NPR News: 03-10-2026 10AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Pentagon leaders say intense bombardment of Iran continues. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the Trump administration is giving mixed signals about how soon the campaign might end.
At a news conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kaine said targeting of Iran's defense industrial base continues. Keynes said that 50 Iranian ships have been destroyed in an effort to protect navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit point for worldwide oil exports. In the past day, President Trump has said both that the war is mostly complete and also that it could go on for some time. U.S. officials have been consistent that there will be no protracted nation-building effort like the U.S. tried for decades in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hicks has said Iranian missile and drone capabilities were severely diminished. But even as he spoke, air raid sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, sending people running to shelters.
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Meanwhile, Bahrain says an Iranian attack today hit a residential building in its capital. One person was killed. Recent polling by NPR finds most Americans oppose the war in Iran. Most Republicans support it.
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But that GOP support may be conditional. Gas prices have jumped at the pump since the war started. Sarah Longwell is a political consultant and publisher of the conservative news site The Bulwark.
For a lot of Trump voters, it feels like the betrayal of an essential promise. And for other Trump voters, they sort of do say, well, look, look at what we did in Venezuela. That was quick. It was a smash and grab job. And then we were out. And so they're willing to tolerate it for a very short period of time. but not if they have to pay consequences themselves in the form of higher gas prices or food prices, or if the war is prolonged and it starts to look like it is a quagmire war in the Middle East.
She spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. Stocks opened lower this morning as gasoline prices continued to climb. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 230 points in early trading.
The average price of gasoline rose by another $0.06 a gallon overnight. AAA puts the national average at $3.54. It was right around $3 a gallon before the U.S. launched its war against Iran. Diesel prices have jumped even more sharply to an average of $4.78. Sales of existing homes perked up a little bit last month. The National Association of Realtors says sales rose 1.7 percent in February. The average sales price was $398,000. The average mortgage rate last week was 6%. Asian stocks were up overnight. Japan's Nikkei average rose nearly 3% after revised figures showed that country's economy grew a bit faster at the end of last year than initially reported. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News. There continue to be reports of long lines at security at some major airports in the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down, and TSA agents are working without pay. Many airports are advising passengers to show up hours early for their flights. It's Election Day in Georgia for a race to replace former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. President Trump has endorsed one candidate in the crowded field. NPR's Stephen Fowler reports.
Greene resigned in January after a lengthy fallout with Trump over what, quote, America first conservatism actually means. That riff continues in the special election. Trump endorsed Clay Fuller, a district attorney who calls himself a MAGA warrior, but another high-profile Republican on the ballot is Colton Moore, one of the most conservative lawmakers in the state. Some voters in the district say he is more like Trump.
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