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What is happening with the U.S. naval blockade and strikes in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. In Iran, the U.S. resumed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz today. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports Iranian and U.S. strikes seem to have intensified, weakening a ceasefire agreement.
A ceasefire paused the war in April, but Iran and the U.S. immediately disagreed on how a June Memorandum of Understanding dealt with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil and other products worldwide. This week, President Trump ordered a resumption of the blockade on maritime traffic to and from Iran and stepped up missile attacks on Iranian targets. Iran, in turn, has been striking U.S. allies in the region and hitting tankers it says are violating Iran's claim of control over the strait.
How have Iran and the U.S. clashed over the June Memorandum of Understanding on shipping?
From April through June, the U.S.-enforced blockade allowed dozens of aid shipments through, but turned back 140 vessels and fired on nine that did not comply. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit alleging a, quote, public-private conspiracy to target critics of Israel. As Empire's Kat Lonsdorff reports, the suit claims that the federal government and several private groups worked together to suppress supporters of a movement fueled by Israel's war on Hamas.
Khalil is a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence as a student activist protesting Israel and its actions against Palestinians in Gaza. He is a legal permanent resident and married to a U.S. citizen. But in March of 2025, he was arrested by ICE and detained, accused of stoking anti-Semitism contrary to U.S. foreign policy interests. The newly filed lawsuit alleges that officials in the Trump administration, the conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation, and two online surveillance groups coordinated to suppress his constitutional rights.
What are the reported effects of the U.S.-enforced blockade on aid shipments and merchant vessels?
The White House did not respond to NPR for comment on the lawsuit, but instead accused Khalil of obtaining a visa by, quote, fraud and misrepresentation. Khalil is facing deportation, a case that could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
After years of legal wrangling, writer E. Jean Carroll has received a $5.6 million payment in her civil case against President Trump. As Empire's Bill Chappell reports, Trump's been fighting against this moment since he first took office.
E. Jean Carroll sued President Trump after he denied her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room some 30 years ago. In 2023, a federal jury in Manhattan awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The award was tied up in a legal battle until last week, when the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal. A federal judge then ordered the president to pay Carroll, along with three years' worth of interest.
What does the lawsuit by pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil allege about government and private group coordination?
An even bigger payment is looming in the dispute between Carroll and Trump, an $83 million award in a separate defamation case, which the president has also appealed. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Dow up nine points. You're listening to NPR News. IBM has made a surprise announcement of preliminary quarterly earnings, and the market doesn't like it one bit. As NPR's John Ruich reports, the company's share price has cratered.
IBM is on track for its worst day ever on the stock market. At one point, its shares had lost more than a quarter of their value. This comes after the company pre-announced that second quarter earnings will fall well short of analysts' expectations. In a letter to investors, the company says its computing infrastructure revenue also came in worse than it expected.
Why did E. Jean Carroll receive a $5.6 million payment and what legal battles remain with former President Trump?
It cites a shift in the way customers spent money during the quarter, hoarding things like chips and disk drives as prices soar due to AI-related demand. IBM says it failed to close numerous large deals for mainframe computers as a result. Investors have been on edge about tech earnings amid unprecedented spending on AI.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is happening with the U.S. naval blockade and strikes in the Strait of Hormuz?
0:00–0:44
2
How have Iran and the U.S. clashed over the June Memorandum of Understanding on shipping?
0:44–1:44
3
What are the reported effects of the U.S.-enforced blockade on aid shipments and merchant vessels?
1:44–2:42
4
What does the lawsuit by pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil allege about government and private group coordination?
2:42–3:31
5
Why did E. Jean Carroll receive a $5.6 million payment and what legal battles remain with former President Trump?
3:31–4:32
6
How did IBM's earnings surprise affect its stock and what else was covered in today's headlines?
4:32–5:03