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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.

The Trump administration is seeking to reassure the public about prices at the pump amid the

joint U.S. Israeli Air War over Iran.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin.

Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans

will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior to the start

of the operation.

U.S. military says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mind-laying ships near the strait of

which 20% of the world's oil is shipped.

The military's announcement came after President Trump warned Iran against laying minds in

the strait.

The volatile oil market plunged on Tuesday after energy-secretary Chris Wright made and then

deleted a social media post on X, as appears Maria Aspen reports.

Oil prices have been swinging wildly for days since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.

The price of Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, surged well-past $100 at the start

of the week before retreating.

The sell-off intensified after energy-secretary Chris Wright posted on X that the U.S. Navy had

escorted an oil tanker through the strait of Hormuz, quote, to ensure oil remains flowing

to global markets.

But the post was deleted within minutes.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin later said during a press conference that

the U.S. Navy has not escorted a tanker or a vessel through the key waterway at this

time.

Maria Aspen and PR News

Dozens of U.S. soldiers have been wounded in Iran's retaliatory strikes have been

agon now confirming at least 140 service members have been injured with eight severely wounded.

A candidate endorsed by President Trump advancing to a special election brought off in the

race to replace former Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rahul Bali with

member station W-A-B-E in Atlanta, reports on the special election to fill that seat for

the rest of the year.

Greene resigned in January after a falling out with Trump.

Republican Clay Fuller, a former district attorney, got the endorsement of Trump, who

came to the district and rallied for him last month.

Fuller says the endorsement made a difference in helping him get the most votes among the

Republicans on the ballot.

Fuller advances to an April 7th runoff against Democrat Sean Harris, who lost a green in

2024 by a 64 percent to 36 percent margin.

There will be a separate May primary and November general election to fill the congressional

seat after January 2027 that features many of the same candidates, including Fuller

and Harris.

For NPR News, I'm Rahul Bali in Atlanta.

Major tornado damage being reported in Kankaki County, Illinois, south of Chicago officials

say the tornado down trees and power lines and overwhelm the 9-1-1 center with emergency

calls.

Tornado watches an effect from Texas to Michigan.

This is NPR.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic drug to treat a rare genetic disorder,

but not for autism.

The FDA said Tuesday that the drug helps children and adults who cannot get in a full late into

the brain.

President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy promoted the drug as an autism

treatment.

The FDA cites a lack of data for that, and that the evidence supports use only in patients

with specific genetic mutations.

Forecasters say this winter has been the warmest on record across many states in the Western

US.

NPR's Lauren Summer reports on concerns about drought and wildfire risk.

Fourteen states experienced their warmest or second warmest winter in 131 years of record

keeping.

That's according to a new assessment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

One-third of the US population experienced the warmest winter daytime highs on record.

That trend was mostly across the Great Plains and Western US.

High temperatures have led to a low snowpack there, which could have impacts this summer.

Mountain snowpack supplies water to millions of people, and dry conditions can set the stage

for more extreme wildfires.

Lauren Summer and PR News.

The WNBA and its players union meeting as a deadline to reach a deal approaches, meaning

at a hotel in New York City Tuesday evening, comes on the day the league said it needed

at least a handshake agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, revenue sharing

as the key sticking point.

Financial markets in Asia largely holding steady and Wednesday trading, Japan's Benchmark

up 2.3% South Korean shares have advanced more than 3%.

I'm Jolliel Snyder, NPR News.