" the groupsaid in an updated Tuesday, confirming that access was being restored in the country.

Iran's intelligence ministry says U.S., Israel focusing now on soft power tactics in "full-scale hybrid war"

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said in a long statement released Wednesday that the country has been facing a long-running "hybrid war" with the West and Israel, and warned that although military conflict may have shifted, the struggle continues through economic pressure, media influence, and internal destabilization efforts.

The statement describes the conflict as a "47-year 'full-scale hybrid war' against the heroic people of Iran," accusing the U.S., Israel and their allies of wielding sanctions, cyberattacks and political interference in a bid to weaken the Islamic Republic regime.

"Not only were the enemy's vile goals not achieved, but the false myth of the invincibility of the Western–Zionist enemy was invalidated," declared the ministry in its statement.

It said Iran's adversaries were currently focused on exerting soft power, listing efforts such as "intensification of economic pressure," "ethnic and religious provocations," and "various cyberattacks."

It concluded by saying any hostile actions would draw a firm response, warning specifically that any attempts to foment domestic unrest or carry out espionage or sabotage would be "pursued with maximum precision and decisiveness by the country's powerful intelligence community."

Israeli military says it hit more than 150 Hezbollah "infrastructure sites and terrorists" in Lebanon in 24 hours

The Israel Defense Forces claimed in a brief statement Wednesday to have struck "more than 150 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and terrorists" in attacks on the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last day.

The IDF said the strikes were in and around the southern Lebanese cities of Tyre and Nabatieh and in the Beqaa Valley area.

Lebanese officials say the attacks killed more than 30 people, with children among those pulled from the rubble of buildings in the cities. Lebanon's health ministry says that since Israel and Hezbollah started fighting at the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, more than 3,200 people have been killed and almost 10,000 wounded in the country.

Earlier Wednesday, IDF spokesman Avichay Adraeeissued a warning via social mediato residents of Nabatieh — a city home to roughly 25,000 people — to flee their homes and evacuate about a mile northward, across the Zahrani River, ahead of planned strikes.

"In light of the terrorist Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces are forced to act against it with force," Adraee said, repeating language he has used in daily evacuation orders for Lebanese towns and villages.

"The IDF does not intend to harm you. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Zahrani River," said the IDF spokesman. "We emphasize that anyone who is present near Hezbollah members, its facilities, and its combat means is putting their life in danger!"

Iranian official says highly enriched uranium "not on the agenda of the negotiations" with U.S.

Speaking on the sidelines of a security forum in Russia's capital, the Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Bagheri Kani, said indirect negotiations with Washington continued, but he renewed the regime's insistence that the issue of its enriched uranium stockpile wasn't yet on the agenda.

"This issue is not on the agenda of the negotiations," he said when asked about the roughly 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium that international monitors believe is still buried under one of Iran's badly damaged nuclear facilities, according to Russian news agency TASS.

PresidentTrump had previously claimedIran was ready to hand what he refers to as its "nuclear dust" over to the U.S., but on Mondayhe saidthe regime could dispose of its highly-enriched uranium inside the country, or "at another acceptable location."

A senior Trump administration officialsaid over the weekend that Iran had agreed in principleto dispose of its highly-enriched uranium during the negotiations but that officials were still working through details of a mechanism for its disposal.

Iran Revolutionary Guard official says possibility of renewed war with U.S. is low

An official with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that a renewal of the war with the United States was unlikely, but he warned that Iran stood ready to defend itself against any new attack.

"The possibility of war is low because of the enemy's weakness; the armed forces are lying in wait with full magazines," Mohammad Akbarzadeh, the deputy political chief of the IRGC's naval force, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is linked with the guard.

"Do not doubt that we will turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for aggressors," he said, referring to locations at either end of Iran's lengthy southern coast in the Persian Gulf.

Trump to convene Cabinet as he looks to seal a deal that some backers worry will embolden Iran

President Trump willmeet with his Cabinet on Wednesdayat a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran, just days after insisting his administration and Tehran had "largely negotiated" a settlement but with the negotiations still in a state of flux.

