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Iran has widened again today.

Officials in Azerbaijan say drones "launched from neighbouring Iran hit one of its airports.

Meanwhile Israel's military says it is expanded its strikes on Iran as it also battles his beloved in Lebanon, and beer's general eastern reports from Tel Aviv." Israel's military says it has expanded its strikes to the cities of Isfahan, Khome and Shiraz targeting some Iranian underground compounds storing long-range missiles. And an Israeli fighter jet shot down any Iranian aircraft.

The first time a U.S. made F-35 fighter jet has shot down a manned airplane.

Israel's military says it wants to weaken the capabilities of Iran's regime as much as possible. Israel is also fighting a second front against Hezbollah, Iran's proxy in Lebanon. The group has fired rockets reaching as far as central Israel. The Israeli military says its goal is the complete disarmament of Hezbollah. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Tel Aviv."

The House is said to take a vote today on a war power's resolution. It would limit President Trump's future military actions against Iran. A similar measure failed yesterday in the Senate, mostly along party lines. Wisconsin Republic and Senator Ron Johnson voted against the resolution. He spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep and explained his vote.

"I think the primary restraint that any President United States is public opinion, what

you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress, is hold a vote that shows us divided.

That would not be good in a war effort, not be good for our troops, so not be good for your success in the operations." "Did it work with Iraq?" "We're the rockers." "Well, there was overwhelming support for those.

Probably shouldn't go on to war at that point in time." "Are you saying we should avoid a vote because the country is not behind the war?" "Well, what I'm saying is right now, somebody's got to make the decision. That's the commander-in-chief." He spoke to NPR's morning edition.

Stocks open mix this morning as retail gasoline prices continue to climb, and PR Scott Horsey reports the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled about 300 points in early trading.

"Gasley and prices jumped by another nickel-agallant overnight, pushing the national average

to 325 agallant," Tripoli says gas prices have jumped by about 25 cents over the last three days, and are now about 15 cents higher than this time last year. Crudwell prices were also climbing, as the US war with Iran disrupts tanker traffic in the Middle East. A specialized trade court has ordered the Trump administration to refund tens of billions

of dollars worth of tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were collected illegally. The process for repaying that money still has to be worked out, but so far courts have slapped down the administration's effort to slow walk the process. New applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week will get a more complete report on the job market tomorrow.

Scott Horsey and Perenu is Washington. "I'm getting on Wall Street the Dow's down 300 points. This is NPR." Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines announced suddenly yesterday he will not seek reelection.

He revealed his decision just minutes before the deadline expired for candidates to file paperwork for the November General election. President Trump immediately announced he was endorsing another Republican candidate. The US attorney for Montana cur'd all me. Earlier this week, Montana's only representative, Republican Congressman Ryan Zinky also

announced he plans to retire. The Trump administration says it will move the energy-star efficiency program to the Department of Energy, and beer's Jeff Brady reports the change comes after the Trump administration tried to eliminate the program. The U.S. Star Awards is blue and white logo to the most efficient appliances and buildings.

The environmental protection agency has operated the program for more than three decades. The Trump administration effort to end or privatize the program failed.

Congress specifically instructed that the EPA's been just over $33 million this year on

Energy Star. But now the EPA has signed an agreement to transfer responsibility to the Energy Department. The U.S. Green Building Council says EPA has been very successful in creating and managing Energy Star, and is concerned about the administration abruptly moving the program after Congress showed bipartisan support for it.

Jeff Brady and PR News The measles outbreak in South Carolina is close to 1,000 cases. State officials say that some staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will come to South Carolina next week to help address the disease spread. The outbreak began about five months ago.

I'm Core of a Coleman and B.R. News in Washington.

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