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The U.S. military says no ships have evaded its blockade of Iranian ports.
“NPR's Qilorean supports a dozen U.S. warships and more than a hundred aircraft have”
been enforcing the naval blockade that began yesterday morning. We have more from NPR's Qiloreans. U.S. Central Command states on social media that no vessels headed to or from Iran have passed the Strait of Hormuz since the American blockade began, and that six merchant ships had obeyed U.S. orders to return back to Iranian ports.
Senkham says the blockade will be enforced against any nation's ships and allows free navigation in and out of the Persian Gulf, except for Iranian ports. Iran, for its part, has effectively blocked any other commerce through the Strait for weeks, with the mere threat of Iranian mines and drone attacks keeping all but a trickle of shipping anchored in the Gulf.
Iran has charged a few ships millions of dollars for safe passage, now the U.S. blockade will likely end that practice. Qiloreans and PR news.
“California Democrat Eric Swallwell says he's resigning from Congress over allegations”
of sexual assault and misconduct from multiple women who first share their experiences with
CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle. NPR has not independently verified the accusations in Swallwell has publicly denied them as recently as yesterday, but his NPR is a lane of more tells us another woman has now come forward with new sexual assault allegations. Speaking at a press conference in Beverly Hills, Lana Drew says Congressmen Swallwell
drugged her drink and then sexually assaulted her back in 2018. While he was choking me, I lost consciousness, and I thought I died. Drew says at the time she was working as a model, but also had an interest in local politics. She says she delayed taking action against Swallwell out of fear. But now says she plans to make a report to law enforcement with her attorneys.
Swallwell has not responded to this latest allegation with any public comment. Elena Moore and PR news.
“The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked an effort to investigate former home”
land security secretary Christy Nome, and other top Trump officials for possible criminal contempt, and PR's Humanibustia with the latest. The appeals panel ruled two to one that district judge James Bowsberg's attempt to probe the executive branch is a "clear abuse of discretion." The two Trump appointees ruled against Bowsberg's content investigation.
The third judge on the panel and appointee a former president Joe Biden dissented, saying
the panel's decision would hurt the future of all federal judges to hold the executive branch to account. Judge Bowsberg sought to investigate the administration. After he said it defied his orders not to proceed with deportation flights to El Salvador. This is the second time in this case that the courts have blocked any attempt to investigate
the Trump administration for contempt. Humanibustia and PR news Washington. U.S. stocks and the day higher with the Dow closing up 317 points. This is NPR. Let's the best week of the year to sell a house,
according to a realtor.com survey. Found homelessness historically get more views this week, sell for more and sell more quickly. NPR's Steven Basaha reports, home sellers are "feeling optimistic." How optimistic sellers feel depends on where they live.
In the northeast where there are a few homes available to buy, sellers surveyed feel like they have a bigger advantage than those in the south, where a construction boom has meant more options for buyers. Still, overall, 83% of sellers expect to get their asking price or higher. They said in the survey that's a good time to sell because of strong home values,
limited inventory, and stabilizing interest rates. Steven Basaha and PR news. That would be Billie Eidle, and among the recipients of the Early Influence Award, Celia Cruz.
The late Cuban singer Wiley revered as the queen of south side becomes the first primarily Spanish
language artist to be inducted into the rock hall. The induction ceremony to this November in Los Angeles, it's NPR. Want to hear this podcast without sponsor bricks? Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR news now, sponsor free through Amazon Music.
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