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Department of Homeland Security after the House approved a bill to fund most of DHS. The
“legislation was approved unanimously on a voice vote. It previously cleared the Senate.”
The bill does not fund the Department's Immigration Enforcement agencies, including U.S. immigration and customs enforcement or ICE and the Border Patrol. The shutdown of DHS lasted two and a half months, the longest for a federal department in the nation's history. There's still no sign of a deal to end the war with Iran amid the ongoing ceasefire. NPR's Daniel Kurtzlebin says President Trump was asked where things stand yesterday
at the White House. A reporter pointed out that Iran is stubborn and the talk seemed like they're stalled, then asked if the President is feeling antsy to break the ceasefire. "I don't know which stubbornness because really nobody knows what the talks are except myself and a couple of other people. They want to make a deal badly." When asked about gas prices, Trump said Iran won't have a nuclear weapon and that prices
will decline when the war is over. He says that'll happen fast, industry experts say otherwise. Daniel Kurtzlebin and PR News the White House. "Triple A says the cost of regular gasoline in the U.S. rose another nine cents and gallon overnight. It's now averaging $4.39 the highest in four years.
“The price of regular has jumped 33 cents in the last week.”
State TV in Myanmar says detained opposition leader, Angst on Succi has been moved from prison to house arrest. His Michael Sullivan reports it was more than five years ago that a military coup removed her from power. "Don't all sense Succi."
The late night television broadcast did not say where Succi was being moved to. Only that she will quote now serve the remainder of her sentence at a specific home instead of in prison. She had been sentenced by the coup makers to 33 years on what human rights groups called Trumpdupt charges
designed to remove the wildly popular leader from politics for good. There's been speculation that the transfer may have been influenced by the Chinese foreign ministers' recent visit to Myanmar. A foreign ministry briefing the same day as the transfer
“described Succi as quote an old friend of China whose circumstances”
has always been on our minds.
Friend PR news, I'm Michael Sullivan in Shanghai, Thailand. Louisiana's governor says he suspending the state's congressional primary says a result of this week's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. It's unclear for when they'll be rescheduled. On Wednesday, the high court tossed out the state's redrawn congressional map
as unconstitutional in a decision that weakened a provision of the Voting Rights Act. Early voting in Louisiana's congressional primaries had been set to begin tomorrow. The governor says state lawmakers need time to draw a new map.
This is NPR News. Authorities in Tacoma, Washington say a student that false high school is under arrest after four fellow students and a security guard were wounded in a stabbing attack. All but one of the five were critically injured,
according to a spokesperson with the city's fire department. It's unclear what spark yesterday's attack.
The student in custody is facing charges of first degree assault
the high school is closed today. Elon Musk has wrapped up his testimony in a federal court room in California where he's suing open AI and its CEO, Sam Altman. Musk alleges the tech company and its leader have abandoned open AI's founding principles. Rachel Myro with Member Station KQED reports on day three of Musk's testimony.
Musk told the court he sued open AI after deciding his co-founders put profit ahead of their founding mission. But under cross-examination, defense attorneys highlighted text and emails that showed his own AI company. Xi partially lifted code from open AI's models
and Musk and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta discussed bidding together on opening AI's intellectual property. On Monday, open AI co-founder Greg Brockman is expected to take the stand. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro and Oakland. Wall Street is coming off record high closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.
The S&P added 73 points yesterday while the Nasdaq gained 219. It was fueled by some of the latest corporate earnings numbers from companies such as Apple and Intel. I'm Dave Madingly, NPR News, and Washington.
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