As he prepares to huddle with his top aides, Mr. Trump is projecting confidence that he's closing in on a deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide him a credible argument that Iran's nuclear capability has been diminished enough to declare victory, winding down a conflict that's been politically unpopular for Republicans.

But as things stand, he also risks finding closure to his war of choice comes with an unsatisfactory ending.

The emerging deal puts off many critical issues to be resolved later and has already exposed the president to fierce criticism — even from some of his own supporters — that Iran's hardline leaders will emerge from the conflict battered but emboldened. It all comes to a head just as the midterm elections to determine control of Congress come into focus and as Republicans worry that rising costs and fuel prices are darkening the American electorate's mood.

Talks were further complicated after U.S. forces carried out what the Pentagon called "defensive" strikes on missile launch sites and mine-laying boats in southern Iran on Monday. The U.S. said it acted with "restraint" in light of the weekslong ceasefire, while Iran decried the action as a sign of "bad faith and unreliability."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that talks with Iran on reopening the strait and extending the ceasefire — a period that the administration says could be used to hash out the finer details of a nuclear agreement — will take several more days. "He's either going to make a good deal or no deal," Rubio told reporters.

India says Iran released 10 sailors detained since July

Ten Indian sailors, detained in Iran in July on an oil tanker, have been released after "sustained diplomatic engagement," India's shipping authorities said late Tuesday.

The sailors on the MV Harbour Phoenix were "detained, arrested and imprisoned in Iran following the vessel's interception near Jask Port in July 2025," India's Directorate General of Shipping said in a statement.

"The seafarers have now been released and reunited safely," the shipping authority said. "…Necessary arrangements are being coordinated for the earliest return of the crew members to India."

New Delhi and Tehran have long-standing diplomatic and energy ties, but India also balances that with close links to the United States and Israel.

Iranian forces regularly announce the interception of ships it says are illegally transporting fuel in the Gulf.

India has pursued a policy of quiet diplomacy and minimal public comment during negotiations for the release of the sailors. It did not give further details on the reason for their arrest or about the vessel, which ship tracking sites list as a Palau-flagged oil products tanker.

India has one of the world's largest merchant navy workforces, with thousands of Indian sailors operating in Gulf shipping lanes.

Lebanon says 31 killed, 40 wounded in Israeli strikes

Lebanon said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed 31 people on Tuesday, as Israel said it was intensifying attacks despite a fragile truce in its war with the militant group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy.

Hezbollah, meanwhile, said it faced Israeli troops entering the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as the Israeli military said it was expanding its ground operations.

In a statement, the Lebanese health ministry said 31 people, including at least four children and three women, were killed in attacks and 40 wounded.

Fourteen were killed in Burj al-Shamali near Tyre, five in Kawthariyat al-Riz, four in Habbush, six in Maarakeh and two in Salaa, the health ministry said.

An Agence France-Presse correspondent in the southern city of Nabatieh reported airstrikes following an unprecedented warning on the city and saw plumes of smoke rising from various locations within it.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said one of the strikes hit the vicinity of a public hospital, causing "significant damage to the hospital's departments."

The Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for at least 50 southern and eastern towns and villages on Tuesday, including Nabatieh.

An Israeli military official told AFP that troops had begun operating beyond the Israel-announced "Yellow Line" in south Lebanon, which runs six miles deep inside Lebanese territory.

The Trump administration is proposing that all new and current federal employees sign non-disclosure agreements as part of its crackdown on press leaks.

On Tuesday, the Office of Personnel Managementposted a noticein the Federal Register asking for comment on a draft NDA that federal agencies would use for "both new and existing employees."

"The form is intended to document Federal employees' acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, current legal obligations to safeguard non-public, confidential, or proprietary information, created or obtained through their official duties, while expressly preserving the right to make disclosures authorized by law," the notice said.

The OPM notice includes a proposed NDA that federal agencies may use if they wish. It also says that the proposed NDA "does not create new substantive restrictions on employee speech or disclosure rights" and "expressly" preserves employees' "rights to make disclosures authorized by law, including protected whistleblower disclosures."

Loyola Law School professor and CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson says the proposed NDA is the administration's "way of signaling 'we're serious about limiting those leaks.'" Its impact will depend on the scope, which won't be known until there's a final version of the agreement.

