Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump is threatening to obliterate Iranian power plants if the country doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz.
NPR's Julia Simon reports the White House has given Tehran a deadline to comply.
President Trump posted the statement on social media late Saturday,
demanding Iran open the Strait in 48 hours or by Monday evening.
The Strait of Hormuz is the vital waterway.
that connects about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies to world markets.
As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, the strait remains effectively shut.
Iran continues to hit ships and tankers.
The Trump administration asked allies to send warships to protect tankers, but other countries were... unwilling to participate.
Iran says if its fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, the country will target energy infrastructure belonging to U.S.
and Israel in the region.
Julia Simon, NPR News.
President Trump is threatening to deploy federal immigration agents to U.S. airports
if lawmakers don't reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
In a social media post, Trump said ICE agents would take congressional Democrats are pushing back.
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal says it's dangerous to shift immigration enforcement into airport security operations.
What Americans have seen from ICE in breaking down doors, dragging people out of cars, shooting them, killing them.
denying them medical aid, detaining them illegally.
U.S. citizens, I think, has not only appalled them, but angered.