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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. In Iran, the US Resumed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz today. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. Iranian and U.S. strikes seem to have intensified, weakening a ceasefire agreement.
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A ceasefire paused the war in April, but Iran and the US Immediately disagreed on how a June memorandum of understanding dealt with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil and other products worldwide. This week, President Trump ordered a resumption of the blockade on maritime traffic to and from Iran and stepped up missile attacks on Iranian targets. Iran, in turn, has been striking US Allies in the region and hitting tankers it says are violating Iran's claim of control over the strait. From April through June, the US Enforced blockade allowed dozens of aid shipments through, but turned back 140 vessels and fired on nine that did not comply. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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Pro Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit alleging a, quote, public private conspiracy to target critics of Israel. As NPR's Kat Laundsdorf reports, the suit claims that the federal government and several private groups work together to suppress supporters of a movement fueled by Israel's war on Hamas.
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Khalil is a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence as a student activist protesting Israel and its actions against Palestinians in Gaza. He is a legal permanent resident and married to a U.S. citizen. But in March of 2025, he was arrested by ICE and detained, accused of stoking anti Semitism contrary to US Foreign policy interests. The newly filed lawsuit alleges that officials in the Trump administration, the conservative think tank the Heritage foundation, and two online surveillance groups coordinated to suppress his constitutional rights. The White House did not respond to NPR for comment on the lawsuit, but instead accused Khalil of obtaining a visa by, quote, fraud and misrepresentation. Khalil is facing deportation, a case that could end up before the U.S. supreme Court. Kat Lansdorf, NPR News, Washington.
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After years of legal wrangling, writer E. Jean Carroll has received a $5.6 million payment in her civil case against President Trump. As NPR's Bill Chappell reports, Trump's been fighting against this moment since he first took office.
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E. Jean Carroll sued President Trump after he denied her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room some 30 years ago. She In 2023, a federal jury in Manhattan awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The award was tied up in a legal battle until last week, when the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal. A federal judge then ordered the president to pay Carol along with three years worth of interest. An even bigger payment is looming in the dispute between Carol and Trump, an $83 million award in a separate defamation case, which the president has also appealed. Bill Chappell, NPR News, Wall street higher
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by the closing bell. The Dow up nine points. You're listening to NPR News. IBM has made a surprise announcement of preliminary quarterly earnings and the market doesn't like it one bit. As NPR's John Ruich reports, the company's share price has cratered.
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IBM is on track for its worst day ever on the stock market. At one point, its shares had lost more than a quarter of their value. This comes after the company pre announced that second quarter earnings will fall well short of analysts expectations. In a letter to investors, the company says its computing infrastructure revenue also came in worse than it expected. It cites a shift in the way customers spent money during the quarter, hoarding things like chips and disk drives as prices soar due to AI related demand. IBM says it failed to close numerous large deals for mainframe computers. As a result, investors have been on edge about tech earnings amid unprecedented spending on AI. John Ruich, NPR News.
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The airplane captain who famously landed a plane on the Hudson river in New York 17 years ago says he has Alzheimer's disease. 75 year old Chelsea Sully Sullenberger says on his website he recently got the diagnosis and that it's in its early stages. And he says he hopes that by sharing the news, others will feel they can get help. In 2009, Sullenberger Co pilot Jeff Skiles were were flying a US Airways plane when the engine hit a flock of Canadian geese and they pulled off an emergency water landing. All 155 people on board the plane survived. US futures contracts are trading flat at this hour. I'm Jeanine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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