Nora Rahm

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The U.K.

has convened an international meeting today to discuss ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a day after President Trump, in his national address, told other countries to go to the Strait and just take the oil.

The US was not involved in the talks.

NPR's Fatima al-Kassab reports from London.

Additional U.S.

troops are now in the Middle East with more on the way.

More than 2,000 Marines arrived over the weekend.

Another 2,000 are heading there by ship.

NPR's Greg Myrie has more.

NPR's Greg Myhre reporting.

Last year, Congress gave ICE $45 billion to expand its detention capacity.

Now, the Department of Homeland Security is pausing the purchase of new warehouses intended to house immigrant detainees.

NPR's Jasmine Garst reports.

The National Capital Planning Commission is expected to vote today on President Trump's plans for a White House ballroom.

Yesterday, a federal judge ordered a halt to construction unless Congress approves the project, which is estimated to cost $400 million.

This is NPR News in Washington.

The Colorado Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Trump ally Tina Peters.

The former county clerk was convicted of allowing unauthorized access to voting equipment.

Peters was sentenced to serve nearly nine years in prison.