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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended for 45 days, State Department says
After two days of talks in Washington, DC, Israel and Lebanon have extended their ceasefire for 45 days «to enable future progress» in negotiations, the State Department announced Friday.
The talks were “highly productive” and the next round of political negotiations would reconvene on June 2 and 3, spokesperson Tommy Pigott said.
He also announced that a second, security focused track for the talks would be launched through the Pentagon, starting on May 29 and featuring military delegations from both countries.
«We hope these discussions will advance lasting peace between the two countries, full recognition of each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and establishing genuine security along their shared border,» Pigott said.
-ABC News’ Shannon K. Kingston
Iran says it has not agreed on uranium enrichment terms with US
Iran said it has not reached an agreement with the US on terms for its enrichment of uranium.
«The subject of our enriched material is a very complicated one, and we have now come to the conclusion with Americans that, since it is very difficult — we are almost in a deadlock on this particular question — let’s postpone this to the later stages of our negotiations,» Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a press conference Friday.
«So for the time being, it is not under discussion, it’s not under negotiation, but we will come to that subject in later stages,» Araghchi said.
May 14, 2026, 11:40 PM EDT
Trump says Iran can strike deal or ‘get annihilated’
President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity in China that aired Thursday night, said the options for Iran are either they «make a deal or they get annihilated.»
Trump added, «I don’t want to do that, but we have the greatest military.»
In the interview Trump acknowledged that Iran has been able to rebuild some of its capabilities.
«They built it up a little bit. We’ll take it out in one day. It’ll all be gone,» Trump said.
Trump later said that he is not going to be “much more patient” with Iran amid the ongoing negotiations.
«They should make a deal. Any sane person would make a deal, but they might be crazy,» Trump said.
Trump added that the US has nine cameras trained on the three targeted nuclear sites and if Iran tried to access the enriched uranium there, the US would «hit them with a couple of bombs.»
-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow, Michelle Stoddart, Meg Mistry and Nicholas Kerr
May 14, 2026, 5:10 PM EDT
House fails to adopt Iran war powers resolution in a tied vote
The House failed to adopt an Iranian war powers resolution by a vote of 212-212. A tied vote means a failed vote in the House.
GOP Reps. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky; Brian Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania; and Tom Barrett, of Michigan, voted in favor with nearly all Democrats. Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, was the only Democrat who voted no.
-ABC News’ Lauren Peller
