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Chapter 1: What recent developments have occurred in U.S.-Iran relations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. President Trump is extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely while maintaining the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran now says it has seized two ships and fired on a third in the strait. NPR's Aya Batraoui has more from Dubai.
The two vessels were seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz. That's the key waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil was passing before the war began nearly two months ago. Iran, which is blocking most ships now from transiting through the strait, says the seizure of today's vessels is in response to the U.S. seizing an Iranian cargo ship and its crew on Sunday.
They called it an eye for an eye, an oil tanker for an oil tanker. The U.S. Navy is positioned in the Arabian Sea, blocking Iranian ships from entering or exiting the strait. Iran said the seizure of the ship violates the ceasefire, and there's no word yet on whether the two sides plan to meet again for another round of talks. Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators this morning about vaccines, a measles outbreak in South Carolina, and Medicaid. He's on Capitol Hill for two budget hearings today, starting with the Finance Committee, but senators are hitting on a wide range of controversial health policies.
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren pressed Kennedy on the one-off deals that the Trump administration has signed with individual drug companies, saying the U.S. needs a comprehensive approach.
If these deals with Big Pharma are so great for Americans, then we should be able to see what promises have been made. You have the power to make this deal yourself.
Why don't you do that? Why did you?
We did this because you refused to do it. What we've got is Trump. You have a lot more power to negotiate than we do.
We got the lowest prices in history.
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Chapter 2: How is Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressing vaccine concerns?
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