Janine Herbst

Gas prices are likely to remain elevated for some time, even if the war ends soon, because shipping and production have been disrupted that will take time to restore.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Kenya says it will grant amnesty to its citizens who enlisted to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine.

This follows talks in Moscow last week between the Russian and Kenyan foreign affairs ministers.

Emmanuel Gunza has more from Nairobi.

An unusually early and record-breaking heat wave is spreading east after busting records in more than 160 cities around the country.

Martinez Lake, Arizona, hit a record high of 112 degrees last week, but there's more to come from this heat dome.

The National Weather Service has issued extreme heat warnings and advisories in the southwest, including Las Vegas and Phoenix, which could see triple-digit highs daily this week.

And this heat is spreading to parts of the Plains, the Ohio Valley, and the southeast up to the mid-Atlantic.

I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

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President Trump is issuing an ultimatum to Iran tonight, saying on social media that if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the U.S.

will attack their power plants.

Meanwhile, the U.S.

is temporarily lifting sanctions on some oil from Iran.

And Paris Julia Simon reports it's a major reversal as oil prices climb.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has died.

He transformed the FBI after September 11, 2001, and went on to investigate President Trump's campaign ties to Russia.

NPR's Carrie Johnson reports.

The Senate is holding a rare weekend session debating the Republican Save America Act, which has new requirements for voter registration and requires photo IDs at the polls to make sure the voters are U.S.