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of Iran continues, and Pierre's Quill Lawrence reports the Trump administration is giving
mixed signals about how soon the campaign might end. At a news conference, Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth, in chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kane, said targeting of Iran's defense industrial base continues. Kane said that 50 Iranians ships have been destroyed in an effort to protect navigation
“through the state of Hormuz, a key transit point for worldwide oil exports.”
In the past day, President Trump has said both that the war is mostly complete and also that it could go on for some time. U.S. officials have been consistent that there will be no protracted nation-building effort like the U.S. tried for decades in Iraq and Afghanistan. Heggseth said Iranian missile and drone capabilities were severely diminished.
But even as he spoke, air-raid sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, sending
people running to shelters.
Quill Lawrence and Pierre News. Meanwhile, Bahrain says, "Anaroni and attacked today hit a residential building in its capital," one person was killed. Recent polling by NPR finds most Americans oppose the war in Iran, most Republicans support it.
But that GOP support may be conditional. Gas prices have jumped at the pump since the war started. Their along-will is a political consultant and publisher of the conservative news site, the Bull Work.
“For a lot of Trump voters, it feels like the betrayal of an essential promise.”
And for other Trump voters, they sort of do say, "Well, look, look at what we did in Venezuela. That was quick. It was a smashing grab job and then we were out." And so, they're willing to tolerate it for a very short period of time, but not if they have to pay consequences themselves in the form of higher gas prices, or food prices,
or if the war is prolonged and it starts to look like it is a quagmire war in the Middle East. She spoke to NPR's morning edition. Stocks opened lower this morning as gasoline prices continue to climb. NPR scout Horsley reports, the Dow Jones industrial average slipped about 230 points in early
trading. NPR's price of gasoline rose by another six cents a gallon overnight, AAA puts the national average at $3.54.
“It was right around $3 a gallon before the U.S. launched its war against Iran.”
Diesel prices have jumped even more sharply to an average of $4.78. Sales of existing homes perked up a little bit last month, the National Association of Realtors, as sales rose 1.7% in February. The average sales price was $398,000. The average mortgage rate last week was 6%.
Asian stocks were up overnight, Japan's Nikkei average rose nearly 3%. After a revised figure showed that country's economy grew a bit faster at the end of last year than initially reported. Scott Horsley and PR News was Washington. You're listening to NPR news.
They're continued to be reports of long lines at security at some major airports in the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down, and TSA agents are working without pay. Many airports are advising passengers to show up hours early for their flights. Its election day in Georgia for a race to replace former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie
Taylor Greene, President Trump has endorsed one candidate in the crowded field, and PR Stephen Fowler reports.
Greene resigned in January after a lengthy fallout with Trump over what "America First
Conservatism actually means that Rift continues in the special election." Trump endorsed Clayfuller, a district attorney, who calls himself a "maga warrior," but another high-profile Republican on the ballot is "more one of the most conservative lawmakers in the state." Some voters in the district say he is more like Trump.
More than a dozen candidates, Democrats, Republicans, and independent and libertarian are on the ballot. If nobody earns a majority, the top two, regardless of party, head to an April runoff. Stephen Fowler and PR News, Atlanta. California and Common Congressman Kevin Kylie has left the Republican Party.
He says he's re-registered as an independent and is running for reelection. This comes as California voters approve the redrawing of state congressional districts last year. Kylie's district now leans Democratic. He says he will still caucus with Republicans, but his decision means Republicans have
very slim control in the House 217 seats the Democrats have 214 seats. This is NPR.
