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"In a dramatic cabinet shake up President Trump's firing homeland security secretary Christy
Knome.
“Trump broke the news on truth-social today that he plan to replace the embattled DHS secretary”
with Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin, effective March 31st. Mullin told reporters he did not expect Trump's phone call today." "The phone call I got from the president was right for the statement went out." NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lavin reports his Senate would have to confirm Mullin. The move comes after Nome had two combat of hearings on Capitol Hill this week.
She has faced bipartisan criticism over how her agency handled the immigration enforcement surgeon Minnesota, where federal agents killed two citizens. Members also grilled Nome on department spending, for example, on a luxury jet and a
board of security ad campaign.
Trump said Nome will be the new special envoy to a security initiative, including Central and South American countries. That initiative will be announced on Saturday.
“Mark Wayne Mullin served in the House for a decade before becoming a senator in 2023.”
Prior to becoming a lawmaker, he was a business owner and mixed martial arts fighter. Daniel Kurtz-Lavin and PR news, the White House. "The Senate or the U.S. House is set to hold a vote to limit President Trump's war powers and Iran. NPR's cletic at Isala says a chamber is taking up the resolution.
A day after similar measure was voted down in the Senate mostly along party line." Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey in California Democrat Rokana have teamed up again to force the vote to block further military operations in Iran. "Why are we going to war with Iran?" "This vote on Iran is not a procedural vote.
It is a profoundly moral vote." The two have used a special legislative vehicle to push the vote to the floor against the objections of House GOP leaders. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said, "If the effort were to be successful, it would endanger U.S. troops and trigger new threats for Americans."
Ever since the Cold War Presidents of both parties have asserted the right to order military into battle in limited ways without authorization from Congress. "Clarity to Salis and PR news." "It's day six of the Iran War and PR's carry-con reports from Tel Aviv." Israel and the U.S.A. they are hitting major aerial infrastructure.
The Israeli military said Thursday that it's air force dismantled an arm ballistic missile launcher near the city of Cone and the Iranian air defense system in Ishvahan. Market reaction higher oil prices are earlier the Dow tank more than 1,000 points. It's now down 784 points, and PR's are our Phil Nams as investors are worried the war will affect more countries in the Middle East.
"And shipping traffic in the critical state of Hormuz continues to be at a standstill with
oil tankers and other vessels unable to pass through." Surging oil prices are raising the prospect of higher inflation around the world and here in the U.S. and investors don't see a clear end to the war within Iran, meaning global financial markets are likely to remain on edge for a while." "That's Rafael Nams, it's NPR."
More houses are being built not for selling, but for renting, according to the National Association of Home Builders, about 7% of all new single-family houses are designed as rentals. Here's Stephen Bassaha says more houses for rent helps home buyers, too." Builder rent houses let people live in homes and neighborhoods they otherwise couldn't afford. Like Joanne Lazette, she rents a two-bedroom house in Mesa, Arizona.
"Homorrship has gotten so far out of the reach of most people that this trend, I think, is a concept." One reason homeownership is so expensive is that they're just aren't of houses being built.
“That's why Lori Goodman with the Urban Institute says building homes to rent is a win-win.”
"So the thing about built rent is that you get homes that wouldn't have otherwise been built." That helps lower prices for both renters and home buyers. Stephen Bassaha and PR news. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr says 53 medical schools across the United States have agreed to require students to complete 40 hours of comprehensive nutrition education.
The initiative is aimed at fighting chronic disease from which 60% of people in the U.S. are reported to suffer. Currently, the National Academy of Sciences recommends medical schools provide at least 25 hours of nutrition education. U.S. stocks ending the day sharply lower the Dow closed down 784 points or 1.6% and
the day at 47,954. This is NPR News.
