Iran gives Trump its price to reach a deal

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<p>Iran laid out its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but says talks won’t restart until the U.S. “makes amends.” <a href="https://apple.news/AoyG7-cyMR8iTf4ZzZeD6GQ">The Wall Street Journal</a>’s Alex Ward explains why this standoff could be harder to resolve than the last.</p><p>A parasite outbreak tied to lettuce has rattled shoppers, costing farmers who are plowing under hundreds of thousands of pounds of romaine each week. <a href="https://apple.news/AuLbSgNonQru2ftbcoQaRag">The Wall Street Journal</a>’s Amira McKee explains why demand hasn’t recovered.</p><p>Extreme drought has pushed Puerto Rico into rolling 48-hour water shutoffs across San Juan. <a href="https://apple.news/AXdI804ESRpeEA_lEbzOfLA">The Washington Post</a>’s Stella Canino-Quiñones breaks down how aging infrastructure and political infighting fueled the crisis.</p><p>Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://apple.news/AtoMVs4WARAOgkrud0Z4ilg">rejects</a> President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, the doctors who <a href="https://apple.news/AWEyzzQakTISiAU6cliN0dQ">performed</a> 1,000 surgeries in 10 days amid one of the most dangerous conflicts in the world, and how to <a href="https://apple.news/Ave7BPzfKQbqMQmXEtgFfZw">catch</a> this week’s Perseid meteor shower.</p><p>Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.</p>