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Just two days into the operation dubbed Project Freedom, the U.S.

Navy is stopping efforts to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump says he's calling off the action to see if an agreement with Iran can be reached.

Americans are paying an average of $4.48 a gallon for regular gas today.

In California, it's $6.13.

That's up about 50% since the war with Iran began.

President Trump has claimed gas prices will come crashing down after the war.

But as Martha Gimbel, the executive director of the Yale Budget Lab, explains, even if the conflict ends soon, it'll take a long time for gas prices to go down.

Martha Gimbel from the Yale Budget Lab.

A grand jury has handed up an indictment against the man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

31-year-old Cole Allen faces four counts, as NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.

Wealthy biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has won the Ohio Republican primary for governor.

According to a race call by the Associated Press, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, a former state health commissioner, will face Ramaswamy in the general election tomorrow.

A Democrat hasn't been elected governor of Ohio in 20 years, but this year's race does look competitive.

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