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Iran has tightened that control, choking off oil shipments.

Pakistan is preparing to host delegations from the U.S.

and Iran as it attempts to mediate an end to the Mideast war.

The conflict has disrupted global trade, killed thousands of people, and scrambled alliances.

NPR's Dia Hadid reports.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says Israeli airstrikes have killed three journalists in Lebanon and Gaza.

One of the journalists in Lebanon worked for a Hezbollah-affiliated news outlet, while another reported for Al Jazeera in Gaza.

NPR's Aya Batrohi reports.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says his party will again force another vote on limiting President Trump's war powers.

Schumer says this will happen next week when Congress returns from its recess.

Last month, the Senate rejected a War of Powers resolution on the war against Iran.

The measure also failed in the House.

Both votes were largely along party lines.

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Federal agents have arrested a U.S.

Army veteran and charged her with allegedly giving classified information to a journalist.

Courtney Williams worked for a special military unit at the U.S.

Army base in Fort Bragg, N.C.,

The Associated Press and other outlets report that her work dates and some details match a book about the Army's Delta Force written by journalist Seth Harp.

Federal forecasters say it's looking increasingly likely that an El Nino weather pattern will emerge this fall.