Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Kourva Coleman. The U.S. and Israeli militaries are

continuing to attack sites in Iran. Israel is pushing deeper into Lebanon, and it's now striking

the suburbs and the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Iran is attacking Israel, but NPR's Aibatrawi reports

Iran is also firing on several other countries in the Persian Gulf region.

We're seeing these attacks on these countries because they host U.S. troops and because they host

U.S. forces that are actively now at war with Iran and have made very clear from the assassination

of Khomeini that this is about regime change. This is not about diplomacy

or trying to bring Iran back to the negotiating table when you take out its supreme leader. This is

about regime change in fomenting the kind of chaos that really is going to ricochet across the region,

as we're saying. And PR's Aibatrawi reporting. Shipping traffic remains stalled in the Strait of Hormuz. That's the narrow

waterway controlled by Iran, and 20% of the world's crude oil goes through there, as well as

critical amounts of natural gas. Countries such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates could be

forced to reduce or even stop their oil output. Qatar has already halted all its shipments of natural gas.

Asian and European nations badly need these energy supplies.

President Trump has promised the U.S. will escort ships in the region, but that hasn't yet happened.

The House has blocked a measure to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran. It comes

after the Senate rejected a similar resolution on Wednesday. NPS Clodia Grisales reports.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said blocking further operations in Iran now would have been a, quote,

dangerous gambit. It would have been a very serious misstep by Congress, and I'm grateful

that that resolution failed. Both GOP-led chambers blocked the bill largely along party lines. In the

House, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey and California Democrat Ro Kana teamed up again to force

the vote. Only one other Republican, Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson, joined Massey to advance the

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