This NPR News segment covers President Trump's proposal to suspend the federal gas tax amid soaring fuel prices caused by the Iran war, a Hantavirus outbreak among U.S. cruise passengers, the Supreme Court's temporary extension of access to abortion medication Mifepristone, and the Trump
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