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Tensions are again rising in the Strait of Hormose.
“Iran has attacked at least three ships near the Strait and seized two.”
Just hours after President Trump said he would extend a ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, impures Jackie Northam reports.
Iran says its revolutionary guard corps opened fire from a gunboat on three commercial vessels
as they were about to transit the Strait of Hormose. One of them sustained heavy damage, two of the vessels were moved into Iranian waters. It's unclear what will happen with them. The escalating tension follows President Trump's ceasefire extension in the hopes that negotiations between the two sides will resume.
But Iran says a ceasefire is meaningless unless a U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormose is lifted. The U.S. has prevented dozens of ships from accessing Iranian ports. Iran sees a blockade as an act of war, Jackie Northam, in PR News. "On Capitol Hill, the Senate disolding what's known as a voter Rama tonight, it's on a budget resolution Republicans planned to use to bring it in to the partial shutdown of the
homeland security department.
“Republicans hoped to pass it using the reconciliation process at bypass as a filibuster."”
El Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill again today, appearing before a Senate committee Kennedy said that he will restore a specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline in Beirut Ritu Chattergy reports. The 988 Lifeline offered a press three option for LGBTQ+ youths to get specialized mental health support until it was shuttered last year.
In February of this year, President Trump restored funding for that service in a new funding bill. But the service hasn't been restored yet. While the Senate hearing this week, Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin asked Secretary Kennedy if he plans to restore the service.
"I do, Senator, and President Trump has philosophy that we shouldn't be dividing people that we should be being inclusive." "But I did hear you just say, yes, you commit a working on getting it up now." Kennedy did not offer a timeline for when the service would be up and running again. Ritu Chattergy and Pierre News.
"Spirit Airlines and talks with the Trump Administration over a possible federal bailout package, Imperial Rose reports a last minute deal could help the low-cost carriers stay in business." The Trump Administration and Spirit Airlines are nearing a deal that could include up to $500
million in government-backed financing.
That's according to a source familiar with the talks who is not authorized to speak publicly. While the terms are still being finalized, the source says the U.S. government could wind up with a major stake in the airline. Spirit was already struggling to turn a profit before the Iran War caused the cost of jet fuel to spike.
The low-cost carrier filed for bankruptcy last year for the second time since 2024. In an interview with CNBC this week, President Trump said quote "spirit's in trouble" unquote, "and that maybe the federal government should help." Joel Rose and PR News, Washington. "This is NPR."
Virginia Democratic Attorney General J. Jones says he will fight to circuit judges ruling that blocks a state from certifying Tuesday's redistricting referendum. Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure that could boost Democrats' chances of winning control the House of November. A county judge called the bailout line at the ballot language, flagrantly misleading and
President Trump sought to discredit the results, saying without evidence Wednesday that the vote was rigged, the referendum is facing other legal challenges as well. British Prime Minister Kier-Starmer facing renewed calls for his resignation over his choice for Ambassador to Washington, a veteran diplomat with close ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer fired that Ambassador last year after the extent of his ties to Epstein became public and police have opened investigation, but the scandal keeps dogging Starmer his impure is learned for a report. There's been a slow drip of new revelations, including how Peter Mendelssohn failed to the British government's own internal vetting, but got the Ambassador job anyway.
Prime Minister Kier-Starmer keeps apologizing for his judgment and keeps firing other officials and eighths, his rivals have seized on this ahead of municipal elections next month. Polls forecast Starmer's center left Labour Party may do poorly, Kier-Starmer's position conservatives.
“Will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility and go?”
So far it's mostly the opposition calling for his ouster, but if Labour lawmakers join those calls, Starmer's job could be on the line. Friendfrier and Piano News Alexandria Scotland. Across the country, parents are taking their kids out of traditional public schools and opting for private or charter schools instead.
My kids have to come first for me.
Great of good has to come second. On the Sunday story, we go to Cedar Rapids Iowa to see how going all in on school choice is leaving some students behind.
