Korva Coleman

The U.S.

and Israel continue to fire at Iran.

Iran is firing at its Persian Gulf neighbors.

Officials in the United Arab Emirates say a fire broke out at a gas facility in the city of Abu Dhabi.

NPR's Aya Batraoui reports.

Meanwhile, Iran is saying it wants to charge a toll for crossing the strait.

President Trump wrote online this morning that, quote, with a little more time, we can easily open the Hormuz Strait, take the oil and make a fortune.

This seems to conflict with the national address Trump gave Wednesday night.

He said then other nations need to handle the strait, not the U.S.

The stock market is closed today for the Good Friday holiday.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports that will give investors more time to digest a better than expected report on the job market.

President Trump says former U.S.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is out of the job and moving to the private sector.

It is not clear whom he'll nominate for the position.

But North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis told CNN he will not support any Trump nominee if they approve of the actions of the January 6th rioters.

Tillis says he has previously opposed two other nominees to federal positions for the same reason.

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The White House is asking Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.

It's the largest increase ever in modern history.

That's 40 percent more than what was requested last year.