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measure overnight that funds immigration agencies in the Department of Homeland Security.
“DHS has been shut down for weeks, as Democrats demand changes in how immigration agents”
operate. The legislative procedure is complex. The House has been waiting for the Senate to pass funding for immigration agencies before it will take up the DHS bills. The Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before two Senate committees yesterday,
in one Democratic senator's pushed Kennedy on his history of opposing vaccines. In another hearing Kennedy promised to restore a specialized phone service for LGBTQ youth, the Trump administration shut down last year, and Piers' Retude Chatterty reports. The 98-life line offered a press-three option for LGBTQ+ youth to get specialized mental health support until it was shuttered last year.
In February of this year, President Trump restored funding for that service in a new funding bill,
but the service hasn't been restored yet. At the Senate hearing this week, Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin asked Secretary Kennedy if he plans to restore the service.
“"I do Senator President Trump has philosophy that we shouldn't be dividing people that”
we should be being inclusive." "But I did hear you just say yes, you commit working on getting it up now." Kennedy did not offer a timeline for when the service would be up and running again. Retude Chatterty and Piers' News. The White House says there's no deadline for President Trump's extension of a cease-fire
with Iran this week. This comes as both Iran and the U.S. blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Jim Walsh is a security analyst with MIT's Security Studies program. He says the double blockade is not ending the conflict. Iran can close the Strait, yes, yes they can.
And plus, the U.S. can blockade Iran. Yes, that's also true, simultaneously true. But neither action undoes the other side's action. It simply punishes them for what they're doing.
“And so we will continue to have the Strait blocked, and we will continue to have Iran”
blockaded. And then the question is, who can take the punishment more, who's on the clock, who's going to cry uncle? He spoke to NPR and member station WBUR's program here in now. Officials in West Virginia say two workers have died after a chemical leaked at a silver
plant. About 30 other people were injured. Workers were shutting down the silver plant when the chemical spill happened yesterday morning. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morris eat says a shelter in place order has been lifted.
"Based upon all the information that we have available right now, we don't believe there've been compromises to the air quality or to the water supply that's been unaffected by this." The silver plant is about 10 miles west of Charleston, the capital of West Virginia. You're listening to NPR.
Wildfires are burning across southern Georgia and northern Florida. Georgia authorities say fires have destroyed more than 50 homes. Forcasters say weather conditions in Georgia are exceptionally dry. Their holders of Warner Bros. Discovery will vote today whether to merge with Paramount's Sky Dance.
NPR's Monday at the Barco reports media mogul David Ellison wants to buy Warner and its assets for 110 billion dollars. David Ellison has repeatedly promised that combined Warner Bros. and Paramount merger would release 30 films a year. Movie producer Jerry Brookheimer told NPR he thinks the deal would get approved by shareholders
and regulators in the U.S. and Europe. It's going to get done and David, I know, loves movies.
Current Warner Bros. CEO David Zassoff stands to make nearly $887 million if the transaction
goes through. But thousands of Hollywood directors, actors, writers and others in the industry oppose the mega deal. "We have to stop this worker." The committee for the first amendment, headed by Jane Fonda, has been protesting, saying
the consolidation will lead to layoffs, less competition, and more media concentration from the Ellison family, which is friendly with President Trump. Manda Lita el Barco, NPR News. The WNBA says 216 of its games will be broadcast this season, a record, the Women's Pro Basketball League has partnerships with several networks and is signed new deals with
streamers. All of the Indiana Fever's games will be shown nationally this season, viewers will be able to see, stand out, player, Caitlin Clark, in action. I'm Corvacolman, NPR News.
