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Chapter 1: What recent Supreme Court decision impacted the Voting Rights Act?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The U.S. Supreme Court weakened a portion of the Voting Rights Act that protected minority-majority congressional districts today. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports on how the decision could have huge implications, especially in the South.
The court ruled 6-3 that a congressional map that gave Louisiana a second black majority district was unconstitutional. Eddie Grime is a Kansas City-based attorney who successfully argued that case to the high court. He says the decision lays the groundwork to either legally challenge minority-majority districts or for state legislatures to get rid of them.
That's Jason Rosenbaum from St. Louis Public Radio reporting.
The Supreme Court's decision could make it easier for Southern states to convert Democratic-leaning congressional districts with majority Black populations into whiter, more Republican-leaning seats. For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum in St. Louis.
Iran's national rial currency has hit a record low of $1.8 million as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel holds. Experts warn the fall of the rial is likely to further fuel inflation. Many imported goods from food and medicine to electronics and raw materials are affected by the dollar rate. The war is now in a ceasefire, but a U.S.
naval blockade has continued to increase pressure on Iran's already battered economy, as NPR's Tom Bowman explains.
The U.S. has prevented more than three dozen ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports. And meanwhile, Iran is harassing shipping entering the Strait of Hormuz and that narrow waterway leading to the Arabian Sea, of course. So as a result, the flow of oil tankers, other ships has dropped to a trickle.
And that shipping clog has led to higher prices on things like fertilizer, liquefied natural gas and oil.
NPR's Tom Bowman reporting. President Trump held a rare phone call today with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, As NPR's Charles Maines reports, Russia says the talks focused heavily on current global conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.
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Chapter 2: How is Iran's economy affected by the U.S. naval blockade?
And thanks.