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Failing, has been forced out of his job.
“Failing is a billionaire, and was a major donor to President Trump's 2024 campaign.”
He was serving as the Navy's top civilian leader responsible for budgets and shipbuilding. But NPR's Greg Myreases, Failing's firing, comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has forced about 30 top Pentagon officials out of their jobs. There were clearly signs of tension between Failing and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. We've seen people around Failing being dismissed, and the issues seem to include personal
friction, as well as the way the shipbuilding effort was being handled. NPR's Greg Myre reporting. A county judge in Virginia has blocked a new congressional map for the state. Virginia voters had only narrowly approved it on Tuesday. It aims to redraw the voting districts in order to benefit Democrats.
Virginia's Democratic Attorney General says he will appeal. The redistricting vote came after President Trump urged Republican-led states to redraw their maps in favor of GOP candidates for Congress.
A new national youth poll from Harvard University finds that just 13 percent of 18 to 29
year olds believe the country is on the right track, and Piers Elena Moore has more. 46 percent of young Americans say rising prices and inflation are an urgent crisis. And many feel increasingly doubtful about their economic future. Just 29 percent believe they'll be better off financially than their parents. While 26 percent say they'll be worse off.
It's a three point difference. Five years ago, it was a 21 point difference, skewing toward better off. What's more, folks are down on the political system, giving both parties roughly the same low approval rating of about 25 percent. Respondents were also more likely to say politicians care more about the interests of
the elite over people like themselves, by an 11 point margin for Democrats and a whopping 41 point margin for Republicans. Elena Moore and Pierre News. Automaker Tesla is reporting surprisingly strong first quarter earnings, but CEO Elon Musk has caution investors that company will be spending big in the months ahead, and Piers
Camillet Dominozki reports. EV sales helped drive the higher than expected profits, but that positive cash flow is
not worth by the $25 billion Tesla plans to spend this year on things like chips, software,
and manufacturing lines to build a humanoid robot called Optimus. On the sunny rooftop of the Tesla diner in Los Angeles, Optimus was not scooping popcorn as its famously done on social media. That kind of disappointed Tesla investor Alan Jung, but he's still all in on Musk's vision for the future.
“I think Tesla will change the word of human beings.”
And it's that faith, more than any single quarter's earnings that his driven Tesla stock price. Camillet Dominozki and Pierre News Los Angeles. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. British Prime Minister Kierre Starmer is facing renewed calls for his resignation over his choice
for Ambassador to Washington, that was a veteran diplomat with close ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer fired him, but the scandal keeps dogging the Prime Minister as NPR's law and frayer reports. There's been a slow drip of new revelations, including how Peter Mandelson failed the British government's own internal vetting, but got the Ambassador job anyway.
Prime Minister Kierre Starmer keeps apologizing for his judgment. His rivals have seized on this ahead of municipal elections next month. Poles forecast Starmer's center left labor party may do poorly. Camillet Badeknock leads the opposition conservatives.
“Will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility and go?”
So far, it's mostly the opposition calling for his ouster, but if labor lawmakers join those calls, Starmer's job could be on the line. Lauren Freyer and Pierre News Alexandria Scotland. This Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, DC has debuted the Zoo's new baby Asian elephant Lin Mai.
Elephant Manager Robby Clark says she was the first baby elephant the Smithsonian Zoo has
had in 25 years. So Lin Mai is a hoot. She's a fantastic little elephant to get to know. She's thriving under her current conditions. We would consider her to be extremely smart.
She's had some great intellectual milestones already. She's very curious. She's learning how to be quite playful. Fans who would like to see Lin Mai can follow her adventures on the Smithsonian Zoo's live elephant camera.
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