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the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, his decision came hours before the deadline
“that Iran make a peace deal, or the U.S. would start bombing again.”
Two ships have been attacked in or near the state of Hormuz, a British maritime tracking
sites is Iran fired on one of the vessels but did not identify the assailant in the second
attack. This comes as the U.K. and France host two-day conference aimed at reopening the state. NPR's law and frair reports, and he planned to deal with the waterway won't be implemented until a more permanent ceasefire goes into effect." Military planners from more than 30 countries are meeting at a Royal Air Force Base
north of London to put together a multinational mission to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz, amid global concerns over oil and energy prices. A poll here in the U.K. shows one in 10 Brits is already stockpiling fuel. British defense officials have previously floated the idea of deploying autonomous mind-hunting systems from mothership sent to the Gulf, but they caution that whatever plan they come
up with at this two-day conference will only take effect after what they call a "sustained
“ceasefire" between Iran and the U.S. not the shaky one in place right now.”
Lauren Fryer and PR News Glasgow. "Boters in Virginia have handed a victory to Democrats, they narrowly agreed to redraw congressional maps to favor Democrats, for member-station VPM John Khalil reports on yesterday's special election." Virginia's approval for redistricting brings Democrats even or ahead of the Republican redistricting
push that President Trump kicked off in July last year. The map that voters approved could lead to a four-seat gain for Dems in the House. In a statement, Virginia's Democratic Speaker of the House, Don Scott, said Virginia sent a message to Trump. Republican said the process was tilted and the courts would have the last word.
There are still court cases outstanding that could nullify the results, because Republicans have challenged the process by which Democrats put the redistricting question before voters. Virginia is the second time voters have redistricted through the ballot box. For NPR News, I'm Chad Khalil and Richmond Virginia. President Trump's nominee to chair the Federal Reserve Board has had his Senate confirmation
hearing. Kevin Worsh says he will exercise his own independent judgment on interest rates, even though President Trump has demanded interest rate cuts. NPR Scott Horsley says Democrats, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, questioned Worsh about his substantial wealth.
"He is worth more than $100 million in that doesn't count his wife who's air that
may stay louder, fortune, but Worsh's financial disclosure form is pretty opaque about how and where that money is invested, Senator Warren grilled Worsh about whether he has financial ties to the Trump family or to China, or even to Jeffrey Epstein, Worsh ducked that question with a promise to sell those undisclosed assets before he starts working to Fed." NPR Scott Horsley reporting.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The noted civil rights group, the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been indicted on federal fraud charges, just as Department officials claim the group paid informants to infiltrate white supremacist groups. The organization says the allegations are false, and that the informant program saved lives
the group says it will defend itself vigorously. A federal appeals court is upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Command meets in every public school classroom in the state. From Houston Public Media, Andrew Schneider reports the ruling has significant implications for long-established ideas of the separation of church and state.
The fifth circuit judge is ruled 9-8 that the Texas law does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution, either in its prohibition of government-established religion, or its protection for the free exercise or non-exercise of religion. Charles Rocky Rhodes teaches constitutional law at the University of Missouri. "It seems based on the fifth circuits interpretation here, pretty much anything else
that the government wants to do to acknowledge religion is going to be acceptable." The ACLU and other organizations representing the plaintiff's challenging the Texas law say they anticipate asking the Supreme Court to reverse the fifth circuits ruling. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston. This is Earth Day.
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