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is "winning" in Iran.
He spoke earlier today at the Pentagon.
“Hagset echoed comments made yesterday by President Trump, who says the U.S. has achieved”
"major strides" in its military objectives, but appears through Sherlock reports, Trump's words have caused very mixed reaction among Iranians. Hotels in this Turkish town, close to the border, are filled with Iranians fleeing the bombardment at breakfast they talk politics. There are mixed feelings about ending this war now.
A 26-year-old woman who asked MPR not to name her because she could be arrested if she returns to Iran for speaking to foreign media says, "After the government killed many thousands of people during nationwide demonstrations in January, she can't imagine having to continue
living under this regime."
And to mother with children, who fled Tehran last night where she said the sky was lit red from explosion, said she just wants the bombing to stop Ruth Sherlock and Pianni's van Turkey.
“President Trump has written online that if Iran stops the flow of crude oil through”
the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. will hit Iran 20 times harder than they have been so far. One of Iran's top security officials had an online response today. Ali Laryn Johnny told Trump, "Iron doesn't fear his threats," and he told Trump "watch out for yourself, less you be eliminated."
The war has driven crude oil prices higher, and gas prices in the U.S. have climbed sharply.
The motoring group, AAA, says the average cost of a gallon of regular gas is now $3.54. That's more than 50 cents higher than before the war started. And Pianni's tovious myth reports, many motorists are worried about a long-lasting disruption in the supply of crude oil from the Middle East. At gas stations around Boston, prices at the pumps have been climbing about 10 cents a day since
“Friday, leaving motorists like Kate Meyer, concerned.”
The national average for regular is about $3.54, according to Triple A, gas is going for over $5.00 in California. But gas prices are likely to shift rapidly, following crude oil prices, which whip-sawed yesterday from nearly $120 a barrel to end the day down at around $90.00. President Trump posted on social media that a short-term hike in oil prices is a "very
small price to pay for USA and world safety and peace," to obvious myth and peer news. On Wall Street, stock prices have switched directions, the Dow is now up more than 230 points. This is NPR. There are new elections today. There is a special election in the Georgia Congressional District, formerly held by Republican
Marjorie Taylor Green, or a 17-can that it's all running against each other because party affiliation does not matter in this Georgia special election. Separately, Mississippi is holding its primary elections to select candidates for this year's midterm elections. In Arizona, the state-centered president has turned over some of the chamber's own election
brackets to the FBI. The Arizona State Senate conducted a review of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, and the Arizona County is one of the largest counties in the U.S. For member-station KJ, ZZ, Wayne Shotscape has more. The Republican-led Arizona Senate conducted its so-called audit in Maricopa County in response
to unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud by President Trump and his allies. The review was widely banned while election experts, but still found Joe Biden defeated Trump in the county in 2020. Senate President Moore in Peterson says he turned over the records from that review last week in response to a federal grand jury subpoena.
The move comes weeks after the FBI raided in elections office outside Atlanta, seizing records related to the 2020 election, as Trump continues to spread, debunked claims about voter fraud in that election. For NPR News, I'm Wayne Shotscape in Phoenix. The National Weather Service is warning the central and southern planes today of the strong
chance of severe weather. This weather could include hail and a few tornadoes. The warning comes after last Friday's deadly tornado outbreak, and killed eight people, four of them in Michigan. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.
