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Iran Issues New Threat

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168 children are believed to have been killed - current and former officials are just baffled about how this could have happened.
CNN's Inside Politics covers Iran's new supreme leader Mujtaba Khamenei issuing threats via state TV without appearing on camera, the Strait of Hormuz closure devastating global oil markets, and the investigation into a US airstrike that killed 168 children at an Iranian girls' school. The episode also covers Republican anxiety over gas prices, homeland security threats, and a rare bipartisan 89-10 Senate vote on housing affordability legislation.

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A sharp political briefing on Iran's oil threat, the Strait of Hormuz, and the unresolved questions around a deadly strike.

The episode opens with a market jolt, framed by crude prices rising about 10 percent, then moves into the political strain around Iran's warning, the Strait of Hormuz, and the risk of a wider conflict.

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