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In the news today: A draft proposal to end the Iran war; how the conflict could affect the 2026 election; and America’s shortage of tailors. Also, a musical tradition that’s under threat.

Israeli rescue teams search for missing people amid the rubble of a residential building a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, Monday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

WORLD NEWS

Iran and US receive draft proposal for war ceasefire

Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks on Iran on Monday, killing more than 25 people, and Iran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed as mediators circulated a new ceasefire proposal. Read more.

What to know:

• In an effort to stop the fighting, Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators have sent Iran and the U.S. a proposal that calls for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to give time to try to find a way to end the war, two Mideast officials have told The Associated Press. Iran and the U.S. have not responded to the proposal, sent late Sunday night to both Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, the officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private negotiations.
  
  

• Among those killed in one of the attacks was the head of intelligence for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, according to Iranian state media and Israel’s defense minister.

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• War disrupts US small businesses with shipping complications and higher costs

POLITICS

Trump’s Iran war leaves Republicans adrift ahead of midterms

This is not the run-up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted. A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict. Read more.

Why this matters:

• Voters will cast ballots in elections that will decide control of Congress and key governorships for Trump’s final two years in office. For now, Republicans, who control all branches of government in Washington, are bracing for a painful political backlash. “You’re looking at an ugly November,” warned veteran Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. “At a point in time when we need every break possible to hold the House and Senate, our edge is being chipped away.” At this time last year, many Republican leaders believed there was a path to preserve their narrow House majority and easily hold the Senate. Now they privately concede that the House is all but lost and Democrats have a realistic shot at taking the Senate too.

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• Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom construction
  
  
• Justice Alito fell ill at a March event and was treated for dehydration, Supreme Court says
  
  
• Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs
  
  
• Can Kennedy lineage and hype over ‘Love Story’ help send JFK’s grandson to Congress?
  
  
• Trump administration to rejoin offshore drilling agencies separated after 2010 Gulf oil spill
  
  
• Moms for Liberty wanted a seat on the school board. Trump gave them a voice in the White House
  
  
• Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines
  
  
• Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants
  
  
• Fight over University of Wisconsin system president’s future draws heat from Republican leader

BUSINESS

Skilled sewers in demand as tailors and dressmakers retire

Creating and fitting garments to individual specifications hasn’t attracted enough entry-level workers over the years to replace the professionals retiring their pincushions after decades of performing their craft. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated almost two years ago there were fewer than 17,000 tailors, custom sewers and dressmakers working in business establishments nationwide, a 30% decline from a decade earlier. But there is still healthy demand for their services. Shoppers who grew up on disposable fast fashion are enlisting tailors and seamstresses to give off-the-rack purchases a custom fit or personal flair, to revive secondhand finds or to extend the lives of their wardrobes, according to fashion industry experts. Weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy mean more Americans are seeking adjusted waistbands, tapered sleeves and other types of resizing, one tailor said.

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• See portraits of tailors at work

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