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President Trump's explanations for why he launched the war on Iran have been inconsistent
“and sometimes contradicted by his cabinet, and the language about the war has also been”
different than in the past, including references to religion, as NPR's Quilorance explains. The cartoon memes that have been released by the White House and the Pentagon included with videos of destruction of targets in Iran presumably killing people alongside video game memes, the brazen political jabs in the middle of war briefings, which I don't ever recall seeing in the past 25 years of these sort of briefings.
And Hankseth also always says a prayer like he did this morning.
May his almighty and eternal arms of Providence stretch over them and protect them and bring them peace in the name of Jesus Christ. And just to state the obvious, the U.S. military is not all Christian. NPR's Quilorance reporting. The Supreme Court has overturned Colorado's law that bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ
youth.
“Colorado Public Radio spent a Burkland reports the case was brought on behalf of a therapist”
who sent she had the right to speak freely with her clients. Colorado's law prohibits mental health professionals in the state from attempting to change a minor client's sexual orientation or gender identity during talk therapy sessions. Major psychological governing bodies say the practice is harmful and the state argued it has the authority to regulate licensed therapists.
But an eight to one high court majority cited with a Christian counselor who argues the
law banning certain therapies violates the first amendment.
The majority found the Colorado law regulates speech based on viewpoint and permits some types of speech but not others. One of the sponsors of Colorado's law said the ruling would put some children in jeopardy. For MPR news, I'm Benter Burkland in Vale, Colorado. NASA officials say that everything's looking good as they count down the hours to a launch
of the Artemis two mission.
“The first possible launch window opens tomorrow evening and PR's no greenfield voice”
reports that the goal is to send four astronauts flying around the moon. Their trip out to the moon and back is expected to last about 10 days. The cruise vehicle, a bell-shaped capsule, is currently perched on top of a massive rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA test director Jeff Spalding says launch preparations have been progressing smoothly.
People are excited and ready to go on this first chapter on our way back to the moon since
the 1970s. The weather forecast says there's an 80% chance of favorable conditions at launch time. If there's a weather delay or a technical glitch, there could still be several additional launch opportunities in the following days. Nell Greenfield voice and PR news US stock search today is Wall Street.
Wade hopes about a possible end to the war with Iran. This is NPR news. Three fired FBI agents are suing to get their jobs back saying they were illegally punished for investigating President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The lawsuit adds the list of court challenges to a purge by FBI director Cash Patel.
Patel has said the fired agents weaponized law enforcement which they deny. US colleges with branch campuses in the Middle East are making contingency plans during the Iran war from member station GPH and Boston Kirk Carapesa reports Iran says it could strike US university operations and students in the Gulf States. The warning came after Iranian news sites reported two universities in their country were
hit by US strikes. American satellite campuses in the Gulf region include Boston's halt international business school in Dubai, about 20% of halt students are enrolled there. A spokesperson for the school says classes that have moved online in accordance with rules issued by the United Arab Emirates.
Former toughsteen and retired Navy admiral James DeVrides says if he let a school in the Gulf, he'd suspend operations and move students back to the US or Europe. For NPR News, I'm Kirk Carapesa in Boston. A bottle of wine from 1945 sold from more than $812,000, the most expensive ever sold in auction.
The 750 milliliter bottle of 1945 Domain de la Romané Conte came from a private wine seller. The auction house says the bottle is the final vintage produced for the wine maker replanted its oldest vines, grapes that survived two world wars. This is NPR.
