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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, just 48 hours into a new ...

that U.S. military is pausing efforts to guide commercial ships through the straight-of-war

moves. NPR's Freckle Ardonia's reports, President Trump says he's temporarily calling off the action to see if an agreement with Iran can be reached. President Trump announced he was pausing the military escorts after declaring, quote, "great progress has been made toward a complete and final agreement with representatives of Iran."

He added that he was also acting on a request by the leaders of Pakistan, which is helping negotiate an agreement, as well as other countries. Trump said on social media that the pause will only be for a short period of time to see whether or not an agreement can be finalized and signed, but he emphasized that the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports would continue.

Franco, Ordonias, and Pyrenees, the White House.

Yesterday's primary elections in Ohio set up key fall elections, former Democratic Senator

Sherrod Brown will try to win back his seat from GOP Senator John Husted. And GOP entrepreneur Vivek Rameswami will take on former Ohio State Health Director, Democrat Amy Acton, for the governor's race. President Trump's power on Republicans in Indiana has paid off, five of seven challengers he backed for the Indiana State Senate of one of their races.

Trump waited in, after several GOP states Senator said they opposed his demand for redistricting in Indiana. Several of them lost. Marlon Stuttspon is a Republican congressman in the U.S. House from Indiana. He says the GOP needs to balance Democratic states.

And Republicans have finally said, "You know what?

We're not going to just stand on the sideline and just lose in states like Indiana, where we could be more Republican." But even though the legislature chose not to, these races in the primary are really showing

that the, the, the, the, the, the, who are support President Trump protesters gathered in

Tennessee State Capitol as lawmakers there opened a special session for redistricting. From member station WPLN, Mariana Bakayau reports, Tennessee Republicans want to strip Democratic control from at least one district. Hundreds of protesters march the steps of the Tennessee Capitol as lawmakers gavled in, with signs that red, no Jim Crow 2.0, and hands off my district.

Tennessee NWCP President Gloria Sweetlove told the crowd that the move brings the state back to a time before the voting rights act. "I want you to get mad!" "I want you to get mad!" "We get mad!"

"We fight!" "We win!" "We win!"

Republican lawmakers have voted to ban disruptive spectators during the special session.

GOP leadership says the redistricting effort will reflect the will of the voters.

Lawmakers will likely only have three days to redistrict a process that usually takes months. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bakayau in Nashville. "This is NPR News." The Pentagon says the U.S. military struck an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific yesterday, killing three alleged drug traffickers.

The Trump administration does not provide evidence or information about the allegations of drug trafficking. One person is died from a Sunday night mass shooting in a suburb of Oklahoma City, more than 20 other people were wounded at a gathering of young people who had congregated at a local park, no suspects have been identified.

A new study finds that people would drink less alcohol if they were updated warning labels attached, NPR's Maria Gidoi reports the labels would spell out the risks of diseases such as cancer. The current alcohol warning label has been in place since 1988. It states that drinking poses risks during pregnancy or while driving, along with a notice

that alcohol quote "may cause health harms," but research shows people tend to tune out these warnings. In a new study, researchers tested eight revised labels that included disease advisory language, with more than 1,000 U.S. adults who had at least one drink a week. Study co-author Anna Grumman of Stanford says participants ranked all of the new warnings

more effective than the current one. And the warnings that especially resonated with consumers tended to be about cancer, some most of all weren't aware of the alcohol contributes to cancer. Studies show a link to at least seven types of cancer. The more people drink, the higher the risk, Maria Gidoi and Pian use.

A late wintery storm is hitting Colorado, Denver could get up to four inches of snow today. Winter's storm warnings stretch up into southern Wyoming. I'm Kurova Kulman, NPR News. On consider this NPR's afternoon news podcast, we cover everything from politics to the

economy to the world, but every story starts with a question. NPR, we stand for your right to be curious, to make sense of the biggest story of the day and what it means for you. Follow consider this wherever you get your podcasts.

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