President Trump said over the weekend that an Iran deal would be signed by today, and he said this morning that Vice President Vance was on his way to Islamabad.

• But Vance was still in Washington, waiting for a signal from Tehran before leaving — a sign of the deep uncertainty over what comes next, Axios' Marc Caputo, Dave Lawler and Barak Ravid report.

The big picture: Trump wants the war to end now, on his terms.

• But the ceasefire ends tomorrow, and Iran still controls the vital Strait of Hormuz.
• An administration official tells Axios that Trump is "over it. He wants it done. He doesn't like Iran holding [its control of the strait] over the Middle East. He doesn't like them holding this over our heads. He doesn't want to fight anymore. But he will if he feels he has to."

🚢 Just hours after Iran's foreign minister said Friday that Hormuz was open, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired on tankers trying to cross it, citing Trump's blockade.

• U.S. officials saw that as evidence of a rift between Iranian political officials and the IRGC.

🇮🇷 Another senior Trump administration official tells Axios: "What happened is the Iranian team went back, and the IRGC and those kinds of people said, 'Oh, no, no! You don't speak for us.'"

• "Now they have a real divide over there between these factions, and we're not sure who's going to win it. We hope the team we negotiated with will."

🤔 Trump has added to the confusion with threats, optimism and dishonesty.

• While his negotiators were offering $20 billion in frozen funds for Iran's uranium stockpile and discussing a pause on enrichment, Trump told reporters that Iran agreed to give up on both — no money necessary.
• When talks got rocky, he made a series of contradictory statements about who on his team would go to Pakistan.
• Amid his proclamations that a deal was close, Trump peppered in threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure.

🪟 There's still a window for a deal, at least to extend the ceasefire.

• But Trump and his team are now discussing what a renewed military campaign would look like.

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A blockchain exec built a digital assistant that showcases the promises and pitfalls of a fully AI-integrated life, Axios' Lucinda Shen writes.

• Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan created the helper, "Dave the Minion," with OpenClaw, a personal AI platform.
• He tells Axios: "It basically automates all aspects of my life."

📆 Dave pulls from nearly all of Viswanathan's personal data, including his Oura Ring, calendar, MyFitnessPal history and GPS.

• It can calculate how long it will take him to get from his current location to his next event and then order an Uber unprompted.
• Dave has even ordered birthday flowers for his girlfriend.

🍛 Yes, but: Dave sometimes goes rogue — ordering Indian food on DoorDash even though Viswanathan never ordered that cuisine on the platform, for example.

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1. 📚 Topping the American Library Association's "Most Challenged Books" list for 2025: "Sold" by Patricia McCormick, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, and "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe. See the list.
2. 📰 FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and one of its reporters for $250 million, alleging they defamed him in a story alleging he has an excessive drinking habit and a pattern of "erratic" behavior. The Atlantic said in a statement: "We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit." More from Sara Fischer.
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Kenya's John Korir and Sharon Lokedi both repeated today as Boston Marathon champions.

• Korir broke the course record, winning the men's race in 2:01:52.

⏱️ Lokedi came in at 2:18:51 — a bit behind her record-setting 2025 performance, but enough to break the women's tape.

🇨🇭 Switzerland's Marcel Hug won his ninth Boston Marathon men's wheelchair title in 1:16:06, while Britain's Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women's wheelchair race in 1:30:51.

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