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The Trump administration is scrambling to evacuate thousands of US citizens who are seeking to help believe the Middle East and PR's Franco-Ordonu's reports the White House is defending itself against allegations it's not doing enough. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was pressed about President Trump's varying statements as to the reason and timing of the war in the context of evacuations. Trump has said the strikes happen too quickly for more efforts to evacuate Americans.
He's also said that it was his decision to strike. Levitt was asked why more efforts were not made to evacuate Americans if they knew the strikes were coming. I just laid out for you that there have been plans in place and that the State Department has been very clear to the American people traveling within this region, not to travel to these regions. Levitt said the US is working rapidly to charter flights and get Americans on commercial flights.
“She said more measures will be announced soon. Franco-Ordonu's NPR News. The White House.”
A war powers resolution to block further military action against Iran has failed in the Senate. That says US strikes continue for a six-day without approval from Congress and Piers Sam Greenglass reports. The War Powers Act of 1973 gives Congress a way to limit unilateral military action by the President. All but one Senate Democrat voted to stop President Trump's military campaign against Iran and every Republican except for one voted to let the strikes continue.
But that's not the same as Congress officially authorizing the use of force. And without that approval, the law requires the President to pull back within 60 days. Some Republicans say that if the operation stretches beyond that or if the President deploys troops in Iran, that could change their calculus. The House is set to vote on a similar resolution on Thursday. It is not expected to pass their
“either. Sam Greenglass NPR News Washington.”
The House ethics committee is launching a formal investigation into Congressman Tony Gonzalez. His NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports the announcement came less than a day after the Texas Republican was forced into a May runoff for his district's primary. The panel voted to establish a subcommittee to investigate allegations that representative Gonzalez engaged in sexual misconduct towards an employee and/or discriminated unfairly by dispensing
special favors. This comes amid increasing pressure from fellow Republicans to resign after explicit text messages surfaced from Gonzalez to his then employee who died by suicide last fall. It is against the House's code of conduct for lawmakers to have sexual relationships with staffers. Gonzalez has previously denied any wrongdoing. The Ethics Committee probe could take months to complete. Barbara Sprunt and PR News, the capital.
The U.S. stock market rebounded today after oil prices stopped spiking reports gave encouraging updates about the economy. This is NPR News. A blackout has hit the western half of Cuba millions of people in Havana and beyond or without power. The island is struggling with crumbling electric grid and now dwindling oil reserves after the U.S. cut off oil from its main supplier of Venezuela. The government's power agency
says crews are working to restore power. It's the second such outage to affect Cuba's western
region in the past three months. A panel of federal judges on the 9th circuit, the court of the peels heard arguments today on whether people in immigration detention have a right to a bond hearing. NPR's Martin costume reports the outcome could affect the rights of thousands of people. Traditionally, people already in the country without legal status could ask to post bond. But last summer, the Trump administration changed that. Effectively keeping people locked up
for the duration of their immigration cases. DOJ lawyer Benjamin Hayes points to the law. The statute mandates detention without bond for any alien who cannot show that they are entitled to be admitted and that is true regardless of how long they are present in the country on lawfully. Immigrant rights groups say the administration is using prolonged detention to pressure people into accepting deportation. The ban on bond hearings is being challenged in lawsuits around the
country. Last month, the fifth circuit, which includes Texas ruled in favor of the administration's policy. Martin costume and PR news. College football Hall of Fame coach Aloo Holtz has
died. He led Notre Dame to a national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons. He was the first
and only coach to lead six different teams to bowl games, Lou Holtz was 89 years old. This is NPR. This message comes from WISE, the app for international people using money around the globe. You can send, spend and receive an up to 40 currencies with only a few simple taps,
