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NPR News opens its morning briefing with a run of major developments. President Trump says the U.S. will collect tolls and impose a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries a large share of the world's seaborne oil. NPR also reports that a man was killed by federal agents in Maine, and that several states are suing to stop a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.

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