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Lakshmi Singh (0:01)
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's calling on countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where the Iran war's blockade on oil shipments is resulting in soaring gas prices in the
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U.S. we strongly encourage other nations whose economies depend on this rate far more than ours. You know, we get less than 1% of our oil from this rate. And some countries get much more. Japan gets 95%. China gets 90%. Many of the Europeans get quite a quite a bit. South Korea gets 35%. So we want them to come and help us with the strait.
Lakshmi Singh (0:40)
President Trump's convening the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees this afternoon. According to reports, this meeting involves a vote on plans to close the performing arts center for two years of renovations. Over the weekend, a federal judge ruled that Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty of Ohio had had to be given access to details of today's meeting and allowed to participate and register her opposition. President Trump will sign an executive order this afternoon launching a whole of government approach to tackling fraud. The president announced the effort in his State of the Union address last month. NPRzepashivaram reports.
Deepa Shivaram (1:17)
Trump tasked Vice President J.D. vance with overseeing the task force that will look into fraud on the federal and state level. In an interview with Fox News, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt specifically, specifically mentioned tackling fraud in states like New York and California, both led by Democrats. We're going to turn every page to find and identify this fraud, to prosecute the individuals who are engaged in it. This will be again a whole of government effort. Vance has also been tasked with looking into fraud in Minnesota, another Democrat led state. Last month, the administration suspended Medicaid payments to the state until they came up with a plan to tamp down on fraud. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
Lakshmi Singh (1:56)
An Afghan man who served alongside US forces has died in ICE custody. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. He was in the US legally with a pending asylum claim.
Quill Lawrence (2:07)
Mohammed Nazir Paktewal served alongside American Special Forces in Afghanistan. According to documents seen by NPR, he helped U.S. troops for over a decade. In 2021, Paktiwal fled Afghanistan with his family because the Taliban were threatening to kill Afghans who had collaborated with the US since then, pactewal had been living in Texas with his wife and six children, a family statement says. Last Friday, he was taking his kids to school when federal agents in unmarked cars surrounded pactewal and drove him away. He complained of breathing problems and was given medical attention, according to a statement from ice. But the next morning, he was pronounced dead in a Dallas hospital. ICE says the cause of death is under investigation. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.