Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce his country's attacks on Lebanon.

Trump said in an interview with NBC News that he made the request in a call yesterday. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.

President Trump told NBC that, quote, I spoke with BB and he's going to

low-key it. I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key, unquote. After a ceasefire was

announced on Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran, Israel continued attacking Lebanon where the

Iran-backed group Hezbollah is based. There has been disagreement among the countries involved in the

ceasefire as to whether

attacks on Lebanon are a part of that agreement. Trump posted on social media late Wednesday night

that U.S. military personnel will remain in and around Iran until there's a, quote, real agreement.

Vice President J.D. Vance will lead a delegation to Pakistan for Saturday peace talks.

Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News, the White House.

Energy traffic in the Middle East remains snarled despite a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.

NPR's Scott Horsley has more on the ripple effects here at home.

Crude oil prices rose as a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran failed to provide much relief for bottleneck tanker traffic

in the Strait of Hormuz. AAA says retail gasoline prices showed little change overnight,

hovering around $4.16 a gallon. Diesel prices rose, about two cents a gallon. High gasoline prices

are expected to push the government's cost-a-living measure up when March inflation numbers are

released tomorrow.

Even before the war, prices were climbing faster than the Federal Reserve would like.

The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy grew more slowly than the final months of 2025

than earlier reports it indicated. A final tally says GDP grew at an annual rate of just

half a percent in October, November, and December.

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