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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hirst. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, a close ally of President Trump, has conceded defeat to opposition leader Peter Magyar, ending his 16 years in power. Last week, Vice President Vance visited Hungary supporting Orban, trying to shore votes for the authoritarian leader. |
| 0:21.1 | President Trump says the U.S. is imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 0:25.7 | but Iran says it won't bow down to threats. |
| 0:28.5 | And Pierce-Meyer-Lyason reports. |
| 0:30.1 | Trump told Fox News it wouldn't take long to clean out the strait. |
| 0:34.3 | Just hours after talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war, |
| 0:39.3 | President Trump posted that effective immediately, the U.S. Navy will begin the process of blockading |
| 0:44.2 | any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz. That means Iran could not |
| 0:49.3 | export its oil through the strait or collect tolls from other country's ships. But since it would also prevent any oil from coming through the strait, it's not clear how |
| 0:58.7 | the blockade will help bring down the price of gas. |
| 1:01.7 | Those high prices were caused by closing off one of the most important choke points for |
| 1:05.8 | the global oil and gas market. |
| 1:07.8 | The president also posted that any Iranian who fires at the U.S. or any other |
| 1:12.6 | peaceful vessels will be, quote, blown to hell. Mara Liason, NPR News. Congress is back in D.C. |
| 1:20.2 | tomorrow after a two-week break and topping the agenda, the war in Iran. And peers Eric McDaniel has more. |
| 1:26.9 | Democrats are incensed over President Trump's |
| 1:28.7 | threat to end Iranian civilization ahead of last week's ceasefire announcement. More than three |
| 1:33.5 | dozen called for him to be removed from office. After this weekend's talks led by Vice President |
| 1:37.9 | Vance failed, Democrats will force votes on the war in an attempt to curb the president's powers. |
| 1:43.5 | The Constitution gives Congress |
| 1:44.9 | the authority to declare war, though it's been some time since they asserted it. The show |
| 1:49.7 | votes are expected to fail, but ahead of the eventual consideration of the president's $1.5 trillion |
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