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and standard symmetrical all-wheel drive, plus safety features like standard eyesight, driver assist technology. Discover the all-new Outback at Subaru.com/Outback. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. As the US is real war in Iran, widened the death toll for U.S. forces has risen. The Pentagon says six service members have been killed warning that that number is expected to rise. And President Trump's reasons for
attacking Iran continue to change. Over the weekend, Trump said it was regime change today. He says it was preemptive. I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations
with these lunatics. And it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going
to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. The Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered another reason, nuclear weapons.
“The President acted on the timing that gave us the highest chance of success. And that's what”
you're seeing play out right now. You're seeing a plan and you'll see it in the days to come. We will systematically take apart the missile program. We will destroy their ability to sponsor terrorism, by the way. We will destroy their factories. We will destroy their navy. Speaking there, the reporters on Capitol Hill today, the attacks followed weeks of a U.S. military buildup in the region as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear programs continued.
President Trump says on social media that the U.S. Navy will soon escort oil tankers through the straight of her moves. And that the U.S. government will offer insurance to ships. As empires Camilla Dominozki reports, insurers have refused to cover ships passing through the straight, and that's led to a complete halt of oil flowing through that pivotal bottleneck.
“Iran has declared the straight of her moves closed. And even if ships would be willing to”
risk the passage, insurers won't cover them, leaving about a fifth of the world's oil and gas effectively stuck. Now, Trump says the U.S. development finance corporation will provide insurance. William Hanigan, a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, says the agency could probably underwrite some ships, but not all of them. The DFC has legal restrictions and a finite budget. Political risk insurance during wartime is very expensive. It's not a cheap thing to
underwrite. He also notes it will take time to process applications. Camilla Dominozki and PR News.
Photers headed to the polls today in the first primary of the 2026 elections in Arkansas,
North Carolina, and Texas. The races offer an early test of how voters are feeling ahead of the midterm elections in November. Polls are now closed in Texas, where Republican Senator John
“Cornan is trying to hold on for a fifth term and fend off a challenge from state attorney general”
Ken Paxton. May run off as possible. Democrats are picking whether the Republican Senate primary winner will face Congresswoman Jasmine Crocket, or state representative James Taloreco. In North Carolina, candidates are vying for retiring Republican Senator Tom Tillis' seat. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Georgia father who gave his teenage son the AR-style rifle used in the 2024
Appalachian high school shooting has been found guilty of all charges. A Shaman Cruz reports from Member Station WABE, the shooting left four people dead, nine others injured. Jers took less than two hours to find Colin Gray guilty of two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and multiple counts
of reckless conduct and cruelty to children. Gray had testified in his own defense that never
in a million years did he think the rifle he bought in hopes of bonding with his son would be used to carry out in attack. But prosecutors argued Gray received sufficient warning over the years that his son needed mental health attention and never got it for him. Gray will be sentenced at a later date. It's one of the latest cases of parents across the country who have been charged after their children were accused in fatal shootings. For NPR News, I'm Shaman Cruz in Atlanta.
Grammar Secretary Howard Lawtonick has agreed to testify before the Republican led House Oversight Committee over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. At a sanit hearing last month, Lutnik acknowledged visiting Epstein's island in 2012 after saying he ended their relationship after Epstein was convicted of soliciting an under-aged prostitute. The information came to light in the Justice Department's latest release of Epstein
files. There's been no date yet set for the testimony. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from wise. The app for international people
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