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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump is warning he'll keep the U.S. military stationed in the Mideast until Iran fully complies with this week's truce. The shaky ceasefire comes as Israel continues to attack Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Iran has insisted the ceasefire applies to Lebanon. Both Israel and the U.S. reject this. NPR's Lorne Freyer reports from Beirut, Lebanese officials say 250 people were killed yesterday in Israeli attacks.
Church bells have tolled across Beirut on this national day of mourning. Even as warplanes still tear across the sky, people are still missing, still under the rubble. I heard more booms overnight. Israel says it hit another bridge in southern Lebanon after that wave of attacks yesterday in which Israel says it hit Beirut 100 times in 10 minutes, killing the nephew of Hezbollah's leader. Hezbollah, for its part, held its fire yesterday, says it viewed the ceasefire as including Lebanon. But today says it has fired rockets into northern Israel and air raid sirens have gone off there.
NPR's Lauren Frayer reporting. Meanwhile, Pakistan is getting ready to host talks this weekend between Iranian and U.S. officials. The White House says Vice President Vance will lead the delegation. Stocks opened lower this morning as gas prices hold steady. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped more than 30 points in early trading.
Crude oil prices rose as a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran failed to provide much relief for bottleneck tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. AAA says retail gasoline prices showed little change overnight, hovering around $4.16 a gallon. Diesel prices rose about $0.02 a gallon. High gasoline prices are expected to push the government's cost of living measure up when March inflation numbers are released tomorrow. Even before the war, prices were climbing faster than the Federal Reserve would like. The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy grew more slowly in the final months of 2025 than earlier reports had indicated. A final tally says GDP grew at an annual rate of just half a percent in October, November and December.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Voters are continuing to swing their support toward Democrats in races held since the 2024 presidential election. That includes contests this week in Wisconsin and Georgia. NPR's Stephen Fowler has this analysis.
President Trump won Wisconsin by less than 1% in 2024. But this week, the liberal candidate flipped a state Supreme Court seat and won by more than 20%. In Georgia's 14th congressional district, where Marjorie Taylor Greene won by a 30-point margin in 2024, the Republican replacing her won by just 12%. It's not just special and off-year elections with lower turnout where Democratic candidates are doing better. Polling also finds more voters say they prefer Democrats to control Congress in November, and Democratic voters have higher enthusiasm for voting in the midterms. Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The U.S. Postal Service says it is going to suspend its contribution payments to its workers' pension programs. That's effective tomorrow. Officials from the U.S. Post Office told the federal government they will run out of cash by early next year unless there are reforms. USPS officials say withholding the payment should not hurt current or future retirees if this suspension is temporary. U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner issued a blunt warning to Congress last month to act quickly. A Los Angeles woman has been sentenced for illegally selling the fatal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry. He died in 2023. Steve Futterman reports on the case against Jasveen Sangha.
Before the sentence was announced, the judge heard from Matthew Perry's family. His stepfather, Keith Morrison, described what he called the daily grinding sadness. Prosecutors asked for a 20-year sentence. Defense attorneys asked for time served. The judge ruled that Sanga should serve 15 years in prison.
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