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In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional redistricting plan that was just approved by voters last month. Virginia Democrats wanted to counter Republicans in other states who are redrawing their maps to give geopolitics candidates a stronger chance to win seats in the US Congress. The Virginia justice has ruled the state legislature made procedural errors in how it put the redistricting question on the ballot. The Pentagon says the U.S. has disabled two more vessels that violated the U.S. navy blockade in the Gulf of Oman. NPR's Aya Batrawi reports. This comes after the U.S. military and Iran traded fire again last night for the second time this week.
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The US Central Command says Iran attacked three US Naval vessels transiting near Iran's coast and that the military responded in self defense by hitting Iranian missile and drone launch sites. Iran says it was the US that started this latest round of violence Thursday night by attacking one of its oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says U.S. airstrikes targeted three areas along the Iranian coast as well.
Korva Coleman (1:19)
NPR's Eha Batroy reporting. Parents who are not making their child support payments may lose their US Passports. The State Department says it's going to start revoking them under long standing federal law. As NPR's Kristen Wright reports, the State
Kristen Wright (1:34)
Department says it's taking away the passports of parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support debt, preventing them from international travel. The agency says it's a way to keep parents from neglecting their legal obligations to their children. The government has decided it's now strictly enforcing federal law on the books since the 90s. It allows the State Department to deny or revoke passports because of significant child support owed. But in the past, the government usually only restricted passports when parents with delinquent payments applied to get tried to renew. Now the State Department says it's working with Health and Human Services to find out who hasn't paid up. Kristen Wright, NPR News, Washington.
Korva Coleman (2:12)
Legal analysts are among those waiting to see what the US Supreme Court decides about abortion access involving the drug mifepristone and telemedicine. NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin says yesterday was the deadline for briefs in the case to be filed with the court.