Elena Casas

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266 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 10 Aug

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Reuters World News · Hormuz U-turn, ICE vehicle stops and Ukraine government shakeup · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

President Trump is backing off a plan to charge ships a 20% fee to pass through the Strait of Hormuz hours before it was set to begin, saying he would seek investment deals with Gulf states instead, calling it a, quote, reimbursement fee.

The shift comes as tensions in the region continue to escalate.

There are new reports of strikes inside Iran.

And in Kuwait, air defence systems are on alert.

Reporter Trevor Hunnicutt is at the White House.

That uncertainty over the flow of ships through the Strait of Hormuz continues to hang over the global economy, even as US inflation slowed in June to 3.5% year over year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Fed Chair Kevin Walsh was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and addressed that promising inflation figure, acknowledging that there was still work to do on consumer prices.

Walsh also pushed back on suggestions that political pressure from the White House would influence his decisions, promising to do his job if challenged by President Donald Trump.

For more markets news, don't miss our sister podcast, Morning Bid, available wherever you get your podcasts.

ICE has suspended most vehicle stops nationwide after agents fatally shot two men in six days during enforcement operations in Texas and Maine.

Neither man was the target of their respective operations.

And in the Maine shooting on Monday, the victim was Johann Sebastian Duran from Colombia, who was authorized to work in the U.S.

The killing has sparked tensions on the ground in Maine.

Officials have not explained how the driver might have posed a threat to the public or whether that would justify the shooting.

According to ICE policy, officers may use deadly force only where there's imminent danger.

Christina Cook covers immigration.

Two Supreme Court justices have made a rare appearance before Congress to warn that threats against the nation's highest court are rising sharply and a press for more security funding.

Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court police expect a nearly 40% increase in threats this year.

For some of us, those threats have come very close.

And all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize.

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