Trump Reverses On Strait Tolls, Democrats Sink Senate NDAA Vote, ICE Traffic Stops Halted, Daylight Savings Time Bill Passes House
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The episode covers President Trump's reversal on tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, the defeat of the NDAA vote by Senate Democrats, the swearing-in of Darline Graham, and the House's approval of a permanent Daylight Savings Time plan.
Today on America in the Morning Trump Walks Back Strait Toll Plan President Trump walked back his announced plan Tuesday to have the US toll ships in the Strait of Hormuz, but said unless Iran comes back to the table the bombing campaign launched over the weekend will only get worse. Joan Jones reports that the US military re-imposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports as a part of a pressure campaign to get Iran back to the peace talks. Democrats Sink NDAA Senate Democrats followed the lead of Chuck Schumer and defeated a motion to proceed to the $1 point one five trillion dollar annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support but this year has become snarled in a partisan fight over defense spending levels in protest over the Iran war. Correspondent Lisa Dwyer reports an angry Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska blasted the Democrat’s vote. Lindsey Graham’s Sister Sworn In The sister of the late-Lindsey Graham was sworn in and becomes the first-ever woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports Darline Graham took the oath of…
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