Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

The White House says President Trump will address the nation this evening about the war in Iran.

This comes after Trump reversed course.

He originally demanded that Iran surrender unconditionally.

Now he's saying the U.S.

could end the war in two to three weeks.

Trump had demanded that Iran surrender total control of the Strait of Hormuz, or he would bomb its electricity facilities and wreck all its plants to make drinking water.

NPR's Mara Eliasson says if Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz, it controls worldwide oil shipping and the cost of fuel.

And BR's Maura Liason reporting.

Lebanon's health ministry says at least seven people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Mediterranean coast.

Israel's been attacking Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

They have fired rockets across the border into Israel.

NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from Beirut.

The Supreme Court hears a consequential case today on the future of birthright citizenship.

President Trump is arguing against the long-held view that children born in the U.S.

automatically become U.S.

citizens.

He'll be in the courtroom to hear the arguments this morning.

A federal judge has blocked President Trump's order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS.

He says it violated the broadcaster's First Amendment rights.