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President Trump says the U.S. military carried out a dramatic and risky rescue of the Air Force
“officer whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran.”
As NPR's Greg Mayri reports, the wounded officer took cover in a mountainous area to avoid being captured. President Trump said on truth social that dozens of planes took part in the operation to save the airment after his F-15 fighter jet was hit over Western Iran on Friday. The plane's pilot was quickly rescued, but the weapons officer, an Air Force Colonel,
had to go into hiding. Trump wrote, quote, "This brave warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran. U.S. rescue aircraft came under fire, but managed to reach the airment and fly him out of the country.
The Wall Street Journal reported that two planes taking part in the rescue were unable to fly out of Iran, so U.S. troops blew them up and left on another aircraft. Greg Mayri, NPR News, Washington."
“The state of Hormuz remains largely closed, stranding oil tankers and pushing up the price”
of crude oil and gasoline. Triple A says the average price of a gallon of gasoline, nationwide is now $4.11. President Trump says those gas prices will immediately go down once the war with Iran ends. But David Goldland, former energy envoy for the State Department and Assistant Secretary
of Energy, says, "That won't happen." Oil's a globally priced commodity, so even though we won't have a physical shortage here
because we've got Canada for heavy oil and we produce our own, the reality is that the
price is global and there's a real physical shortage, and so we don't escape that price impact and that translates to what it costs to be refinered to buy the crude and therefore what you pay for gasoline at the pump, so we are not immune from that." Speaking there too, NPR's weekend edition. Union leaders for U.S. Postal Service Workers are raising concerns about President Trump's
“new executive order, calling for restricting voting by mail.”
And Piers Hansi Lohong reports the order also faces multiple lawsuits to block it. President Trump's executive order calls for his administration to create lists of adult U.S. citizens in each state and also calls for banning the U.S. Postal Service from delivering mail and ballots to anyone not on those lists. And their lawsuits, Democrats, voting rights groups, and almost two dozen states, argue
that Constitution gives state legislatures and Congress not the president, the power to set rules for federal elections. DMS and the National Royal Literary Careers Association says the order would weaponize the Postal Service to determine a voter's eligibility. "It's going to cost confusion and it could cause further delays in the daily handling of
the mail and the daily routine and work of a postal worker." Trump says his order is trying to stop illegal voting by non-citizens and federal elections, a problem that numerous studies have shown is incredibly rare on Zila Wong and Piers News. The listening to NPR News from Washington. In Louisiana, police say a 57-year-old man has been charged with driving while impaired and
18 counts of first-degree negligent injuring after he allegedly drove his car into a crowd
at a parade yesterday afternoon. Police say Todd Landry's blood alcohol content was above the legal limit and that the crash at the Louisiana allow New Year festival didn't appear intentional. At least 13 people were taken to the hospital, including two who had to be airlifted. The Union, representing screen and television writers announced a tentative deal with Hollywood
studios today, and Piers Netta Ullibi has more. The last time the writer's guild of America negotiated with Hollywood Studios in 2023, it went on a strike that lasted for months. This time the Union posted an announcement on his website saying it had reached a tentative agreement after just a few weeks of negotiations, and weeks before the current contract
expires. Details have yet to be revealed, but they are expected to include health benefit protections and new rules about the use of artificial intelligence. The announcement comes as the writer's guild of America West contends with its own internal strike by dozens of its own workers, who alleged issues with unfair labor practices and
union-busting activities. Netta Ullibi NPR News You as future contracts are trading lower at this hour, all three major indices are down more than a half percent. This message comes from 48 hours.
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