Dan Ronan

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S.

attorney for Washington, D.C., says the shot from Cole Thomas Allen's weapon hit the agent's bullet resistance vest.

The officer was briefly treated and survived the attack.

Pirro last week said there's no evidence the agent was hit by so-called friendly fire.

The governor of Alabama is calling for a special legislative session beginning Monday after the Supreme Court ruling last week that weakened the Voting Rights Act.

Andrew Gelderman from member station WBHM reports.

And from Washington, this is NPR News.

California police can now ticket self-driving cars for track of traffic violations.

The state's DMV has approved what it calls the most comprehensive regulations on autonomous vehicles in the nation.

Aditi Bhulanmudi reports from San Francisco and station KQED.

The price of a gallon of gasoline has risen more than 30 cents in just the last week, and AAA says the national average is now $4.44 a gallon.

A week ago, it was just below $4.10 a gallon.

On February 26, two days before the U.S.

and Israel began military action, unleaded regular was below $3 a gallon.

Gasoline prices are the highest they've been in almost four years, and an energy analyst tells NPR prices could even go even higher.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.

President Trump said today in a post on social media that the U.S.

Navy will blockade any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz.

He also said any ship that paid a fee to Iran to pass through the waterway will not have safe passage through the strait.