President Donald Trump says a ceasefire between Iran and Israel is in effect after the deal initially faltered leaving Trump frustrated with both sides.

A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. Trump rejected this assessment and the White House called it “flat-out wrong.”

Trump also announced that U.S. and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insists it will not give up its nuclear program.

Other news we’re following today:

• Trump wraps participation in NATO summit: NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending to 5% of GDP after pressure from Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked. He cast the defense spending vote as a “big win” for the United States and the world and said the spending increase will add more than $1 trillion annually to “our common defense.”
• RFK Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet for the first time: The group, which includes a wholly new roster after the previous panel was dismissed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will discuss COVID-19 shots, though no vote on recommendations are expected.
• California violated Title IX for including transgender girls in girls’ sports: The federal Education Department announced the finding Wednesday and proposed a resolution that would require California to bar transgender women from women’s sports and strip transgender athletes of records, titles and awards. If California rejects the proposal, the Education Department could move to terminate the state’s federal education funding.

UN chief welcomes Trump’s announcement of US talks with Iran

By EDITH LEDERERShare

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “very much hopes” the talks which President Donald Trump said will take place next week will lead to an end to the Israel-Iran conflict, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Guterres also hopes the momentum from the Israel-Iran ceasefire will lead to negotiations to end the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Dujarric said.

HUD will move into current National Science Foundation headquarters

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said Wednesday the move will allow employees to work in a more modern space. The existing building in Washington D.C. — currently up for sale by the Trump administration — is plagued by maintenance and infrastructure issues, he said.

It’s not yet clear where over 1,833 NSF in-person employees will be relocated. A statement from the American Federation of Government Employees called the move callous, saying that workers “are being displaced with no plan, no communication and no respect.”

The union said in a statement relocation plans include an executive suite, dining room and possible gym for Turner and his family. Turner rejected that during a press conference at NSF’s current base in Alexandria, Va., saying the move was “about the posterity and the future of HUD.”