Natalie Kitcheleff

Well, Mark, Ronan, thank you so much.

On Sunday, the U.S.

military said that it would blockade any ships entering and departing Iranian ports beginning Monday, but would allow other ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

The move was a step back from Trump's earlier promise to block all traffic through the Strait.

In response, the Speaker of Iran's parliament directly addressed American consumers, saying, quote, soon you'll be nostalgic for four to five dollar gas.

We'll be right back.

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Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman from the Bay Area, said on Sunday that he was suspending his campaign for California governor in the wake of allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.

The accusations were published Friday in articles by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN, and they prompted a wave of rescinded endorsements and a criminal investigation.

Swalwell repeatedly denied the accusations and said in an ex-post on Saturday that he was sorry for, quote, "'mistakes in judgment' and promised to fight what he called false allegations."

And Viktor Orban, the right-wing populist who's been prime minister of Hungary for 16 years, conceded that he lost the country's general election on Sunday.

Orban was such a staunch ally of President Trump's that Vice President J.D.

Vance flew to Budapest last week to rally with him.

But Vance's appearance didn't help Orban avert a landslide defeat to the center-right opposition, which is led by a former Orban loyalist, Peter Magyar.

Magyar campaigned on an anti-corruption message and promised to improve relations with the European Union, which had been strained over Orban's pro-Russia stance.

Today's episode was produced by Aastha Chaturvedi, Michael Simon-Johnson, and Rochelle Banja.

It was edited by Rachel Quester and Patricia Willans and contains music by Dan Powell and Pat McCusker.

Our theme music is by Wonderly.

This episode was engineered by Chris Wood.

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