Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
A federal judge says that a defense department is violating his earlier order to restore
“access to the Pentagon for reporters, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman cited with”
the New York Times earlier this month in deciding that the Pentagon's new credential policy violated journalist' constitutional rights to free speech and due process. Today he ruled the Pentagon had tried to evade his ruling by putting in new rules that he expel all reporters from the building in less guided by escorts. Friedman called the Pentagon's actions a blatant attempt to circumvent a lawful order.
President Trump posted on social media tonight that Iran is, quote, "doing a very poor job of allowing oil to go through the straight-of-war moves," meanwhile NATO's secretary general says he had a candid conversation with Trump and says he understands some of Trump's concerns about the alliance, but he's also making the case that the U.S. is better off as part of it and appears in Michelle Kalman reports.
President Trump calls NATO a paper tiger and says he was testing the alliance when he
“asked for help to open up the straight-of-her moves, a test he says NATO failed.”
He's also complained about Spain and others not allowing the U.S. to use bases in the war in Iran, NATO's secretary general Mark Rutta says the alliance is providing a massive amount of support. Some allies were a bit slow to say at least. In fairness, there were also a bit surprised. Trump did not inform allies before launching the war. Rutta was speaking at the Ronald
Reagan Institute named for the former president who was a strong proponent of the transatlantic alliance. Michelle Kalman and PR News, Washington. Eligible men between the ages of 18 and 25 will automatically be registered into the U.S. military draft pool starting in December. That's a change from the current requirement to self-register into the selective service system. The military has not held a draft since 1973 during
the Vietnam War. There are more deaths in immigration detention this fiscal year than
“in the last two decades. 27 people have died in ice custody since October, according to”
data reviewed by NPR. NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltron reports. The latest death occurred last week at the Miami Correctional Center in Indiana. A Vietnamese man was found on responsive according to the Department of Homeland Security. One of the facilities with numerous deaths is camp east Montana in El Paso, Texas. Out of three deaths, one was ruled a homicide by local authorities, the H.S. ruled another death there, a suicide. At the
time, a company specialized in supply chain management was running the facility. A position
logistics had never run a center before, but it secured a $1.3 billion contract. The
H.S. cancelled a contract last month. Sergio Martinez-Beltron and PR News Austin, Texas. U.S. stocks rose today, even though oil prices did too. This is NPR news from Washington. The Trump administration is proposing cuts to federal funding for tribal colleges and universities for the second year in a row. In his budget request, President Trump is seeking
to eliminate funding for the Institute for American Indian Arts and reduce support for dozens of other tribal colleges and universities. School leaders say the funding is part of the country's treaty and trust responsibilities to tribal nations. A new analysis finds the Emperor Penguins species at risk of extinction, NPR's Nate Rot reports melting sea ice and changing food availability are causing their decline.
The world is getting warmer, thanks to human activities and temperatures at the polls are rising significantly faster than the global average. Hotter temperatures means less sea ice, and for Emperor Penguins, which rely on sea ice for breeding in his places to rest, it means fewer penguins are surviving. Twice in recent years, the ice is broken up early, causing thousands of chicks to drown
in the frigid water. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says Emperor Penguins are now considered to be endangered, Antarctic fur seals, as well, scientists involved in the analysis say urgent action is needed to reduce climate warming pollution.
Nate Rot and PR News scientists have found evidence that a sea creature from 300 million
years ago previously thought to be the world's earliest octopus is actually a nodalist relative. A University of Reading, Zoology Lecture found that the fossil had too many teeth to be an octopus. It had puzzled scientists for years because it's much older than the next earliest known octopus. I'm Reilin Barton, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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