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“The Republican-led Senate has once again”
blocked a measure to limit President Trump's
war powers in Iran. And Piers of Claudia Griesales reports Democrats have forced the vote six times since the conflict began 60 days ago tomorrow. - Coastwons are California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff
notes current law dictates the conflict must end at the 60 day mark. - The president must terminate this use of force until Congress says otherwise. - Two Republicans Kentucky's rampal and main Susan
Collins voted with Democrats under the current war powers act Trump can invoke a 30-day extension to wind down operations. Several Republicans have pointed to that provision as a potential way to by time in the midst
of ceasefire negotiations to end the conflict. Summer also warning once the war crosses that 60 day mark, they will no longer support funding the operation until the administration defends the plans. Claudia Griesales and B.R. News, the capital.
- President Trump is signed to build a fund much of the Department of Homeland Security
“and bring an end to the longest agency shutdown in history.”
The shutdown lasted for 75 days as Democrats refused to fund Trump's immigration enforcement operations without changes. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated the passage of the bill.
- We were not gonna have lines at TSA. Everybody get their pay checks now. We'll get moving forward. And then we will finish the work and finally get, again, for three years, with no crazy Democrat reforms.
We will fund border patrol and immigration enforcement as soon as we return for the work session when that bill is funded.
- Republicans will later move to provide $70 billion
for immigration enforcement through a separate process on the wrong that won't require democratic support. Main's Democratic Governor Janet Mills is suspending her campaign for the Senate seat, long held by Republican Susan Collins,
Kevin Miller with main public radio says that Governor's decision likely sets up a November matchup between Collins and a progressive Democrat,
“closely aligned with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.”
- Newmore's polls have shown Mills badly trailing her chief Democratic rival, Graham Platner, headed into the state's June 9th primary. But Mills had in the statement that while she had the drive to continue her campaign,
she lacked the financial resources she would need. Mills, whose main's first female governor, was recruited by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to run against Collins, who is widely regarded as one of the most vulnerable
Republican incumbents this year. Now, the Democratic establishment will likely have to rally around Platner, a Marine Corps veteran and Oysterman who's been drawing large crowds since last summer
with his populist anti-establishment message. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller in Augusta main. - The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026 expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall's 43-day federal
government shutdown, but the future outlook is clouded by the Iran War, and the U.S. stock market resumed its record setting climb today. This is NPR News.
President Trump is calling for a new government website where people can find and compare private sector retirement savings accounts. The order is intended to help more people gain access to retirement plans before next year.
That's when the federal government will start matching retirement contributions made by low to moderate income workers who aren't federal employees. A major study finds that artificial intelligence has made big advances in medical reasoning
and can outperform doctors on some common tasks. The research was published in the Journal of Science today, NPR's Will Stone has more. - Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that an AI reasoning model
developed by OpenAI excelled at diagnosing patients and making decisions about managing their care. It matched and often outperform doctors and the earlier AI model GPT4. The study included actual cases from the emergency department
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Adam Rodman was one of the study authors. - This is not an artifact of our evaluation methods, but it works for making diagnoses in the real world. - Rodman says their study does not suggest AI
should replace doctors, but it is a call to do forward-looking trials to see whether AI models can actually improve care. Will Stone and PR News. - Elusive Street Artists Bank C has claimed responsibility
for a new sculpture in Central London. The statue features a man striding off a plinth with his face covered by a flag known for spray painting buildings Bank C's street art has gained global fame, often selling for millions of dollars.
Despite his success,
Bank C has never publicly revealed his identity.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. - This week on Consider This. NPR investigates a Republican lawmaker from New Hampshire. He officially proposed a known Holocaust and IR join a state commission overseeing history lessons
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