Who should win the Oscar for the best original song this year?
On the latest all songs considered from in-peer music, we rank the nominees.
“I think Diane Warren should have won two Academy Awards.”
The problem is very often the lyrics are not much more insightful than you would find on the nearest
throw pillow. Here the in-peer music podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, the US and Israel say they're continuing to strike targets inside Iran on this 13th day of the war. Iran is fired in other Persian Gulf nations and it has attacked ships in the Persian Gulf. For the first time in this war, two oil tankers have been hit near ports in neighboring Iraq. And pears Greg Myri says
Iran is effectively choking off vital oil supplies shipped through the state of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. The US's sunk most of Iran's navy, including mind-lang ships but Iran still has other ways to hit these oil tankers and cargo ships. The state of Hormuz is just 20 miles
“wide or so at its narrowest point. And Iranian forces can fire drones or rockets or missiles at”
passing ships and several ships have been hit in the last 24 hours. And pears Greg Myri reporting.
President Trump says that he will release 172 million barrels of oil from the strategic
petroleum reserve. The goal is to stabilize the world oil supply. But it's not enough to replace what Iran is now cutting off. Meanwhile, the President campaigned in Kentucky yesterday, and pears Maralaya said reports Trump is trying to help defeat a fellow Republican. President's usually campaign on behalf of their party's incumbents, but not this time. President Trump was in Kentucky's fourth congressional district represented by Thomas
Macy since 2012. Macy's a complete and total disaster as a congressman and frankly as a human being. The district is safely red and Trump is confident that if Macy loses the primary or Republican
“will still win in November. The President and Macy have clashed over many issues,”
including Trump's constitutional authority to conduct the war in Iran, federal spending, and the Epstein files. Macy forced Trump to back down and release the files when he and other Republicans banded together with Democrats Maralaya and NPR news. The former accountant for Jeffrey Epstein spoke to lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee yesterday, and pears A. of a burger reports he spoke of his years-long relationship with the late sex
offender. Richard Con managed Epstein's finances from 2005 until Epstein's death in 2019. Con told lawmakers that he was "not aware" of Epstein's crimes when he worked for him. Epstein was convicted in 2008 and Florida on state charges involving the sexual abuse of a child and served 13 months on work release. Epstein died in jail awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. Now, Con is a co-executor of Epstein's estate. Con's lawyer shared his prepared
opening statement with MPR, and that statement he said that any gifts to women from Epstein did not raise any red flags. He also told lawmakers he regrets that he may have "unknowingly assisted Epstein in any way." Eva Berger and PR News, Washington. On Wall Street in pre-market trading Dow Futures are lower, this is NPR. Lawmakers in Washington state have approved attacks on those
making more than a million dollars a year. The tax is expected to affect about 30,000 households
in that state. From member stations, KUOW and KNKX, Sarah Meiss-Ton reports. A bill that would love a 9.9% tax on all household incomes over a million dollars has passed its final legislative hurdle and is now on its way to the governor's desk. The taxes predicted to generate over $3 billion annually from the state's highest earners. Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson, who shepherded the tax through the legislature,
says the money is desperately needed to support programs like child care and education. We're on our way toward reforming a tax system that for 93 years has punished poor and working people and has not asked enough of our wealthiest and most successful. The new tax would go into effect in 2029, but court challenges and a potential ballot initiative to repeal it are expected in the coming months. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Meiss-Ton,
in Olympia. This week, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz posted on social media, and his wife would be moving from Seattle to Florida after living in the city for more than 40 years. Schultz did not cite the new tax, but said he hoped Washington State would remain a place for business and entrepreneurship to thrive. A powerful storm is raking the Southeastern U.S. this morning, whether forecasters have posted tornado warnings and watches for parts of Georgia,
South Carolina and the Florida Panhandle. I'm Corv. Coleman and PR News in Washington.
