NPR News: 06-26-2026 10AM EDT

Windsor Johnston· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The acting president of Venezuela says the death toll after two powerful earthquakes this week has risen to at least five hundred eighty-nine. Nearly three thousand others were injured. Two days after the quakes, emergency crews continue to dig through the rubble and debris of collapsed buildings in the capital. Cesar Jimenez is with Project HOPE. He's in Caracas where rescue teams are racing to find survivors.

Cesar Jimenez· Soundbite0:30

Maybe more than forty or fifty buildings partially or totally collapsed. I'm talking about businesses, households, hotels, uh, maybe fifteen or to twenty stories building totally collapsed with a lot of people inside, a lot of pets, kids. Uh, it's really heartbreaking, and there are still hundreds of people trapped under the buildings.

Windsor Johnston· Host0:55

The Trump administration has pledged one hundred fifty million dollars in humanitarian aid. Stocks on Wall Street opened lower this morning as oil prices fell. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about one hundred eight points in early trading.

Scott Horsley1:12

As oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz begins to come untangled, Saudi Arabia is preparing to start shipping oil once again. Saudi Aramco began loading tankers at its Ras Tanura terminal for the first time in almost four months. Crude oil prices have fallen nearly ten percent in the last week, with the US benchmark dropping below