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What pivotal developments are occurring in the Iran war?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Pentagon says the next few days of the Iran war will be pivotal. At a news conference today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed that he was recently in the Middle East, found morale high among U.S. troops, and maintained that the U.S. is meeting its objectives in its war with Iran.
General Dan Kaine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the U.S. is targeting not just military sites but nuclear research sites, warehouses, and factories in Iran.
We continue to deliver precision strikes against key manufacturing nodes, component storage sites, research facilities deep within Iranian territory. And over the past 29, I'm sorry, 30 days, we've struck more than 11,000 targets.
President Trump's assertion that Iran posed an imminent threat is the subject of heavy debate in the U.S. gas station have gone up again as a result of the increase in oil prices tied to the war. AAA says people are paying on average more than $4 for a gallon of regular gas now. That average is the highest it's been since 2022. In some places, the cost of gas is much higher.
And Piers Camilla Dominovsky has the latest.
Last year, gasoline prices were remarkably stable, a straight line more or less. For most of this month, they've also been a straight line, almost straight up. Prices vary around the country, most expensive on the West Coast and least expensive in the middle of the continent. But they're rising everywhere. Crude oil is driving prices up as the war in Iran disrupts global oil trade.
A switch to summer gasoline and the typical seasonal rise in demand aren't helping. The average cost of public charging electric vehicles is 41 cents a kilowatt hour, AAA reports, up slightly two cents from a month ago. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case tomorrow on the potential future of birthright citizenship. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports on the effect this case could have on maternal and infant health.
Bruce Leslie is president of First Focus on Children, a bipartisan advocacy group for children and families, which submitted an amicus brief in this case.
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