Today is Friday, April 24th. We'll tell you about an intensifying standoff at the Strait of

Hormuz as President Trump says, don't rush me. Also, why an American soldier who helped capture

Venezuela's Nicholas Maduro was just arrested, and what it means now that the federal government

has reclassified medical marijuana. Plus an unusual and potentially awkward White House

correspondence dinner, a deal to cut at least some prescription drug prices, and country music's biggest party now with popular rock, electric, and rap artists in the mix.

Those stories and more news coming up.

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being

here. Let's do this. For now, the indefinite ceasefire in Iran is holding. But the waters in and

around the Strait of Hormuz are still a major source of tension for both Iran and the U.S.

Hormuz is still effectively shut, with Iran claiming

control over it. And yesterday, President Trump told the U.S. Navy to, quote, shoot and kill any boat

that's laying mines in the street. He also said the U.S. would step up its efforts to clear the

mines Iran laid earlier in the war. Meanwhile, in the Indian Ocean, American forces stopped and boarded another tanker

carrying oil from Iran, the second in three days. And at this point, Iran says the U.S. naval blockade

is the main obstacle to new peace talks. Meanwhile, diplomats from Israel and Lebanon extended their

ceasefire by three weeks. Though keep in mind, the Hezbollah militant group that's been fighting Israel

from Lebanon didn't actually have a representative at the talks. And at last check, it had not commented

about the New Deal, so it's not clear if its fighters will abide by it, especially since there

were allegations from both sides about the last ceasefire being repeatedly violated. In fact, just

yesterday, Israel and Hezbollah were still

trading attacks. Officially, the U.S. says what's going on in Lebanon is separate from what's

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