Lime from NPR News in Washington, 9 Corva Coleman, Defense Secretary Pete Hex...
an undisclosed trip to the Middle East to visit U.S. troops.
“He discussed he's visited this morning during a news conference at the Pentagon, and”
Pierce Quill Lawrence reports Hexeth claims regime change has been achieved in Iran. Hexeth visited troops over the weekend, he said morale was high and the U.S. is rapidly building bunkers to protect troops and aircraft from Iranian strikes. Hexeth echoed President Trump's claim that Iran's new leadership is now more moderate, many Iran experts believe it's more hard line.
Hexeth said opening the straight of her moves and rocketing worldwide oil prices are not America's problem.
Countries around the world, who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical
waterway as well. It's not just the United States Navy. He said the Trump administration prefers an negotiated settlement, but would not rule out using ground troops. Quill Lawrence and PR News.
“Fox opened higher this morning as gasoline prices crossed the $4 dollar a gallon threshold.”
And PR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average jumped about 660 points in early trading. Triple A says the average price of gasoline nationwide is now just under $4.2 a gallon. It's the first time pump prices have topped the $4 mark in more than three and a half years.
Gas prices have jumped more than a dollar a gallon in the months since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran snarling energy traffic through the straight-of-war moves. Iran underscored the threat to oil shipments by attacking a Kuwaiti tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The disruptions keeping crude oil prices above $100 a barrel. The McCormick Spice and Condiments Company is merging with the food division of Unilever
to create a company worth nearly $66 billion that he'll put French's mustard and Helman's
“mayonnaise in the same corporate kitchen.”
Scott Horsley and PR News Washington. The Department of Homeland Security has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications. And PR's human abastio reports a pause remains an effect for about 40 countries. The Trump administration will resume reviewing asylum applications after a four-month pause. The agency announced the freeze in November after an Afghan national was charged with shooting
two national guard's members killing one of them. The decision left millions of pending asylum applications at U.S. citizenship and immigration services in limbo. Now the pause is only an effect for about 40 countries, all which have travel restrictions to the U.S.
In a statement, the agency says that the new policy allows for resources to focus on national security and public safety vetting for high-risk cases. Human abastio and PR News Washington. The immigration and customs enforcement agency says a migrant from Mexico has died in ice custody in California.
Ice officials say Jose Ramo Solano was found unresponsive in his cell. The agency says he received medical attention while he was detained. Raiders news agency says 14 migrants have died in ice custody so far this year. This is NPR. President Trump says he'll host Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla for a state visit
in late April, writing on line last hour Trump says he in first lady Melania Trump will
host a state dinner for the royal couple on April 28. Texas authorities say a 15-year-old student shot a teacher at his high school outside San Antonio yesterday. Officials say the teacher was wounded, the student then shot and killed himself. Texas officials have not provided an update on the teacher's condition.
As sports betting expands nationwide concerns about addiction or growing, especially among young people. Now the University of Mississippi is launching what it calls the first research center if it's kind in the nation. It's focused on gambling on college campuses and PR's Windsor Johnston reports.
The center on collegiate gambling will study how betting affects students and student athletes including addiction risks, mental health and pressure tied to game outcomes. It will also develop prevention strategies and help shape policy. Great humble with the National Council on Problem Gambling says the ease of access is a major concern.
It's all available right in your pocket and not just accessible but available 24/7. You can bet on the eagles and then you can also at 2am bet on Bulgarian ping pong or something kind of round the clock if you're looking for betting opportunities. Humble says that kind of constant access combined with limited education about risk can make younger users especially vulnerable.
Windsor Johnston and PR News and I'm Kurva Coleman and PR News from Washington.
