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deal with high gas prices linked to an unpopular war with Iran.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared before a congressional committee today investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawmakers are seeking answers about Lutnick's contact with Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sexually abusing an underage girl in Florida.

Republican House Oversight Chair James Comer says the public will judge whether Lutnick's credibility was damaged or not from statements he made about his contact with Epstein and from information that's come out in the Epstein files.

Lutnick says he's done nothing wrong.

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Over 600 military personnel from multiple countries are searching for two U.S.

soldiers who went missing in Morocco during U.S.-African military exercises.

The search is now in its fifth day and focuses on underwater caves on the Atlantic coast near the training area.

The soldiers are believed to have been on a recreational hike and may have fallen into the ocean.

A new study finds taking an extra 1,000 steps per day is linked to a significant decrease in the risk of complications after surgery.

NPR's Alison Aubrey reports.

Fox Sports is offering $50,000 for someone to watch all 104 Men's World Cup soccer games in a glass cube in Times Square this summer.

The chief World Cup watcher will be required to watch every minute of the matches on Fox One.

The person will have to make social media posts and turn every game into a live watch party for tourists and others passing by.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.

President Trump says the U.S.

will stop helping guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz just a day after beginning what he called Project Freedom.