Live from NPR news in Washington, on Ryland Barton, two U.
shot down today, and that's according to an official not authorized to discuss the incidents.
“A plane that went down near the straight of Hormuz had one crew member who has been rescued”
by U.S. forces. One crew member has been rescued from the other plane crash in southwestern Iran, but the search continues for its second crew member. The White House is asking Congress for the largest defense budget in modern U.S. history, one in a half trillion dollars. The boost comes amid more than the month-long war with Iran and PR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports.
This spending boost would be paired with a requested 73 billion in cuts to domestic spending
according to a budget summary from the White House. The annual budget request represents a blueprint of the executive branch's priorities, though Congress ultimately sets spending levels. Trump outlined his priorities during a closed press lunch this week with religious leaders. Is not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual
“things they can do it on the state basis. You can't do it on a federal. We have to take care of”
one thing, military protection. We have to guard the country. The White House posted a video of the event before deleting it. Daniel Kurtzleben and PR news the White House. A group of 24 states filed a lawsuit today to block President Trump's latest executive order on voting, and PR's Miles Park reports the order attempts to add new restrictions to mail invoiting.
This suit filed by a group of democratic states is the third to be filed challenging the executive
order. After the Democratic Party sued on Wednesday and a coalition of voting rights groups sued on Thursday, the Constitution is explicit in delegating power to run voting to the states, although Congress can't step in to set national rules for federal elections as well. In a statement, New York Attorney General, Latisha James referenced all that, saying quote,
“"No President has the power to rewrite the rules on his own. numerous legal experts said they”
expect court to swiftly block this order. As they did with Trump's order last March, which tried to add new restrictions to voter registration. Miles Parks and PR news, Washington." The high cost of housing means more people are priced out of not only buying, but also renting alone. And PR's a Jennifer Ludden reports that has led to an uptick in seniors seeking roommates. The share of people's 65-a-doulder looking for a roommate has tripled in the past decade
says Matt Hutchinson with the listing site spare room. "They're not the biggest group of roommates,
but they're by far the fastest growing." David West is one of them. He never imagined
living with a stranger at age 72, but divorce and job loss burned through his savings. His roommate in Fresno covers utilities and West shares his cost-co membership. "And it's that given take things that are trying to help each other out as much as possible." Darla Desatelle is 74, and enjoys the shared company when she gets along well with a roommate. "And that's pretty special when that works out." She's also proud. She's learned to live with less. Jennifer Ludden
in peer news. "You're listening to NPR news from Washington." "Me and Mars Parliament has elected men on laying as the country's new president. He's the general who ousted onksong suit cheese, civilian government in 2021. The move marks a nominal return to an elected government, but as seen as an effort to keep the army in power, me and Mars election was deemed neither free nor fair by opponents and independent observers."
The crew of the Artemis-2 mission is hertling toward the moon. They'll fly by in a few days and circle back to Earth, but what do they eat from central Florida Public Media Merrion's summer all explains? The menu includes a wide variety of foods with things like spicy green beans, tropical fruit, salad, and maple cream cookies. In a NASA video about eating in space, astronaut Christina Cook says foods you wouldn't even imagine being rehydrated are actually
good. NASA's "Norm Night," the director of the flight operations directorate, says NASA tracks each meal to ensure the crew's health. "We have a food lab and we have folks at the Johnson Space Center tracking what they eat, the nutrition, the calories, it makes a difference." "Each crew member was able to help sample and craft their own menu preferences before launch. From PR news, I'm Marion Summary in Orlando." New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikey Cheryl
and her family will move into drum-thwacket, the state's official governor's mansion. She'll be the first governor to live in drum-thwacket full-time in more than 20 years for those curious drum-thwacket is a Scott's Gaelic phrase meaning "Witted Hill." I'm Rylan Barton, you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
