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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Iran and the US Traded heated rhetoric on social media today after President Trump used vulgar language threatening to target more of Iran's infrastructure if it didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday. NPR's Deep Harves has more.
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Iran is hitting back. After President Trump posted an expletive laden message on social media or ordering Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if they don't comply, he vowed to destroy more of Iran's bridges and power plants. The official X account for Iran's permanent mission to the United nations responded that Trump seeks to drag the region into an endless war. It added that his threat to target civilian infrastructure showed an intent to commit a war crime and urged immediate international intervention. Mehdi Tabatabai, deputy for communications and information in Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian's office, posted on that President Trump had, quote, resorted to obscenities and nonsense out of sheer desperation and anger. He went on to use similarly insulting language, saying that the strait would open when Iran had been compensated for the cost of this war. Dee Parvaz, NPR News, Vaughn, Turkey.
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And as the strait remains largely closed, that's stranding oil tankers and pushing up the price of crude oil and gasoline. AAA says the average price of a gallon of gas nationwide is is now $4.11. President Trump says gas prices will immediately go down once the war with Iran ends. But David Goldwyn, former energy envoy for the State Department and assistant secretary of energy, says that won't happen.
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Oil's a globally priced commodity. So even though we won't have a physical shortage here because we've got Canada for heavy oil and we produce our own, the reality is that the price is global and there's a real physical shortage. And so we don't escape that price impact. And that translates to what it costs a refiner to buy the crude and therefore what you pay for gasoline at the pump. So we are not immune from that.
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Speaking there to NPR's Weekend Edition, there are only days left to register to vote in this year's primary elections in a couple of states. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports. Some states in the Midwest and South are getting ready to hold their primaries in May.
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Eligible voters in Indiana and Ohio who want to cast ballots in the May primaries have until the end of Monday to register, and there's still at least a week left to register, register in time for the primaries in Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and West Virginia. If you're planning to register to vote by mail, you may want to avoid waiting until the last minute to send your application by a postmark. Deadline changes at the U.S. postal Service mean that your mail may not get a postmark on the same day you drop it off. USPS says if you want to make sure it gets a postmark, stop by a post office and ask for one. And if you've already registered to vote, you may want to check your status before your state's deadline. Eligible voters can sometimes be removed from lists, especially if they move, change their name or haven't voted in a while. Hansi Wong, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A federal judge has stopped efforts by President Trump to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren't considering race in admissions. This follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general. Trump ordered the new policy last summer over whether schools were using personal statements and other proxies to consider race. The states say the data collection effort threatens student privacy and could lead to baseless investigations. The judge says the government likely has the authority to collect the data, but that it was done in a rushed, chaotic manner. Hollywood's playing host to big family crowds this holiday weekend, and Pier's Bob Mondello has the details.
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Project Hail Mary is still packing them in with a blockbuster worthy $30 million in its third weekend.
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Thumbs up. No, that's thumbs down. Give me the thumbs up. It's close enough.
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Still, that's small potatoes next to the Super Mario Bros. Who took a running jumpstart. By opening Wednesday, their Galaxy movie will collect a five day total of more than $190 million.
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Together, they pushed 2026 to the best start of any year since the pandemic. And if blockbusters inspire people to come back to the movies, that bodes well for the next few weeks. Openings we which include Mortal Kombat 2, a Michael Jackson biopic and the first Star wars movie in seven years. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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And in second place at the box office project Hail Mary. With $30 million globally, it's made more than $420 million. I'm Jeanine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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