Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Krova Coleman. The U.S. and Israel continue to strike Iran.

While Iran is firing back at neighboring nations, Iran has also choked off most traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

There is a report today from Maritime Tracker Lloyd's List that a French-owned container ship is now transiting the strait.

Its passage comes as Iran says it will start charging ships

that sail through. NPR's Jackie Northam reports. An Iranian lawmaker says the fee for a ship to pass

through the strait of Hormuz could cost up to $2 million. It will involve government-to-government

negotiations, getting permits, and transiting through Iranian territorial water.

The toll system is still being formalized and currently appears ad hoc.

Analysts say some ships, including those from India, Pakistan, and China have worked out deals

diplomatically. Iranian-owned and flagged vessels won't be charged, and any ship with links to the U.S. or Israel

will not be allowed to pass full stop.

Analysts say it's unlikely a toll system similar to the Suez Canal would get regional buy-in,

and that opening the straight through diplomacy is still the best answer.

Jackie Northam, NPR News.

President Trump says U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is out. There's been criticism directed at Bondi during her 14-month tenure, especially over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files. But President Trump also instructed Bondi to legally pursue many of his political enemies.

NPR's Ryan Lucas says that included New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey.

The Justice Department has struggled to find success in these efforts.

At this point, Comey and James are the only two to be indicted, and a court later tossed both of those

cases because it found the prosecutor who had secured them was unlawfully appointed. The president

campaigned on getting revenge on his political foes and the department's failures on that front

under Bondi seemed to be a source of frustration for him. And Pierre's Ryan Lucas reporting.

NASA's Artemis II mission is now on a path to the moon.

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