Why Spirit Airlines abruptly shut down
5/4/202616 min
Spirit Airlines suddenly shut down over the weekend after a failed bailout attempt by the U.S. government. CNBC’s Leslie Josephs breaks down the factors that led to the budget airline’s closure.
Trump says the U.S. will guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz as the competing blockades continue. Meanwhile, the president is withdrawing troops from Germany as he criticizes Europe’s response to the war. The Washington Post’s Noah Robertson explains.
Several Republican states could move to change their congressional voting maps after the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang joins to discuss how it might change the makeup of Congress.
Plus, drugmakers have asked the Supreme Court to preserve mail access to a common abortion drug, a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship caused three deaths, and The Devil Wears Prada 2 starts the summer movie season with a strong box-office showing.
Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.
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First 90 secondsCecilia Lei· Host0:00
[intro music] Good morning. President Trump says the US will help guide ships out of the Strait of Hormuz as he considers the latest proposal to end the war in Iran. The Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act is already reverberating in the South. NPR details the states that are taking action. And CNBC takes us inside the final days of Spirit Airlines.
Speaker 10:26
It has kind of been the butt of a joke for a long time, but there are real people that run this airline, and there are people that really put their heart and soul into every day.
Cecilia Lei· Host0:35
It's Monday, May 4th. I'm Cecilia Lei, and this is Apple News Today. As Trump shared the White House's plan to assist stranded ships, he also vowed to respond with force if US efforts in the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted. The announcement came after British authorities said that a cargo ship had come under attack in the area. The Associated Press reports some two dozen attacks on ships have taken place in and around the region since the war began, but this was the first one reported in nearly two weeks. Iran has maintained a blockade on nearly all shipping besides its own for more than two months, and the US imposed its own blockade last month. Reopening the strait has been a key sticking point in negotiations between the two countries, and a source of frustration for the president, who says European allies haven't done enough to help. Over the weekend,