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Iran says the U.S. violated the ceasefire by targeting Iranian ships in non-military sites
“along the Islamic Republic's southern coast, that's according to Iran's state broadcaster”
citing a military official. U.S. Central Command says it targeted Iranian military sites after Iran launched missiles, drones and small boats at three American warships, transiting the state of Hormuz. President Trump said the ceasefire was still an effect, telling ABC News tonight the strikes were "a love tap."
Today was the deadline for the Supreme Court, or the Supreme Court set for briefs in the latest cases about abortion access, as NPR's Solina Simmons Duffin reports, even though the case is called Louisiana vs. FDA, the FDA did not file a brief at all. Last Friday, an appeals court ruling ended telemedicine access to Mifra Pristone,
one of the medications used for abortion and the treatment of miscarriages.
In just a Samuel Alito put that order on pause for seven days and instructed the parties
involved to file briefs. Now all the briefs are in. Two drug makers explained why they think the Supreme Court should preserve telemedicine access, Louisiana explained why it thinks the justices should suspend that access. The Trump administration's Department of Justice, which represents the Food and Drug
Administration, did not file anything. Supreme Court Watchers say that's very unusual, especially since FDA's power to regulate
“prescription medicine is a key issue in this case.”
Solina Simmons Duffin and Peehr News, Washington. Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court justices are making decision-based on the law not their personal preferences. His remarks to a conference of lawyers come a week after the court handed down a ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act.
The High Court has also expanded gun rights, and overturned the constitutional right to abortion in recent years, public confidence in the Supreme Court is at a low point. A trade court has dealt another blow to President Trump's tariff policy, and Peehr's Scott Horsey reports the court found Trump was wrong to impose a blanket 10% tariff on most goods the U.S. imports.
President Trump ordered these new tariffs to replace an earlier round of import taxes that were struck down in February by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the Court of International Trade says these new tariffs are also unlawful. Trump relied on a statute that authorizes tariffs only under certain conditions, and
“two out of three judges concluded those conditions don't currently exist.”
It's not clear how wide reaching this decision will be for now that it applies only to two importers who challenge the tariffs along with the state of Washington. The administration's already in the process of refunting tens of billions of dollars collected under the original tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, and it continues to explore other options to impose new tariffs.
Scott Horsey, in Peehr News, Washington. British voters cast ballots in local elections that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Kier Starmer, his labor party is bracing for losses, results will start coming in overnight with most due tomorrow afternoon. A poor result could lead to a leadership challenge against Starmer from his own party.
This is NPR. A pilot program in New York City uses plug-in batteries that can power air conditioners during peak demand, helping take pressure off the grid at its most stressed moments while still keeping residents cool that devices are about the size of a microwave, charging an charge when electricity demand is low, and then run window AC units for a few hours when
demand spikes. This other poverty law center is pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges, and Peehr's Daddy Elliott reports the Alabama-based civil rights organization was a rain today in Montgomery Federal Court. The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Faire, entered the not guilty plea
to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. That issue is its work tracking hate groups, the U.S. Justice Department accuses the SPLC
of fraudulently using some $3 million in donations to secretly pay informants in right-wing
extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klann. Faire says the allegations are politically motivated and provably wrong, and that information gathered from informants was used to dismantle hate groups. Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
The NCAA will expand its March Madness Basketball Tournament by eight teams each next season. The new 76 team brackets will jam eight extra games into the first week of the men's and women's tournaments. It's the first expansion of the tournaments in 15 years.
This is NPR News from Washington. In Survivor premiered, it helped usher in a new era of reality TV. The show has evolved over its 50 seasons, and fans have debated changes to the game for years. What's the best Survivor season of all time?
We'll get into it on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
