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American officials say the Navy helped two U.S. flagged commercial ships pass through the

Strait of Hormuz today. NPR's Greg Mirey reports.

The U.S. Military Central Command said Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz

and are actively assisting an effort to restore commercial shipping.

As a first step,

the U.S. forces helped two U.S. flagged merchant ships make it through the stray.

President Trump said Sunday the U.S. would support ships trapped in the Gulf, but did not specify what action the U.S. would take. However, the Iranian state media, quoted a top military official,

is saying that Iran would target oil tankers and other commercial ships that do not coordinate

with Iran before passing through the strait. The dueling U.S. and Iranian blockades have

effectively shut down the strait. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington. Florida, Republican

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new congressional map that could help the GOP pick up four more

seats in Congress. Democrats and advocacy groups have sued to block it. It's part of President

Trump's nationwide push for Republican-led states to draw new GOP-friendly maps ahead of this year's midterm elections.

Democratic-led states have been countering with their own maps.

The Supreme Court has put a one-week hold to a ruling that banned the abortion pill Miffa-Pristone from being prescribed through telehealth.

Last week, a lower court said the pill must be prescribed only in

person, reversing a Biden-era rule that allowed it to be prescribed online or over the phone

and sent through the mail. That sent providers scrambling, as NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports.

Two drug makers appealed to the Supreme Court right away to put a hold on this ruling. They argued

that it unleashed regulatory chaos, but there were two days of limbo where we heard nothing from the

Supreme Court. Doctors and pharmacists and patients who are expecting to use telemedicine

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