"If the NDA does very little more than memorialize restrictions that are already in place on federal employees, then this doesn't do much," she said. "If the NDA is an attempt to silence almost all federal employees and infringe on their First Amendment rights and their whistleblower protections, then we have a problem."

"Even though you are a federal employee — and there are certain limitations that go along with that — if you are speaking in your capacity as a private person on a matter of public concern, you still enjoy First Amendment protections, and an NDA should not limit those," Levinson said.

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The OPM cited examples of internal agency communications related to rulemaking and policy development that were disclosed without authorization. It also raised instances in which FBI and the Department of Homeland Security employees disclosed information without authorization about planned immigration enforcement actions.

For instance, the OPM's request for comment stated that the New York Times and Washington Post had received unauthorized information on theU.S. raid in Venezuelathis past January and delayed "publishing what they knew to avoid endangering U.S. troops."

But days after the raid,New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn wrote, "Contrary to some claims, however, The Times did not have verified details about the pending operation to capture Maduro or a story prepared, nor did we withhold publication at the request of the Trump administration."

He also said, "While not relevant in this case, The Times does consult with the military when there are concerns that exposure of specific operational information could risk the lives of American troops. We take those concerns seriously, and have at times delayed publication or withheld details if they might lead to direct threats to members of the military."

Representatives for the New York Times and Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Locating leaks that the administration deems harmful to its messaging has become a priority in multiple agencies since the beginning of President Trump's second administration. In January, the FBI seized Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's phone, laptops, portable hard drives and Garmin watch, as part of an investigation into a government contractor who waslater indicted for allegedly disseminating classified material.

And last year,dozens of reportersturned in their access badges at the Pentagon, instead of complying with new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that would leave journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by the secretary for release.

The American Federation of Government Employees did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Felix Rosenqvist celebrated his Indy 500 win with his newborn daughter Stella, showing off their matching victory wreaths

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• Rosenqvist narrowly won the 110th Indy 500 by 0.0233 seconds after passing David Malukas in the final moments

• The Swedish driver took home the Borg Warner trophy and continues the race’s iconic traditions like the milk chug

Felix Rosenqvistis basking in his bigIndianapolis 500win with his little one.

On Monday, May 25, the race car driver and proud girl dad, 34, shared a snap onInstagramalongside his newborn daughter Stella, 4 weeks, twinning in matching victory wreaths. In the carousel, Rosenqvist continued to zoom in on the picture of the pair, settling on a close-up of his daughter's little foot, before showing off their matching wreaths.

"Not the baby-sized victory wreath 🌼😩🥇," he captioned the set of photos.

Earlier this month, Felix and his wife Emille shared the exciting news that they welcomed their baby girl together onInstagram. In the photos, the couple gave a glimpse into their first few moments as parents at St. Vincent Carmel's Hospital.

"On May 4th, 2026 our little Stella was born and our hearts doubled in size," they captioned the joint post. "Mom and baby are both very healthy and dad has never been more proud. Ready for our next chapter as a family of 3 ❤️."

The couple first announced that they were expecting a little one in their family back in November.

"MOM & DAD 🤍 !!!" they captioned their joint post, which showed pictures of them holding their sonogram in a photo booth, a snap of the loving couple embracing after finding out the news and a sonogram video of their baby.

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Despite rain delays and race-halting crashes from competitors, Rosenqvist ended the Indy500 race with a photo finish win against David Malukas, narrowly beating him by 0.0233 seconds after passing him in the final second of the 110th running of the Indy 500 on Sunday, May 24.

“Massive thanks to the team,” said the Swedish driver, who is on the Meyer Shank Racing team, after the race. “We were the best car today. I felt like we were in all situations.”

Cars lapped the 2.5-mile oval track (with its famous brick finish line, ceremonially kissed by the victors). Many racing fans believe the track to be one of the most iconic, and with it, some of the indelible traditions from the race (run since 1911), which include a celebratory milk chug while wearing the Victory Lane Wreath.

