U.S. Attacks and Seizes Cargo Ship Near Iran, and a First Step Toward Tariff Refunds

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<p>Plus, Lego crime. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/20/world/iran-us-war-trump-hormuz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran War Live Updates: Oil Prices Rise as Iran Vows Retaliation for Cargo Ship Attack</a>, by The New York Times</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/trump-administration-tariff-refunds.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs</a>, by Tony Romm and Ana Swanson</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/world/europe/trump-samson-europe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe</a>, by Michael D. Shear, Catherine Porter, Jane Bradley and Christopher F. Schuetze</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/upshot/student-debt-graduate-school.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What the New Loan Caps Will Mean for Grad Students This Fall</a>, by Amy Fan</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/bear-suit-insurance-fraud-california.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Are Sentenced to Jail</a>, by Hannah Ziegler</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/lego-theft-pasta-california.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say</a>, by Rylee Kirk</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>