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gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
“The case was about the 2024 Congressional Map in Louisiana.”
The High Court ruled it unconstitutionally drew a second congressional district based on race, because it benefited black voters. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports, some Republican-controlled states, could try to eliminate some Democratic-led districts that were likely protected by the act. That hasn't stopped Republicans in places like Louisiana, Georgia, and Tennessee from
urging their states maps to be re-drawing as soon as possible, I should note there's a request in for the Supreme Court to speed up certifying its ruling so that Louisiana can try to redistrict.
Part of the bottom line here is that with the further weekend Voting Rights Act, the United
States may be headed toward seeing the largest ever decline in representation by black members of Congress. NPR's Hansi Lowong reporting, the government agency that handles the country's immigration applications, is facing additional delay.
“NPR's Meg Anderson reports this comes as it changes the way it vets applicants.”
The delays are the result of new security checks the agency has added to its immigration applications. That's according to U.S. C.I.S. spokesperson Zach Kaler. He tells NPR an statement that the agency is gaining more access to federal criminal databases. Processing will continue, he says, and any delay, quote, should be brief and resolved shortly.
The delays, though, come amid an ongoing halt to applications from people born in 39 countries,
including Nigeria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Venezuela. The pause, which has lasted nearly five months, has affected hundreds of thousands of people who are trying to make decisions about where they'll go to school and where they can work. Meg Anderson and Pair News. President Trump says he is considering reducing the number of U.S. troops in Germany.
This comes after German Chancellor Friedrich Merritt's criticized Washington for having a lack of strategy on Iran, as Mnicklson reports from Berlin.
“More than 36,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Germany, which is home to most U.S.”
military installations in Europe, and to one of the U.S.A.'s largest overseas air force bases in Ramstein. President Trump, writing on truth social, said he will decide shortly whether to cut the number of active service personnel. The announcement follows comments earlier this week from Chancellor Matt's suggesting the
Trump administration was being outplayed in ceasefire negotiations with Iran. Matt said, quote, "An entire nation was being humiliated by the Iranian regime and that the U.S. delegation had left Islamabad empty handed." Matt's maintains relations with Washington are what he calls as good as ever, but the threat of a reduced U.S. military presence in Europe is expected to cause concern.
"You're listening to MPR." Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he's going to stay on with the Fed after his term as chair expires. He says he wants to safeguard the Fed's ability to operate without political pressure. This came as the Fed kept interest rates steady, yesterday.
It appears artificial intelligence is not better than alternatives when it comes to forecasting extreme weather events, and beer's Rebecca Hershire reports a new study finds AI misjudges extremely hot and extremely cold weather. Researchers compared AI weather models to other forecasting models that use physics. To see which was better at predicting extreme weather events.
The authors who are climate scientists in Germany and Switzerland found that AI was not as accurate when it came to very hot weather, very cold weather, and wind storms. The study was published in the journal Science Advances. Previous studies and real-world tests have found that some AI models are extremely good at predicting normal every day weather.
But the new study finds that doesn't extend to extreme weather events. The findings have implications for how weather agencies might apply AI technology to forecasting. Rebecca Hershire and Pierre News. 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, Mexico says its attorney general's office is reviewing U.S. requests for extradition. It's NPR.
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