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President Trump says the U.S. will be done attacking Iran in two to three weeks as
for the critical straight of her moves, the waterway that conveys one fifth of the world's
oil. Trump says it will be up to other countries to secure it. "That's not for us. That'll be for France. That'll be for whoever is using the strain.
“But I think when we leave, probably, that's all cleared up.”
Today, our tremendous numbers of ships were sailing through." Trump says the U.S. has obliterated Iran's military capabilities, but Iranian forces are still launching a steady stream of strikes against Israel and Gulf Arab neighbors. Trump says he's negotiating with Iranian leaders, but Iran has dismissed his claims of diplomatic progress.
The U.S. average price of a gallon of regular gas has passed $4 a gallon up more than a dollar from before the Iran war. It's $5.89 in California, and PR's Steven Bassaha reports that despite the high prices people in the U.S. are still driving. "Can Davis said he didn't have much choice making the dry between Birmingham and Atlanta.
"Because this is something we needed to do for business, so I mean, you know, when you have to do it, you have to do it." He stopped at Bucky's in Leeds, Alabama, to refuel, and in just about all of the stores
“100 gas pumps were taken by drivers still paying high gas prices.”
"My wife doesn't have that to deal with because she has an EV, so, you know, she's got a full tank every day. She leaves home, but you know, me, I'm still going with gas, so I've got to pay the price for her." "Eve said he is cutting back on personal trips.
Steven Bassaha and PR News." Top European leaders are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed by Russia in a town near Kiev four years ago, more than 400 civilians were killed during the destruction of Bucha. People were shot at point blank range and left to rot, many were tortured, and a mass grave
was found. U.S. led efforts to end the war are on hold as Washington's attention is focused on Iran. NASA is preparing to launch the Artemis II moon mission.
The crew has made up of four people, including the first woman and black man on a lunar
mission. And PR's Acadia Riddle reports NASA has not been talking about these first, much lately. When the crew was first announced a few years ago, NASA officials were proud to highlight these achievements, but that was before President Trump returned to office in signed executive actions targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across federal agencies.
Since then, NASA has removed language from their website, celebrating the cruise diversity. AJ Link is from the group Black and Astro.
“I think it's really important to explicitly highlight the inclusion of not just Black folks”
but other marginalized folks I've been left out of the industry and to back away from that or to erase that, I think is wrong. After this mission, NASA is planning for another, possibly returning to the moon's surface, Katie Riddle, and PR News. It's NPR.
A federal judge has blocked President Trump's executive order, barring federal funding for NPR
and PBS, saying it violated the broadcaster's first amendment rights.
It's not clear what the decision means for the future of federal funding of public broadcasting. The ruling doesn't affect Congress' vote last year that rescinded funds from the corporation for public broadcasting, which funnels money to NPR and PBS and their stations. A federal judge has ruled that construction must stop on President Trump's ballroom. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote that Trump does not have the power to build the ballroom
without Congress weighing in, and PBS Daniel Kurtz-Lavin has more. Judge Leon granted a preliminary injunction sought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. He wrote that, quote, "The ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its completion."
The judge added, however, that he will delay the enforcement of the injunction for 14 days because he expects the administration to appeal immediately. Trump responded in a nearly 300-word social media post calling the National Trust a quote, "radical left group of lunatics." Trump aired multiple grievances in the post, also criticizing Fed Charger-Om Powell and California
Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Danielle Kurtz-Lavin and PR News. Sugar, the surfing dog has died, the 16-year-old rescue from Huntington Beach, California died after battling cancer, the five-time dog surfing world champion first dog in the surfing Hall of Fame was found as a stray.
Sugar spent her days outside the water comforting veterans as a dedicated therapy dog. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
