"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom.
could soon, if Iran does what it needs to do. He's threatened to bomb Iran's power plants
“and bridges, if Iran doesn't reopen the straightaway moves. He also said he wants to take Iran's”
oil." "Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If we're up to me, I take the oil, I keep the oil and would make plenty of money." President Trump is to hold a news conference on the Iran War this afternoon. He's to speak from the White House, along with members of the military. NPR's Mar-Li-Sen was asked what to expect. He'll be surrounded by generals in the White House, and they represent the most successful part of this
war. The military goals have been met. The military has been successful in degrading Iran's missile capacity, its navy, and then there was the dramatic rescue. But the big question is what about the political objectives which have not been met? NPR's Mar-Li-Sen retail gasoline prices continue to climb. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that's expected to push the annual inflation rate back above 3%. When the government delivers its cost of living report later this week.
“"Tripleases the average price of gasoline nationwide is now around $4, 12 cents a gallon,”
pump prices have jumped sharply in the last five weeks, since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran. OPEC and its allies said over the weekend they would boost oil production, but the move has little practical effect, so long as Iran continues to choke off most shipping traffic through the straight-of-war moves. Japan and South Korea are exploring alternate shipping routes for oil, stock indexes in the two countries rose overnight while trading was closed in Hong Kong
and Shanghai for a holiday. Scott Horsley and Pianyu is Washington." The Supreme Court today threw out an appeals court ruling that upheld the contempt of Congress' conviction of Trump ally Steve Bannon. This clears the way for the dismissal of the charges, Bannon already has served four months in prison. NASA's Artemis crew will start a flyby of the moon later today. They'll also surpass the distance record set by the Apollo 13 crew by more than
“4,000 miles from Central Florida Public Media Brendan Burn reports. "And it's far this point,”
the Orion spacecraft will be just over a quarter of a million miles from home. During the
flyby of the far side of the moon, the crew will take geological observations and photos of the surface." NASA's Kelsey Young says, "Even though satellites have observed this part of the moon, the human eye can see things cameras can't pick up." "We understand what it's made out of. We understand the topography, but we don't know what the crew are going to see in these specific illumination conditions from a scientific perspective, and that's exciting." The crew is expected
to observe about 35 geological features snapping thousands of photos. At the end of the flyby, the crew will begin its journey home, splashing down Friday off the coast of California. "Friend, Pyrenees, I'm Brendan Burn in Orlando." "This is N.P.R. News." House Democratic leader Hakim Jeffries is calling on a house speaker Mike Johnson to bring the chamber back from its Easter resource, recess to work on ending the partial
government shutdown. The stalemate began February 14. Democrats refused to approve a budget for the Department of Homeland Security, unless there are restrictions on the way ice enforces immigration laws. The Senate has approved a bill to pay for most of the department, leaving ice and the border patrol to be decided later, but the House left town without a vote. Hollywood played host to big family crowds over the holiday weekend, N.P.R. Bob Mondello has details.
Project Hail Mary is still packing them in with a blockbuster worthy $30 million in its third weekend.
"Thumbs up." "No, that's thumbs down." "You need you to thumbs up." "It's close enough." "Still, that's more potatoes next to the Super Mario Bros. who took a running jumpstart by opening Wednesday." Their galaxy movie will collect a five-day total of more than $119 million. "Mum, me!" Together, they pushed 2026 to the best start of any years since the pandemic, and if blockbusters inspire people to come back to the movies,
that bodes well for the next few weeks, openings, which include Mortal Kombat 2, a Michael Jackson Biopic, and the first Star Wars movie in seven years, Bob Mondello N.P.R. News. "In college basketball, UCLA won the Women's Championship yesterday, beating South Carolina 79-51. The men's final is tonight. Michigan will take on Eucon, a team which has won two of the past three titles. I'm Nora Rom, N.P.R. News, in Washington."
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