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Driving a car is getting more expensive, gas prices are at their highest level since the U.S. is rarely wore in Iran began.
“Gasoline prices have jumped by 33 cents a gallon in just the last week, including a nine-cent”
jump overnight. Triple A says the average price of regular gas nationwide is now $4.39 a gallon. There's little relief in sight as the war with Iran that's rattling energy markets
is now in its third month.
What's NPR's Scott Horsley, there's a reason why those prices are high, crude oil prices are made over $100, West Texas U.S. crude oil and a trading friday at around $102 a barrel. And the international benchmark, Brent Crude, closed it around $108 a barrel. That's lower than they've been in some time, but still very high.
President Trump delivered a campaign-style speech on the economy to Florida seniors friday. Whereas Franco Erdon, yes, reports on his efforts to tout his domestic accomplishments, ahead of the midterms. Speaking to voters in the retirement community of the villages, President Trump boasted of the tax benefits and decreases in prescription drug prices that came out of his signature
“tax and spending bill that passed last year.”
We're also taking care of the financial health of our seniors as you have probably seen the 401(k)s and retirement accounts of millions of Americans who use a skyrocketing like never before. The worn-around has pulled much of Trump's focus away from domestic priorities. The White House insists, though, that the administration remains focused on his affordability
agenda. But gas prices this week hit a new high, and poll show Americans increasingly disapprove of the President's handling of the economy. Franco, Erdon, yes, and PR news. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state's congressional
maps, as Mariana Baca Yao from Member Station WPLN reports. The move follows pressure from President Trump, who has been pushing Republican-led states across the country to redraw their maps ahead of the midterms. Governor Lee had been hesitant to come back to Nashville so soon before the state's congressional
“primaries, but called the session after a phone call with Trump.”
The last minute redistricting effort was spurred by a U.S. Supreme Court decision to walk back part of the Voting Rights Act, which had protected the majority black voting block from redistricting in the past. Memphis Democratic State Senator Ramesh Ockberry says the move is a dishonor to the memory of civil rights activists who fought for the right to vote.
And now we have people who sit in Washington, who sit in Nashville, who say that those in this community do not matter. The legislature will reconvene this upcoming Tuesday for the special session. Here in PR news, I'm Mariana Baca Yao in Nashville. Stocks closed higher overall in Friday with a NASDAQ reaching a new record high.
You're listening to NPR news. President Trump says he's still considering using taxpayer money that take over spirit airlines. The budget carrier has been in financial difficulty for several weeks and can go out of businesses early as this weekend.
Spirit has been hoping for half a billion dollars from the government offering an exchange
as much as 90% stake in the company. Bard College president Leon Botstein announced his retirement Friday following continued fallout over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Wade with member station WAMC and Albany reports that he led the private liberal arts college in New York's Hudson Valley for over half a century.
The longtime leader is stepping down after a report found he maintained an ongoing relationship with Epstein despite knowing he was a convicted sex offender. College's Board of Trustees commissioned the law firm Wilmer Hale after Botstein's name appeared thousands of times in the U.S. Department of Justice's Epstein library. While the law firm did not find Botstein acted illegally, it said Botstein's contacts with
Epstein between 2012 and 2019 included 25 visits to Epstein's townhouse and a two day visit to Epstein's island.
In his announcement, Botstein touted his efforts to grow the schools endowment to $1 billion
while the Wilmer Hale report quotes Botstein's view as being "I would take money from Satan if it permitted me to do God's work." For NPR News, I'm Andrew Wade. Now the court is back to where she ended last week in ZLPGA Championship event and that's on top after 36 holes at the river Maya open in Mexico. She's tied for the early lead after finishing Fridays round of the Bogie Free 67.
She's tied with Brianna Doe who finished the day with a 69. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This year, for the first time in NPR's history, public media is operating without federal funding. That means NPR needs your support now, more than ever.
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