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The U.S. Supreme Court finds Louisiana's congressional maps amount to, and, quote, "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
“The Justices voted 6-3 to strike down a map that created a second majority black congressional”
district in the state. The High Court's decision was along partisan lines.
The Iran War is costing U.S. taxpayers $25 billion, according to the Pentagon's chief
financial official. On Capitol Hill today, acting controller J. Hurst offered the first public cost estimate for the conflict. Meanwhile, defense secretary Pete Hexeth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caner also, appearing before law makers to talk about a Pentagon budget request,
for $1.45 trillion. Exit's spared with Democratic representatives Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. "They have not given up their nuclear ambitions, and they had a conventional shield of thousands of Operation Midnight Hamwork, a common nothing of substance that was missing in the point
place we were before."
“President Trump's pick to lead, the Federal Reserve has won the backing of a key”
Senate Committee, and PR Scott Horstley reports Kevin Worsh, is on track to take the helm
of the Central Bank next month. The Senate Bank and Committee voted along party lines to endorse Kevin Worsh to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. That sets the stage for a confirmation vote by the full Senate. Republican Senator Tom Tillis dropped his opposition to the vote after the Justice Department
agreed to end its criminal investigation of the Fed, which was widely seen as part of a pressure campaign by the White House for lower interest rates. The top Democrat on the committee, Elizabeth Warren, was not convinced. No one is fooled. Trump is still going after control of the Fed, and he is keeping the threat of bogus criminal charges alive until he gets what he wants.
Trump's been demanding lower interest rates, but the Central Bank's expected hold its benchmark rate steady today. Scott Horstley and PR News was Washington.
“Former FBI director James Comey's expected to turn himself into authorities in Virginia”
a day after grand jury indicted him for allegedly threatening the president, and PR's Kerry Johnson is more. Comey says he's innocent and he has confidence in the judicial system. He's facing two felony charges related to an image he posted to Instagram last year while walking along the beach.
The photo showed shells in the shape of the number 8647. 86 is slang for get rid of, and 47 is by some accounts, a reference to Donald Trump as the 47th president. Comey quickly deleted the post and apologized saying he didn't know it could be connected to violence, but the justice departments are to indict him anyway.
The president's been calling on his DOJ to prosecute Comey and other prominent critics. A judge dismissed a separate case against the former FBI director last year. Kerry Johnson and PR News, Washington. It's NPR. King Charles III and Queen Camilla's latest stop of a state visit is New York for refling
ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial. The royal couple meets with mayor, Zaron Mamdoni, and other dignitaries. King Charles's visit has been described as a tribute to America's 250th anniversary, but he was also on a diplomatic mission to help repair a UK and US relations fractured over their disagreements on tariffs.
He cranes defense against Russia, NATO, and the Iran War. A survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows many adults in the United States are sleeping less than 7 hours each night, and PR is being won reports on how that contributes to health problems. The survey finds that one in three US adults is not sleeping enough.
That leaves some feeling lefthargic, prone to accidents, and also facing increased risks of diabetes, depression, and stroke. After James Rolie is a sleep specialist at rest University in Chicago, who's not affiliated with the report. "So many patients tell me how they go to bed with their cell phone or their laptop, their
tablet." Rolie says much of the time spent doom scrolling could be better spent sleeping while the brain repairs itself. "But a lot of people don't have any value issues and could go to bed earlier if they chose to do so."
He says those who struggles to fall asleep or to stay asleep regularly should seek medical care and cases of root cause that can be addressed. Ping Huang and PR News. This is NPR. Every day NPR reports stories that keep you informed without fear or favor.
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