Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Confusion continues about the ceasefire with Iran after President Trump claimed complete and total victory. Iran says it closed the Strait of Hormuz again today after Israel continued to attack the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, a conflict that has displaced more than a million people and killed

182 more today, according to local health officials. But White House Press Secretary Caroline

Levitt says reports that the strait is closed are false. NPR's Mara Liason reports.

The war began with the president saying there would be no deal with Iran except, quote,

unconditional surrender. Now the end of the war

seems to be about keeping ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. The White House says Iran has

agreed to open the strait and that there's been an uptick in boat traffic through the strait.

The White House also posted an official statement from the Iranian government that says, quote,

passage through the strait will be coordinated with the Iranian armed forces.

Asked who was currently in control of the strait, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt didn't answer.

Even if Iran is allowing some ships to pass through, if Iran keeps control of the strait,

military experts say they would keep a lot of leverage

over the global oil markets, and that would be a strategic defeat for the U.S.

Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.

The Justice Department says that former Attorney General Pam Bondi won't appear for a scheduled

deposition next week before a House committee investigating how the government

handled its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, but she's not off the hook yet. A spokeswoman

for the House Oversight Committee says that the department has signaled that Bondi won't appear on April 14th,

quote, since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as attorney general,

but she says the committee will contact Bondi's personal lawyer to see about scheduling her

deposition. The ceasefire has crude oil prices trading lower, but as NPR's Scott Horsley reports,

it'll take a while for drivers to see any savings.

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