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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on U.S. military operations in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the new U.S. effort to open the Strait of Hormuz to traffic is a defensive one. He says it won't last a long time.
This is a temporary mission for us. As I've said before, the world needs this waterway a lot more than we do. We're stabilizing the situation so commerce can flow again, but we expect the world to step up. at the appropriate time, and soon we will hand responsibility back to you.
Hegseth gave a news conference last hour at the Pentagon with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaine. The U.S. military says two U.S. flag commercial ships transited the strait yesterday. General Cain says the U.S. expects more to follow. The United Arab Emirates says that Iran fired several missiles and drones at it yesterday. Hegseth says the ceasefire is not over.
Alabama is one of several Republican-led southern states moving quickly to redraw their congressional maps. This follows the U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited how the Voting Rights Act can be applied. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports civil rights protesters showed up at Alabama's Statehouse in Montgomery on the first day of a special session.
Patricia Jeter says she came from Tuskegee to fight back.
Because they're interested in rezoning, and I'm interested in voting. Because I don't believe that the president of the United States or anybody else has a right to take away my God-given right.
So I'm here. Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter says there's an opportunity for Republicans to win all seven of Alabama's congressional seats.
The people voted to have... the supermajority is the way it is today, and so this is the voice of the people.
The Supreme Court effectively removed race as a consideration for drawing congressional districts. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
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Chapter 2: How are Republican-led states responding to the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act?
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