"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corvaculman," President Trump says he'll...
conference at the White House in a couple of hours about the war in Iran.
“Writing online, he says he'll be joined by military leaders.”
Meanwhile, Iran is ignoring Trump's latest deadline to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That deadline, written by Trump online, is tomorrow night, and BRSD Parvaz has more from VAM. Turkey.
Big news agency Irna reports that Iran has also rejected a proposal via intermediaries in Pakistan for Iran to open the Strait in exchange for a temporary ceasefire. Iran also announced that it is allowing ships from countries it considers allies, such as Iraq, to transit through, and according to CNBC, has recently started to monetize the passage of some ships through the Strait over which it claims sovereignty.
Iran's parliament has also advanced the bill that would pave the way for a permanent polling system on the Strait, which the U.S. maintains would be illegal. Oil prices rose to $110 a barrel after President Trump's social media post, where
“he also threatened to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure.”
Iran vowed to deliver a, quote, "much more devastating response should the U.S. follow through." Deepavaz, NPR News, Vaughan Turkey. The government of Congo has agreed to accept third-country migrants deported from the United States. This is admit the Trump administration's ongoing immigration crackdown, and
P.R.s. Jewelbright reports. The potential flights I expected to start this month, but it is unclear how many migrants will be transferred under the temporary deal. Congo's officials say deportees would include third-country migrants who have no connection with Congo.
The Trump administration will foot the bill.
It has already spent at least $14 million to deport hundreds of migrants to countries
other than their own, according to a report by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Some of the money has gone to African countries, which repressive governments and poor”
human rights records, including S.1-Cini, South Sudan and Ecuador-Gini. Rights groups say many of these countries have held third-country migrants from the U.S. against the oil, and with South Axis to legal counsel, Jewelbright's NPR News Legos. NASA says the crew of the Artemis mission is going to fly by the moon today. They will pass the far side of the moon and take photos and observations.
From central Florida Public Media, Brendan Burns says the Artemis crew is setting travel records. Just before 2 p.m. Eastern, the mission will surpass the record for farthest distance traveled by humans, which was set by the Apollo 13 mission. That was 248,000 statute miles.
Then by 7 p.m., the crew will reach its farthest point of the mission very specifically 252,760 miles from home. Two hours later, the fly-by concludes as they finish swinging around the moon and head back home. Brendan Burns reporting.
On Wall Street stocks have turned positive the Dow was now up about 50 points. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court is cleared the way for the Trump administration to dismiss a criminal case against President Trump's ally, Steve Bannon. The right-wing activist had refused to comply with congressional subpoenas, as it investigated
the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Bannon was jailed for 4 months. Now the Trump administration and Bannon are moving to have this case thrown out.
During his first term in office, President Trump pardoned Bannon for a different fraud case.
That involve the construction of a southern border wall. The abortion is banned in more than a dozen states. It is not possible to go to a retail pharmacy and buy abortion medication over the counter. But NPR Selena Simmons' Duffin reports on a new study that suggests that could happen. The study in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at whether patients could assess if they would
be eligible for taking over the counter abortion medication based on a prototype box. Kind of like a prototype packaging for what an over-the-counter medication abortion package might look like. Dr. Daniel Grossman of UCSF was part of the research team. The 168 participants first self-assessed their eligibility for the medication then went
on to see a clinician who did their own assessment. We found, overall, people were really accurate. Grossman says the work adds to a body of evidence showing these medications are safe and effective enough to be available without a prescription over the counter. Selena Simmons' Duffin and PR News.
Again, on Wall Street, the Dow is now up 85 points. I'm Corva Coleman and PR News.
