US and Iran Trade Fire, Tennessee Redistricting, US Boat Strikes In Caribbean
About this episode
The episode discusses the recent US-Iran conflict, Tennessee's redistricting efforts, and scrutiny over US military airstrikes in the Caribbean.
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. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Acacia Squires, Tara Neill, Mohamad ElBardicy and Adriana Gallardo. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor. (0:00) Introduction (01:55) US and Iran Trade Fire (05:45) Tennessee Redistricting (09:40) US Boat Strikes In Caribbean See pcm.adswizz.com for information about…
Topics covered
- US-Iran relations
- Tennessee redistricting
- US military operations
- Voting Rights Act
- drug trafficking
- midterm elections
Keywords
- US Iran trade fire
- Tennessee redistricting
- Voting Rights Act
- US military airstrikes
- drug boats
- midterm elections
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Supreme Court, NPR
Places: Tennessee, Strait of Hormuz, Caribbean, Eastern Pacific
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