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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. The Justice Department is dropping its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, instead asking the inspector general for the Federal Reserve to once again review building costs related to the Fed's Washington headquarters. It has twice found no wrongdoing. The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm the president's nominee, Kevin Warsh, to be the next Fed chair. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US Navy blockade of Iranian ships and ports will continue as long as it takes. And he says other countries need the Strait of Hormuz open more than the US Does.
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We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat. This is much more their fight than ours.
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President Trump says he's in no hurry to make a deal with Iran to end the war. The president was speaking to reporters at the White House yesterday after directing the U.S. navy to, quote, shoot and kill any Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz that are laying mines. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
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President Trump says he has ordered U.S. minesweepers to begin clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a slow and dangerous process that could take months to complete. The threat of mines in the strait and attacks and ship seizures by Iran is forcing many vessels to stay put. That's preventing oil and commodities such as helium, fertilizer and aluminum, all critical elements for industry, farming and the like, from moving through the Gulf. That's causing shortages and driving up prices. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
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NPR has confirmed U.S. defense officials told lawmakers in closed door briefings it could take months to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines. Tennessee is angling to become the model state for President Trump's immigration agenda. Mariana Bacallau from member station WPLN in Nashville reports that the statehouse there has passed a slew of bills crafted in coordination with the White House.
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Tennessee Republicans attribute the immigration package to conversations with U.S. homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller. The bills would deputize local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents, restrict who can become nurses or electricians, and require schools to report the number of students without legal status. State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson says Tennessee is seizing the moment and during
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