Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump says the U.S. will help ships leave the

blockaded strait of Hormuz, starting tomorrow. He says the project will assist what he calls

neutral and innocent countries affected by the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran that's now in its third month.

The blockade has strangled some 20% of the world's oil

that transits through the strait, leading to soaring crude oil and gas prices worldwide. Trump

didn't identify the countries or say how this plan will work. This says Iran is preparing a law

to take control of the strait. Tehran also says the U.S. has sent a response to Iran's latest

peace plan proposal and that Tehran is reviewing it, but Washington hasn't confirmed that.

U.S. Attorney Janine Piro says a buckshot pellet from the shotgun used in the White House

correspondent's dinner attack has been recovered from the bulletproof vest of the

Secret Service agent who was shot. And Pierce Rob Stein has more.

Appearing on CNN, Piro said a pellet that came from the suspect shotgun was found in the fiber

of the vest that saved the agent's life. He hit at that Secret Service agent. He had every intention

to kill him and anyone who got in his way, on his way to the killing the President of the United States.

The 31-year-old suspect, Cole Thomas Allen of Torrance, California has been charged with attempted assassination, transporting firearms across state lines, and discharging a firearm during a

violent crime.

Allen could face additional charges.

Rob Stein in Peer News.

Alabama's governor is calling a special legislative session tomorrow to redraw congressional

maps after the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana district

because the map was based on race. And here's Debbie Elliott reports.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions in voting rights cases that prevent it

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