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President Trump will speak to the nation about the war in Iran shortly, and Pierre's
Mar Elias and reports."
“The televised address comes a day after Trump reversed himself, dropping his demand that”
Iran reopened the state of Hormuz. He had threatened to, quote, "completely obliterate Iran's civilian electric plants, oil wells, and desalinization plants. If Iran didn't open the state shortly, but now he says the U.S. will be leaving Iran very soon.
And if other countries want to get oil through the state, they can quote, "fend for themselves." Trump says we're not going to have anything to do with it. With gas prices in the U.S. breaking $4 a gallon, the President seems eager to find a
way to end the war, even if many of his political objectives, including unconditional surrender,
have not been met. Mar Elias and NPR News. A federal judge has denied President Trump's effort to dismiss lawsuits against him stemming from the January 6 Capitol riot, the ruling means civil cases seeking to hold Trump liable
“for the violence of that day will be allowed to move forward, in Piers' Ryan Lucas reports.”
President Trump was asking the court to toss civil lawsuits brought against him by police officers and democratic lawmakers tied to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. But in his ruling, U.S. District Judge Ahmed met to have found that the evidence produced so far in the litigation indicates that President Trump's January 6 speech was political, and therefore not shielded from legal accountability.
The content of the President's speech at the ellipse that day met a says in his ruling quote confirms that it is not covered by official acts immunity. The judge also denied the Justice Department's effort to end the case by arguing Trump is acting in his official capacity, Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in Texas that sought to allow churches to endorse
political candidates, and Piers' Jason D'Rose reports the Trump administration had agreed to settle the case. The case was brought by religious broadcasters who argued the ban in fringes on their religious liberty.
“The Trump administration agreed to settle, saying the prohibition called the Johnson Amendment”
should not apply to endorsements made during religious services. That would have changed a 70-year-old provision that says churches jeopardize their tax exempt status if they back specific candidates. But Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled that the plaintiffs had not filed the suit properly. However, since the Trump administration believes clergy should be allowed to endorse its
unclear how or whether it will enforce the existing ban. Jason D'Rose and PR News TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress tracking lawmakers on spring break as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shut down drags on viral videos of senators and airports Las Vegas and Disney World have fueled backlash and intensified pressure on lawmakers
to return, bipartisan Senate agreement collapsed after House Republicans rejected. Now, Republican leaders say they have another plan that they plan to advance in the coming days. This is NPR News from Washington. A hydrologist has measured Colorado's driest winter of snow moisture on record.
That means water shortfalls are likely across western states. It's even worse than what ranchers considered the bad drought years of 2002, 1981 and 1977. But this time, snow pack usually is at its peak in the Colorado Rockies, but high-country ranchers say they've already having to think about how to get water and feed cattle. They're cattle in the months ahead.
A federal appeals court has rejected and attempt by Arizona Republicans to nullify a nearly
million acre national monument near the Grand Canyon, judges determined that none of the plaintiffs
had standing in the case, Ryan Heiches from KNAU reports. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the arguments brought by the Arizona legislature, state treasurer, and three local governments were speculative. The plaintiffs claimed President Joe Biden's 2023 designation of the Bosno-Avdho-Eta-Cook Vinny and Cestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument would cause lost tax revenue,
reduced land value, and create higher energy prices. The area is culturally significant to numerous northern Arizona tribes who worry about a possible surge in uranium mining claims if protections are lifted. Despite the ruling conservationists say the monument is still under threat. For NPR News, on Ryan Heiches in Flagstaff.
Hershey says it will go back to using classic recipes for all Reese's products starting next year. The change comes after the grand son of Reese's founder criticized the company for shifting to cheaper ingredients in some items. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
