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President Trump says the U.S. has entered into an oil agreement with Venezuela to take
“control of 65 million barrels of the country's oil reserves.”
In a social media post, Trump says this would more than double the U.S. as oil reserves. Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims the deal will lower gas prices in the U.S. since the Trump administration captured President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, who are standing in trial in New York, Trump has sought a secure, stable, flow of Venezuela and oil as midterm elections loom with high gas and diesel prices.
Today marks six months since the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran with direct talks essentially at a standstill. If here's a deal, Oshachi reports, Tehran in the meantime has turned the straight-up foremoves into its strategic weapon. When Israel and the U.S. went to war with Iran on February 28, one of the stated goals was to bring
down the regime into Iran, while the killing of Ayatollahi Hamanay delivered a blow to the Islamic Republic, Iran's leaders have managed to hold on to power, and instead of collapsing
“the regime has taken an even harder line.”
In the past six months, Iran blockaded the straight of Hormuz disrupting global oil supplies that have been felt at the gas pump worldwide. The war has had severe economic consequences for Iran, the cost of living has skyrocketed. Iranians say they're buying groceries on credit and find it hard to track down medicine. Hedil Al-Shalchi and PR News is Campbell.
The federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropoc and its legal battle against the Pentagon. In February, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegsev accused Anthropoc of endangering national security, labeling it a supply chain risk. U.S. District Judge Rita Lens has the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing Anthropoc
for criticizing the Department of Defense's views on AIUs. The government is expected to appeal, Anthropoc says it welcomes the decision and remains focused on working with the government. President Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew members of Artemis II in Houston today, Houston Public Media's Michael Adkinson reports from the Johnson
Space Center. Trump says the four crew members of Artemis II, who traveled around the moon and back earlier this year, are leading the way for a new generation of space explorers. Trump also signed an executive order creating a U.S. Space Academy, modeled after other military service academies, Trump says he has not yet decided where the academy will
be and he didn't lay out a timeline for when it will open. Even PR news, on Michael Adkinson, in Houston. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Tennessee's governor wants to name Nashville's airport "Dolly Parton" into national. There's been a growing campaign to rename it for the singer songwriter who died this week
from cancer at the age of 80. Ariana Baca-Yao of Member Station WPLN has more. Changing Nashville's airport to "Dolly Parton" international, technically goes against airport policy, which only allows a rededication to someone who's made contributions to the airport or the field of aviation.
But the airport is pushing forward with the change anyway.
It's expected to cost around $10 million to make it official.
The push to rename Nashville's airport after "Dolly Parton" isn't new. Democrats offered it as an alternative to a measure that would have named the airport after Donald Trump, but since her passing, the possibility of "Dolly Parton" international airport is inching closer to reality. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Baca-Yao in Nashville.
In Washington, D.C. today. Thousands of people marched on the National Mall for a "Defend the Vote Event" organized by Al Sharpton's National Action Network. Organizers say it's a direct response to the Trump administration's efforts to restrict mail-in voting this week.
It also comes on the 63rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s original March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, his son Martin Luther King, the 3rd, says "Defending the Vote" means "Defending Democracy." I'm Janine Herbst NPR News.
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