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Details@Capital1.com Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. U.S. military is now blockading Iranian ports as the Trump administration seeks to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war after talks broke down over the week. In Islamabad, NPR's Tom Bowman.
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It's possible fighting could start again if Iran starts hitting US Warships or commercial ships trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz or attacking the energy sector of Gulf allies. The Iranians have said they have major untouched levers to pull in response to the blockade, but we don't know what that means at this point. It's an economic war trying to get Iran back to negotiating table.
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Iran is threatening to retaliate against Gulf point in neighboring countries. President Trump is refusing to apologize for Sunday night social media post attacking Pope Leo over the Iran war and for posting a now deleted AI generated image that appears to depict him as a Jesus like figure healing the sick. Trump says he thought the photo showed him as a doctor. Pope Leo, meanwhile, making a pilgrimage Tuesday to Algeria. He is to visit the archaeological ruins where St. Augustine lived and died. Leo was a member of the Order of St. Augustine. Elevated gas price prices have drivers accelerating efforts to try to find savings. NPR's Amy Held reports that some motorists are finding them at gas stations on Native American reservations.
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In the month after the US and Israel attacked Iran, US gas prices soared 21%. That's the biggest increase in the government's decades of tracking.
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Now I'm on the hunt.
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Janelle Lewis says she drove nearly a half hour to the Tulalip reservation north of Seattle to save 55 cents a gallon.
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It's worth it to fill up once a week. That'll get me through the week.
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It's one of hundreds of reservation gas stations across the U.S. with many offering some of the cheapest fuel prices because they're not subject to state taxes. Those range from 9 cents a gallon in Alaska to as high as 71 cents in California. Across the 35 states with federally recognized Native American tribes, now gas apps are sending more bargain hunters to their pumps. Amy Held, NPR News.
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Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez expected to resign his House seat Tuesday. Gonzalez accused of having a sexual relationship with a staff member who later took her own life. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies has more.
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Gonzalez's resignation announcement came hours after California Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell also announced his own plan to resign. Swalwell is facing allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from at least four women. Gonzalez had already dropped his bid for re election after being forced into a primary runoff and the launch of a congressional ethics investigation into his behavior. Gonzalez did not make it clear when he would officially leave Congress. It's up to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, to call a special election to fill Gonzalez's seat.
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You're listening to NPR News. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now has a majority government. Dan Carpentryuk reports that Carney's Liberal Party came in after three special elections Monday, two of them in Ontario and one in Quebec.
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Carney's Liberals went into these special elections with 171seats. They needed 172 to form a majority government. The two districts in Toronto were considered safe Liberal strongholds, and they won handily, providing Carney with at least 173 seats and a majority government. The vote in Terrebonne, Quebec, was hotly contested between the Liberals and the separatist Bloc Quebecois. It was won by the Liberals a year ago, but by only one vote. The Supreme Court overturned the results, sparking a special election there. The majority assures Prime Minister Carney's government a stronger position in Parliament and provides support on major nation building projects, as well as his government's dealing on trade and tariff issues. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenschuk in Toronto.
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A federal judge has dismissed the $10 billion defamation lawsuit President Trump filed against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The judge issued an order Monday saying that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article describing a birthday card to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was published with malicious intent. Trump denies writing it and said he will be refiling the complaint. Shares in Asia higher in Tuesday trading markets in Japan, South Korea and China all gaining ground. And oil has dropped below $100 a barrel after President Trump said Iran wants to make a deal to end the war following the collapse of peace talks over the weekend. I'm Trail Snyder, NPR News.