NPR News: 05-06-2026 5AM EDT
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What is President Trump's recent announcement regarding military operations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump says he's pausing efforts by the U.S. military to help guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. Writing on Truth Social last night, the president said he was putting Project Freedom on hold at the request of Pakistan and other countries to see if an agreement with Iran to end the war can be finalized. That pause was announced less than 48 hours after the operation began. China's foreign minister is calling for a comprehensive ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Wang Yi's remarks followed talks today in Beijing with Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arakci. The war with Iran is causing some people in the U.S. to alter their travel plans.
As NPR's Stephen Visaha reports, concerns about safety and high prices are prompting travelers to cancel trips overseas.
James Ridgway just landed back home in D.C., but he might skip his trip to Europe after seeing the cost to fly. We have tickets to see The Cure in Ireland, and I don't think we'll be able to swing it. Arlene Hogan owns the travel advisor company Vacays4U, and she says her clients are sticking to domestic travel due to concerns about conflicts overseas. Hawaii is especially popular. Even though Hawaii is an expensive destination when you think about it, however, it gives people a sense of security. According to the travel site Kayak, international tickets in late April were up about $150 compared to a year earlier. Stephen Basaha, NPR News.
In Ohio, former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown won his party's nomination for his former Senate seat on Capitol Hill. Voters also selected tech entrepreneur and one-time Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as the GOP nominee for governor. Ramaswamy will face Democrat and physician Amy Acton in November. In Indiana, a majority of Republican state senators who opposed recent efforts to change the state's congressional map lost their primaries. In Michigan, Democrats won a special election for a seat in the state Senate. Rick Brewer with member station WCMU has more.
The 35th State Senate District is considered a key bellwether in Michigan politics. Republicans used Governor Gretchen Whitmer's record-setting delay calling this special election to try and mobilize voters, among other strategies. But they weren't enough to defeat Democrat Shedrick Green, a retired Marine and fire captain, from racking up roughly 60 percent of the vote in the Purple District.
This is a win for affordability, for people who do everything right but still struggle because their wages aren't keeping up with the soaring prices.
Leaders in the Michigan Democratic Party said the win gives them huge momentum going into the November midterms. For NPR News, I'm Rick Brewer in Midland, Michigan.
Wall Street futures are higher this morning. This is NPR News from Washington. Gasoline prices in the U.S. continue climbing as the war with Iran remains unresolved. AAA says the price of regular went up another five cents a gallon overnight. It's now averaging almost $4.54, the highest in four years. That cost has risen about 30 cents a gallon in the last week. A new poll looks at the specifics of what supporters of the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again movement care about the most. Here's NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin.
The poll is from KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization. Voters who support the Make America Healthy Again or MAHA movement were asked to rank their top priorities from a list. Lowering the cost of health care was by far the most popular choice across the political spectrum. Four in 10 Maha voters ranked cost issues first, compared to fewer than one in 10 who chose limiting corporate influence on food policy, for example. When it comes to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., only one in three Maha voters strongly approved of his job performance, even though Maha is Kennedy's signature effort. The survey was conducted in mid-April and included 1,300 people. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
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