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The shaky seas fire continues to hold between the U.S.

and Iran, but NPR's Jaina Rav says the U.S.

and Iran are still blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Gina Raff reporting.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon says the Secretary of the Navy is leaving.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports on the departure of John Phelan.

Senate Republicans have passed a budget measure overnight.

that funds immigration agencies in the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS has been shut down for weeks as Democrats demand changes in how immigration agents operate.

The legislative procedure is complex.

The House has been waiting for the Senate to pass funding for immigration agencies before it will take up the bills.

The Trump administration says that its effort to expand access to obesity drugs for Medicare beneficiaries has hit a snag.

NPR's Sidney Lupkin explains.

And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

A county judge in Virginia has blocked a new congressional map for the state.

Virginia voters had only narrowly approved it on Tuesday.

The proposal is intended to redraw the state's congressional maps in a way that would benefit Democrats for this year's midterm elections.

This move came after President Trump urged Republican-led states last year to redraw their maps in favor of GOP candidates for Congress.