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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Iran's Revolutionary Guard is saying safe passage will be provided to ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but didn't say how that would happen. This came after President Trump suspended a similar US Operation, saying he is waiting on a deal with Iran. Indiana state Senate Republicans who opposed congressional redistricting were largely defeated in yesterday's primary elections. President Trump had called for their ouster. From member station wfyi, Ben Thorpe reports the results show Trump's continued sway in Indiana.
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A majority of incumbent Indiana senators lost their primary elections after months of political threats and millions of dollars pitted against them. Incumbents argued their constituents didn't want redistricting during the vote last year, but now most of them have been voted out. Laura Merrifield Wilson is a professor of political science at the University of Indianapolis. She says in US Politics, incumbents usually win.
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It's highly unusual to see so many challengers defeat incumbents, and I think that has to be attributed at least to the current political dynamics.
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Wilson says the night was a win for Trump and could mean Indiana revisits redistricting next year. For NPR News, I'm Ben Thorpe in Indianapolis.
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A new NPR PBS News Marist poll says politically, President Trump is at his lowest point in his presidency. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says despite Trump's primary victories in Indiana, voters will have more to say in November's general election.
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General elections aren't primaries, and Trump has been really toxic with swing voters. His overall approval rating in our poll is the worst it's ever been. Just 37% approve of the job he's doing. Well, 59% disapprove. That can be a real albatross around Republican candidates across the country, especially when key groups appear to be softening or turning away.
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NPR's Domenico Montanaro. One of the issues voters are very troubled by is the rising cost of gas due to the war in Iran. AAA says nationally the average cost for a gallon of gas is $4.54. Some people in the U.S. are changing their travel plans. NPR's Stephen Bisaha has more.
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James Ridgway just landed back home in D.C. but he might skip his trip to Europe after seeing the cost to fly.
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We have tickets to see the Cure in Ireland, and I don't think we'll be able to swing it.
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Arlene Hogan owns the travel advisor company vacays4u, and she says her clients are sticking to domestic travel due to concerns about conflicts overseas. Hawaii is especially popular, even though Hawaii
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is an expensive destination. When you think about it, however, it gives people a sense of security.
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According to the travel site Kayak International, tickets in late April were up about $150 compared to a year earlier. Steven Bassaha, NPR News.
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You're listening to npr. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is supposed to testify behind closed doors to a House committee today. The panel is investigating late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lawmakers are seeking information about Lutnick's contact with Epstein after Epstein's conviction in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a girl. The Trump administration tried to freeze or rescind billions of dollars in 2025 that were destined for science agencies. Researchers and scientists who lost funding from the National Institutes of Health say they're still suffering even though some of the money has been restored. NPR's Katia Riddle reports.
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Standing in his empty laboratory at Harvard, Sean Eddy explains before his grant from the NIH was cut from the National Institutes of Health, he was looking for the origin of life.
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My sort of dream is that by comparing modern genome sequences, we can reconstruct computationally, evolution back as far as possible, at least to the last common ancestor of life.
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Eddy lost funding last year and like many in his position, says the NIH has not been transparent about where things stand with his grant. He had to cut most of his staff. Eddy says he plans to continue looking for the origin of life on his own. Katie Arettle, NPR News.
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The head of the World Health Organization says three cruise ship passengers who are ill, possibly with a rare hantavirus, are being evacuated. WHO chief Tedros Adnaham Ghebreyesis says they're being taken to the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the cruise ship remains stationary off the Cape Verde Islands in the North Atlantic. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.
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