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What updates are provided about the Iran war and its implications?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Pentagon now confirms that in addition to the seven U.S.
service members who've died in combat, the Iran war has also left an estimated 140 troops wounded, eight severely. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Koehn updated the public earlier today on the war.
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. Quill Lawrence, NPR News. The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most vital transit points for oil, is closed.
The head of the Saudi company Aramco, one of the globe's top exporters, warns of catastrophic consequences if disruptions persist. NPR's Tovia Smith reports on the hit to U.S. gas prices. At gas stations around Boston, prices at the pumps have been climbing about 10 cents a day since Friday, leaving motorists like Kate Meyer concerned.
The national average for regular is about $3.54, according to AAA. Gas is going for over $5 in California. But gas prices are likely to shift rapidly following crude oil prices, which whipsawed yesterday from nearly $120 a barrel to end the day down at around $90.
President Trump posted on social media that a short-term hike in oil prices is a, quote, very small price to pay for USA and world safety and peace. Tovia Smith, NPR News. A closely watched special election is underway in Georgia's 14th congressional district to succeed former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. NPR's Stephen Fowler has an update.
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. More than a dozen candidates, Democrats, Republicans, an Independent and a Libertarian, are on the ballot. If nobody earns a majority, the top two, regardless of party, head to an April runoff. Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta. U.S. stocks have ended the day mostly lower. The Dow is down 34 points. This is NPR News.
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