Rosenqvist took homethe sterling silver Borg Warner trophy, which features sculpted likenesses of past winners. He also wins an undetermined amount of prize money. Last year’s record-breaking purse was over $20 million, taken home by Spanish driver Alex Palou, who was favored to win this year.

“It’s just unreal,” Rosenqvist said of his victory.

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BP has ousted its chairman over what it called serious concerns related to “important governance standards, oversight and conduct.”

The departure was abrupt and unexpected, with Albert Manifold having been appointed to the position late last year.

“Albert has helped bring a welcome focus and pace to BP’s transformation," Amanda Blanc, senior independent director, said in a statement Tuesday. "However, the board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action.”

BP's board named Ian Tyler as interim chair, effective immediately.

The search for a new chair is underway, BP said.

BP, based in London, is a “supermajor,” one of the five largest oil production and exploration companies in the world by when measured by revenue and profit.

The company maintains operations in about 60 countries.

Manifold, who had been the top executive at the global building materials company CRH, based in Dublin, for 10 years, became the chair at BP in October.

Last year there were media reports that British oil giantShellwas in talks to buy rival BP. Shell denied the reports at the time.

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Industry analysts have suggested that BP would be an attractive takeover target after a plan to shift its focus to renewable energy, which wasabandoned earlier last year.

The company recently did a hard reset and returned to its roots after it had shifted its focus to renewable energy in 2020. The decision has been criticized by some shareholders and environmentalists.

CEO Murray Auchincloss said last year that optimism over opportunities in renewable energy was misplaced, with the company moving “too far and too fast.”

Auchincloss stepped down in December, and the company named Meg O'Neill as his successor.

BP has alsostruggled to recoverfrom the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The explosion killed 11 workers and forced the company to pay billions of dollars for environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico.

More recently, like other oil companies, BP has struggled with falling demand in recent years.

BP’s 2025 earnings fell 16% from a year earlier to $7.49 billion as the price of Brent crude, a benchmark for international oil prices, dropped 16.9%. The company’s preferred measure of earnings is underlying replacement cost profit, which adjusts for one-time items and fluctuations in the market value of inventories. Net income plunged 86% to $55 million.

Shares of BP Plc slid 4% before the opening bell on the NYSE.

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Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join theAbraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements from Trump's first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel.

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Trump said in a social media postthat negotiations are “proceeding nicely” but tied any eventual agreement to expanded participation in the 2020 accords.

The proposal came as the emerging Iran dealfaced criticismfrom fellow Republicans who favor a harder line on Iran, and it could add new diplomatic complications to the negotiations.

Trump pointed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar as countries that should “immediately” sign on, alongside Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates became the first countries to join in 2020.

He wrote that “after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords.”

Trump has longhoped Saudi Arabiawould join, but the kingdom has maintained that any normalization deal requires first establishing a clear path for Palestinian statehood. That's also key for Pakistan, which is among the countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel.

Islamabad-based analyst Syed Mohammad Ali said Pakistan’s position on Israel remains unchanged despite Trump’s latest proposal.

The president said he brought up the Abraham Accords plan with leaders during negotiations on Saturday. He said he would accept “one or two” countries declining to sign, but said most should be willing. Egypt and Jordan already formally recognize Israel and have long-standing peace treaties. Turkey first recognized Israel in 1949.

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Masood Khan, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, said it remains to be seen how workable the proposal might be for the countries on Trump's list.

“The invocation of the Abraham Accords at this stage gives an altogether new dimension to the diplomatic and mediatory processes because this issue was not on the agenda,” he said, pointing to the domestic pressure Trump is facing to strike a favorable deal.

Still, Khan said, “the diplomatic track is still working, and I believe Pakistan is very much at the center of it, supported by regional countries.”

It remains unclear when or how any deal with Iran might be completed. Trump suggested even Iran could eventually sign on to the accords, if an agreement is reached.

The accords are a series of diplomatic, economic and security agreements created with U.S. influence during Trump’s first term, originally between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, followed by Sudan, Morocco, and, more recently,Kazakhstan.

They were framed as an effort to promote cooperation among countries in the Middle East and North Africa, and the administration saw them as partly paving a path toward full ties with Israel.

Ahmed reported from Islamabad.