# Iran And Yemen's Houthis Blockade, Hegseth On Capitol Hill, Arizona Primary Day Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-07-21T10:21:53+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day--73084294 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73084294/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day Duration seconds: 877 ## Resource The war between the U.S. and Iran keeps widening as Yemen's Houthi rebels announce a blockade of Saudi Arabia that would choke off another key oil route, even as Iran signals it may be open to talks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth heads to Capitol Hill today to ask for 350 billion dollars more for the war, in a rare chance for senators to question him after the Pentagon admitted 100 troops were wounded in the past two weeks and hasn't briefed reporters since May. And it's the last day of primary voting in Arizona, a swing state that's become ground zero for election denialism, with big fall races taking shape for governor, a toss-up House seat, and secretary of state. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Andrew Sussman, Larry Kaplow, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas Our director is Christopher Thomas We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Stacey Abbott. And our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson. (0:00) Introduction (01:53) Iran And Yemen's Houthis Blockade (05:31) Hegseth On Capitol Hill (09:20) Arizona Primary Day See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/iran-and-yemen-s-houthis-blockade-hegseth-on-capitol-hill-arizona-primary-day.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.