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a key part of the Voting Rights Act yesterday.
“It overturned Louisiana's congressional map saying it was unconstitutional because it”
used racial factors and benefited some black voters. Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry says today, "The Court's decision means his state is prohibited from going ahead with primary elections next month under the current Louisiana map. The move could endanger at least one of the state's Democratic House seats," writing
on line Governor Landry says he is working with state lawmakers and the Louisiana Secretary of State to develop a path forward. Defense Secretary Pete Hegg Seth will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, and the war in Iran is expected to be the lead topic.
Yesterday Pentagon officials said the initial cost of the war is $25 billion, but skeptics
say that is too low. Gas prices at the pump have hit a record high this year. The motoring club AAA says the average cost for a gallon of regular is now $4.30
“and PR Stephen Bissaha reports uncertainty over the war is to blame.”
"The cost to fill up her silver rato and Birmingham Alabama makes Mary Kaiser no." "I don't feel anything at all, I'm just disappointed." Chris Covey's visiting family and says gas has not affected his driving yet. The place where I'm starting to notice it is the price of groceries because a lot of things are trucked into where I live in Arizona.
Gas prices started dropping about two weeks ago with hopes the straight-of-war moves would reopen.
But Aix Adiaz with Chipelae says with no clear end to the war in sight, prices are climbing
back up. "It's so volatile and it really just depends on what's happening to you politically and that can change by the day." Overall, gas prices are up about 44% since the war began within two months ago. Stephen Bissaha and PR News The food and drug administration says it is trying to shorten
“the timeline for getting new drugs on the market.”
It's now launching a program to look at study data as it's being collected and pure Sydney Lupkin explains. The FDA is taking a new approach to some clinical trials for new drugs, FDA Commissioner Marty McCary explained it like this. So when a patient and a clinical trial develops a fever or is hospitalized or a tumor shrinks,
the FDA regulators can see in the cloud in real-time exactly what's happening. The agency is working with the drug companies, Amgen, and AstraZeneca on early stage drug trials for lung cancer and lymphoma and it's working with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Pennsylvania. The FDA says it's aiming to save time without cutting corners on safety and hopes to
expand the pilot this summer. City Lupkin and PR News And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Virginia today visiting Arlington National Cemetery. This is the final day of their four-day U.S. state visit.
Charles' show a majority of Brits opposed their trip at a time of tension between the British government and the Trump administration, but the Royal's performance is getting some praise back home, as NPR's law and frayer reports from London. Even some critics of the monarchy say they've been impressed with how the King seemed to both charm President Trump but also defend British policy against his attacks on Ukraine,
defense spending NATO and the environment, many British lawmakers said the same. He's been preparing all his life for moments like this. Peter Ricketts, who's a member of the House of Lords, told NPR's morning edition the King's U.S. visit has been "Frankie the most difficult demanding piece of royal diplomacy he's done so far."
After four days of events in Washington, New York and Virginia, the 77-year-old King, who is still in cancer treatment, heads to the British overseas territory of Brimuda, Lauren Fryer and Piano News London, the U.S. has indicted a leading Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican officials, they're accused by the U.S. of drug trafficking and of weapons offenses.
The U.S. claims Governor Rubin Rocha Moia got elected with the help of a major drug cartel. The U.S. claims the governor has allowed the cartel to operate freely. Mexico says its attorney general's office is now reviewing the United States' requests for extradition. I'm Core of a Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
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