Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut down by Iran for about two months now,

but now the U.S. is making a new effort to reopen the waterway to commercial shipping,

despite some attacks on U.S. vessels.

As NPR's Tom Bowman reports, it's unclear whether the effort can reassure shippers.

So far, just two U.S. flagship have crossed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

I reached out to a couple of industry groups, and they had the same response.

It's just too dangerous, they believe.

And until they are confident Iran will not shoot at the ships, or if there's a solid peace agreement with the U.S.

They doubt you'll see many or any cargo ships moving.

There are some 1,500 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf and get this 1,000 of them are large ocean-going ships such as oil tankers.

NPR's Tom Bowman reporting.

The Winehouse says deals with drug makers

requiring many of their prescription prices to drop could save $529 billion over the next decade.

Democrats have said they want more details about the agreements made between drug makers and the

government. Trump says his prescription drug pricing plan is critical for Republicans in the November midterm elections, which will decide majorities in the House and Senate.

Similar to the leaders of Indiana, Georgia, and Michigan, Kentucky's governor is taking emergency measures to lower gas prices in the Commonwealth.

Karen Zarr with member station WUKY reports.

Governor Andy Bashir signed emergency measures that will freeze Kentucky sales tax on gasoline starting in July and declared a state of emergency that would lower prices by 10 cents a gallon beginning next week if it's approved by the state's Attorney General.

Bashir said he doesn't see negotiations to end the war with Iran moving forward,

and it's time to, quote, be proactive.

When you don't see a path towards the straight opening up, the war ending, and gas prices going down,

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