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testify before the House Armed Services Committee this morning.
“He and the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Cain, are appearing for the”
first time together, since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran.
Lawmakers may ask them how much the war is costing Americans and how quickly the U.S. military is running through its weapons. Senate Democrats are raising concerns that President Trump could next turn his attention to initiating U.S. military action in Cuba. And Pierce gladiator Grisallus reports they forced a floor vote to try to get lawmakers to weigh
in. It's part of a series of votes in recent months to push the President to come to Congress to seek authorization for military action. However, the GOP led Senate block the efforts as lawmakers loyal to Trump say he's been working well within his commander-in-chief powers.
The latest Democratic led measure to limit Trump's war powers in Cuba was blocked in a vote of 51 to 47. Only two Republicans, main Susan Collins and Kentucky's Rand Paul, joined Democrats to force a debate should Trump decide to use military action in Cuba. Later this week, Democrats also planned to force war power votes on the Iran conflict,
which will hit the 60-day mark at the end of this week, Clark Duccellus and B.R. News. Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla are in New York today. They'll visit the September 11th Memorial. This comes after King Charles met with President Trump and delivered a speech to Congress yesterday and Pierce Elena Moore reports.
“As isolationist policies gain traction in the U.S., the King's speech had a key message,”
America and its European allies are stronger together. He reiterated that when calling on the U.S. to keep sending military aid to Ukraine, arguing how throughout history the U.S. and the U.K. have remained united in many major conflicts and reminding lawmakers that the only time NATO has invoked its mutual defense clause was in support of the U.S. after 9/11.
"Today, Mrs. Speaker, that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine and her most courageous people." Words that sparked a bipartisan standing ovation in the Chamber, Elena Moore and Pierce. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether President Trump can order mass deportations of migrants who are legally in the U.S. The issue is over the program
called "Temporary Protected Status" or "TPS." Congress approved the law to let people
“stay in the U.S. if their home countries are dangerous because of violence or disaster.”
President Trump is targeting certain migrants protected under the law including from Haiti. There is no functioning Haitian government. There have also been epidemics. This is NPR. The relief group, Doctors Without Borders, also known as M.S.F, says Israel is using water as a weapon of deprivation in Gaza. The group has released a 42-page report. It describes the "engineered
destruction of Gaza's water supply." Israel is calling the claim "baseless" and Pierce Anas Baba reports from Gaza. M.S.F. is the main dissreputor of "Bottable Watering Gaza." The 8th group says, nearly 90% of Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure was damaged or destroyed in Israeli attacks in the war.
It says Israel has also deliberately blocked supplies like generators and their spare parts,
critical to water treatment, and the M.S.F, which runs health clinics too, says this
had led to hygiene issues and an increase in diseases and diarrhea among displaced people. Amas F. describes this as a "state-up in a human living conditions" by design, saying it's part of what it calls Israel's "genocide" in Gaza. Israel's rejects the charge of genocide. It's military aid, a M.S.F. is echoing Hamas propaganda, and that water supplies exceed Gaza's needs, Anas Baba and PR News Gaza.
The world meteorological association and European scientists say that nearly all of Europe got hotter temperatures than normal last year. They say climate change is getting worse. Their reports cited wildfires, heat waves, and hotter oceans. The report examines how global warming is increasingly having worse consequences in Europe as governments move to weaken climate policy. This is NPR.
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