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Voting Rights Act and its decisions strike down the Louisiana's 2024 election map, which
“created a second majority black district, at least Greg of the Gulf States Newsroom and”
Mississippi Public Broadcasting reports on how the decision could impact Southern states. Alabama Governor K. I.V. says she hopes the Khaled decision will resolve the state's own redistricting challenge while Mississippi will hold a special session for state Supreme Court districts in less than a month. It's those local and state level maps that dev Wagley with advocacy group Alabama arrives, says could have the biggest impact in
the Gulf South. "We're going to see a lot of black voters who are represented by somebody who has a likelihood of responsiveness to them now, and that's likely to be taken away by electoral games from the ship at the legislative level." African Americans make up over a quarter of the population in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. For NPR News, I'm Elyce Gregg
in Jackson, Mississippi.
"To defend Secretary Pete Hegg Seth was on Capitol Hill today, making his first appearance
before Congress and the start of the Iran War. Hegg Seth faced skeptical Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, including California Congressman John Garamendi." Secretary Hegg Seth, you have been lying to the American public about this war from day one, and so has the president. You have misled the public about why we are at war. You and the president have offered ever changing reasons for this war. You've misled the
public about the progress of the war." "Egg Seth, counter-Garamendi's remarks saying his hatred for President Trump lines him to the war's success. Today's hearing was ostensibly focused on the administration's Pentagon budget proposal for 2027. Jerome Powell's term as Federal Reserve Chairman, NPR Scott Horsesley reports Powell is not leaving the central bank all together."
Jerome Powell has the option to remain on the Fed's governing board through early 2028, and he told reporters he plans to stick around for at least part of that time. Powell says he's trying to defend the central bank's legal and customary insulation from political interference. It's been tested by President Trump who threatened to fire Powell, tried to fire another Fed governor, and even lost a justice department investigation of the central bank.
"I had long planned to be retiring, and the things that have happened in the really
“in the last three months have, I think left me no choice but to stay until I see them”
through at least that long." Allen else is plans during his final news conference as Fed Chairman, after he and his colleagues voted to hold interest rates steady. Scott Horsesley, NPR News, Washington, more severe weather possible tonight across portions of the south from Texas to the central Gulf coasts this after a national weather service confirmed tornado, tore through the small Texas City
of Mineral Wells Tuesday manufacturing buildings were flattened roofs torn from their homes. This is NPR News. In Louisiana, a grand jury hasn't died at the sheriff of Orton's parish and her chief financial officer on charges linked to last year's escape of 10 inmates. Officials say Sheriff Susan Hudson is facing 30 felony counts in CFO, Bianca Brown is facing
20. Louisiana's attorney general says sheriff Hudson did not personally open the doors for the inmates, but that she enabled the escape by refusing to comply with basic legal requirements. Elon Musk was back on the stand-in court today, and his lawsuit against open AI and CEO Sam Altman must have accused Altman of looting a company that they found it together
as a non-profit, here's NPR's drawn brooch. During a second day on the stand, Musk cast himself as indispensable to the launch of open AI, but called himself a fool for contributing so much to the company, which was founded as a charity, but later added a for-profit arm. Musk contends that the for-profit entity has, quote, "become the main thing," and the non-profits
mission of creating AI for the benefit of humanity has been cast aside by open AI's CEO Sam Altman and it's president Greg Brockman.
Musk helped found the company and put in $38 million, but he left him 2018 after
dispute over who would run the for-profit. He's seeking a roll-back of the for-profit entity, and the outster of Altman and Brockman
“changes that could reshape one of the most important AI companies in the world.”
John Ruich and PR News Oakland, California. After spending the day in New York City, King Charles and Queen Camilla are to make a few stops in Virginia tomorrow and participate in a formal fair well event with President Trump at the White House as they wrap up their four-day state visit. This is in PR News.
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