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Chapter 1: What recent statements did Iran's supreme leader make regarding nuclear capabilities?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Iran's supreme leader says the Islamic Republic will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities and says Americans belong at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. His remarks come as Iran's oil industry is struggling under a U.S. Navy blockade and as the global economy feels the strain of Iran's chokehold on the street of Hormuz.
Today, President Trump dismissed concerns that high gas prices will linger long after the Iran war.
The gas will go down. As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like a rock. There's so much of it. It's all over the place, sitting all over the oceans of the world.
Industry experts say it will take time for gas prices to come down. The motoring club, AAA, says the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas is now $4.30. In California, it's $6.01. NPR's Stephen Basaja checked in with how that's affecting motorists. The cost to fill up her Silverado in Birmingham, Alabama, makes Mary Kaiser numb.
I don't feel anything at all. I'm just disappointed.
Chris Covey's visiting family and says gas has not affected his driving yet. The place where I'm starting to notice it is the price of groceries because a lot of things are trucked into where I live in Arizona. Gas prices started dropping about two weeks ago with hopes these Strait of Hormuz would reopen.
But Aixa Diaz with AAA says with no clear end to the war in sight, prices are climbing back up. It's so volatile and it really just depends on what's happening geopolitically and that can change by the day. Overall, gas prices are up about 44% since the war began more than two months ago. Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
Louisiana has postponed its congressional primary election after a new Supreme Court ruling that further weakens the landmark Voting Rights Act. As NPR's Hansi Lawong reports, Republican officials in some other southern states are also pushing to redraw congressional maps in time for this year's midterm election.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority has reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act's longstanding protections against racial discrimination and redistricting. And that has made it easier for Republican-controlled state legislatures, particularly in the South, to get rid of Democratic-represented House districts that were likely protected under the landmark law.
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Chapter 2: How are rising gas prices impacting consumers across the U.S.?
Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
41-year-old skiing star Lindsey Vonn says she's not ready to make a decision of whether to race again as she continues to recover from her frightening crash at the Winter Olympics. She's undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture. She says a return would be at least a year and a half away. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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