Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to arrive in Pakistan today ahead
of high-stakes talks aimed at ending the war in Iran.
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports delegations from Washington and Tehran are set to meet in Islamabad on Saturday,
with pressure mounting for a breakthrough.
A big goal is to make sure the Strait of Hormuz is open,
but that strait does n't appear to be fully open right now, even after the ceasefire.
And where things stand there has been really unclear.
Trump this week even floated the idea of the U.S.
And Iran together charging fees for ships to pass through, though he didn't explain any further how that would work.
And that said, though, yesterday on social media,
Trump posted that Iran better not be, his words, charging tankers right now to pass through.
That 's NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reporting at least seven ships passed through the strait on Thursday,
far below the nearly 140 daily transits.
A federal judge says the Department of Defense has violated his order to restore access
for credentialed reporters at the Pentagon.
The case was brought by The New York Times.
NPR's David Folkenflik reports the department had removed journalists who refused to agree not to pursue information
that top officials had not cleared for release.
U.S. Judge Paul Friedman started and ended his opinion by stressing the importance