NPR News: 05-12-2026 4AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. With a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz driving prices at the pump, President Trump says he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline. But he can't act on his own. It would need congressional approval. Lawmakers from both parties have pushed for such a move. Republican Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota.

John Hoeven· Soundbite0:22

Yeah, you know, I would, and I, I, I think others would. But what's gonna make the real difference is what I just described, again, uh, getting control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Giles Snyder· Host0:31

The standoff over moving ship traffic through the strait does not seem likely to end soon, though. Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is on life support after rejecting Iran's latest proposal to end the war. The Iran war will likely loom over Trump's summit this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Trump is to leave for Beijing later today. Tennessee is fielding multiple legal challenges over its new congressional maps. Lawmakers there were the first to redistrict after the Supreme Court's ruling last month that weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act. Mariana Bacallao of member station WPLN reports.

Mariana Bacallao1:11

Tennessee's ACLU, NAACP, and Democratic Party have all filed separate lawsuits challenging different aspects of the map, but they all have the same goal: to block it from going into effect before the midterms. The allegations range from racial discrimination to voter disenfranchisement to