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Chapter 1: What actions is President Trump taking regarding the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. President Trump says the U.S. is imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. NPR's Mara Liason reports.
Trump told Fox News it wouldn't take long to clean out the strait. Just hours after talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war, President Trump posted that effective immediately, the U.S. Navy will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz.
That means Iran could not export its oil through the Strait or collect tolls from other countries' ships. But since it would also prevent any oil from coming through the Strait, it's not clear...
Chapter 2: What are the implications of the U.S. naval blockade on Iran's oil exports?
how the blockade will help bring down the price of gas. Those high prices were caused by closing off one of the most important choke points for the global oil and gas market. that any Iranian who fires at the U.S. or any other peaceful vessels will be, quote, blown to hell. Mara Liason, NPR News.
Congress returns to Washington after a two-week break for the Easter recess. NPR congressional correspondent Eric McDaniel says one of the key issues lawmakers will be dealing with concerns the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump wants the Department of Homeland Security reopened. I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone listening, you've been hearing about this shutdown for so long, it's become the longest agency shutdown ever. There is a plan which is pass a short-term funding bill to fund all of the agency except for immigration enforcement. They're doing that in cooperation with Democrats.
Then go through the longer process of of funding all of DHS for the rest of Trump's time in office. Agencies are typically funded just a year at a time, so that's a big deal.
Lawmakers will also be reviewing the $1.5 trillion budget request for the Pentagon. That's a more than $455 billion one-year increase over the previous year's budget. A Christian tradition more than a thousand years old, it continued uninterrupted in Jerusalem on Saturday, just days after the ceasefire with Iran. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports on the holy fire ceremony.
Pilgrims erupted in cheers and bells rang out. as the Greek Orthodox patriarch emerged from the tomb of Jesus, according to tradition, holding a flame said to be lit miraculously. It was also miraculous, one could say, that the ceasefire with Iran came just in time as Israeli authorities reopened the Church of the Holy Sepulchre following wartime safety restrictions on gatherings.
Israel's foreign ministry says torches carrying the holy flame were flown to Orthodox Christian communities in Greece, Russia, Poland, Georgia, Romania, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, and Moldova. One torch was carried across the border to Egypt. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
At the Masters, the final golfers are on the course. Cameron Young got a birdie on number two, now leads by one stroke. And you're listening to NPR News. A federal appeals court says President Trump's White House ballroom project can move forward for now. NPR's Chloe Veldman reports the administration had challenged a lower court ruling that said the project exceeds presidential authority.
panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled two to one to allow construction to proceed through next Friday, while the district court further reviews the case. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to stop construction last December. It argued the president lacked the statutory authority to undertake the project.
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Chapter 3: How is Congress addressing the government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security?
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