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US and Iran Trade Fire, Tennessee Redistricting, US Boat Strikes In Caribbean

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Trump insists the ceasefire is holding even after the U.S. and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz for the second time this week.
Tennessee is the first state to redraw its congressional map after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, joining other Southern Republican-led states in redrawing districts ahead of the midterms.
The U.S. military is facing growing scrutiny over its campaign of airstrikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which has killed nearly 200 people and raised new allegations of mistreatment of foreign fishermen.

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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) US and Iran Trade Fire
(05:45) Tennessee Redistricting
(09:40) US Boat Strikes In Caribbean

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0:00.0

U.S. forces intercepted Iranian attacks on Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

0:06.8

The U.S. responded by hitting launch sites inside Iran, but President Trump says the ceasefire is still on.

0:12.4

They trifled. I call that a trifle.

0:14.5

I'm Lela Faudil. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.

0:20.9

Tennessee is the first state to redraw its congressional map after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.

0:28.0

The new map breaks up a majority black district in Memphis, effectively eliminating the state's last Democratic House seat.

0:35.1

And the U.S. military is facing allegations about undisclosed

0:38.7

airstrikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. Survivors say fishermen were attacked, detained,

0:44.2

and transported for days with little food or water. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start

0:49.5

your day. For a second time this week, the U.S. and Iran traded fire.

0:59.3

The U.S. military says three Navy ships came under attack Thursday as they moved through waters near Iran.

1:05.5

U.S. Central Command says it responded by attacking Iranian missiles and drone sites.

1:10.1

NPR international correspondent, Hayabathrawi Thrawi is in Dubai. Tell us, what else do we know

1:15.2

about what happened last time in the Gulf? Yes, this is the first report of U.S.

1:18.9

airstrikes on Iranian soil since the ceasefire a month ago. Sentcom says it responded to, quote,

1:24.2

unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes yesterday.

1:28.7

After they say three U.S. Navy ships were attacked by Iranian speedboats, missiles, and drones

1:33.7

while moving through the Strait of Hormuz southward and out toward the Gulf of Oman.

1:38.1

Now, Sentcom says it intercepted those attacks. Iran, though, says the U.S. started this latest

1:42.8

round of violence by attacking one of its oil tankers in the strait,

1:46.3

and that three areas along its coast were hit by U.S. airstrikes and that it did hit those U.S. naval ships transiting the strait.

1:53.3

Iran's Fars News Agency published videos of Iran's missile attacks against U.S. forces.

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