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Chapter 1: What recent developments have occurred in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump says the U.S. is going to guide stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon says it will offer support from the U.S. military, but there's been no explanation of how this will be done. Iranian state media quoted an Iranian leader today who says ships operating in the Strait of Hormuz must coordinate with Iran.
He also says any foreign military operating there will be targeted. NPR's Mara Liason reports President Trump is now making a new claim about the Iran war.
He is saying that the war is officially terminated, but he's not ruling out future military action. The war is at a stalemate. It's been that way for some time. The bombing of Iran did not cause Iran to renege on their nuclear ambitions, and they seem to have attained a new power that they didn't have or didn't use before the war began, and that's control of the Strait of Hormuz. There is a U.S.
blockade, but the Revolutionary Guard still controls the waterways.
NPR's Mara Liason reporting. Lawmakers in Alabama will hold a special session today to redraw the state's congressional districts. This follows last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision essentially gutting the Voting Rights Act. One Democratic House member from Alabama could lose his seat to redistricting. From Alabama Public Radio, Pat Duggins reports.
Congressman Shomari figures is up for reelection this November in Alabama. That is, assuming his district is still there. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Alabama to create a second black House seat in 2023. Now those same justices say race doesn't matter. Figures have said he doesn't worry about the uncertainty.
We got elected to represent a certain part of the state of Alabama and District 2. And that's what we spend our time doing. I worry about things that I can control. I do not stress out about things that I cannot control.
Alabama's Attorney General wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an earlier injunction that keeps District 2's map in place until 2030. For NPR News, I'm Pat Duggins in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Election Day is now six months away, and NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports Democrats are beginning to feel optimistic about their chances of winning control of the U.S. Senate.
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Chapter 2: How is Alabama's redistricting affecting local elections?
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