NPR News: 04-13-2026 7PM EDT
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez of Texas |
| 0:06.7 | says he will retire from Congress as he faces bipartisan calls to expel him. Gonzalez admitted to an |
| 0:12.8 | affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide. In a statement, he says, quote, |
| 0:18.0 | there is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. |
| 0:22.0 | And California Democrat Eric Swalwell is resigning from his seat in Congress as he faces growing backlash to allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. |
| 0:30.7 | As NPR's Alana Moore reports, his decision comes just one day after he suspended his campaign for California governor and in the face of a |
| 0:38.6 | potential vote to expel him from the House over the allegations. |
| 0:41.9 | Swalwell has been at the center of controversy since last Friday. After at least four women |
| 0:46.6 | spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN about experiences ranging from unwanted sexual |
| 0:52.1 | advances by Swalwell to allegations of rape. |
| 0:55.2 | NPR has not independently verified the allegations, and Swalwell has forcefully denied them. |
| 1:00.7 | He repeats that in his latest statement, but goes on to say it's, quote, wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. |
| 1:08.1 | Just one week ago, the seven-term Democrat was seen as a front-runner in the |
| 1:11.7 | California governor's race. Elena Moore, NPR News. The U.S. military is imposing a blockade on |
| 1:17.0 | Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, a day after ceasefire talks between Washington and |
| 1:22.2 | Tehran failed to produce a breakthrough. The price of Brent Crude is again hovering around |
| 1:26.6 | $100 a barrel, and PR's Greg |
| 1:28.7 | Myrie has the latest. The U.S. Navy has a substantial presence in the region, and President Trump |
| 1:34.1 | says it won't take long for the U.S. to, quote, clean out the strait. Still, the blockade comes with |
| 1:40.2 | risks. Iran is believed to have placed mines in the waterway. Also, Iran says that if any of |
| 1:46.6 | its ports are attacked, it will respond by attacking ports belonging to Arab Gulf countries. |
| 1:52.4 | Iran has effectively closed the waterway for the past several weeks, aside from a small number |
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