"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
agenda at a White House small business summit today, as NPR's deepest shiver on reports,
“Americans outlook on the economy and Trump's handling of it have declined as the war”
with Iran has dragged on." Trump has continually said the war in Iran would not last more than six weeks. Now, his message to Americans is that the war isn't lasting as long as other conflicts. "Winter like what's six weeks, they said what's taking so long, we were in Vietnam 19 years, we're in Iraq for many as 10 years, 12 years."
In the meantime, Trump's approval rating on his handling of the economy has declined, even among his supporters. Trump also lamented that the Supreme Court ruled against him on many of his tariff policies. He insisted that his tariff policies made the U.S. rich, but the U.S. government is now paying
businesses back billions of dollars after the court said Trump's tariffs were unconstitutional.
Deepish Ivoram and PR news The White House. Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a new congressional map today as Douglas
“Seoul of member station WUSF reports it comes as President Trump is pushing GOP lead states”
to secure a more Republican House seats. The map adds four Republican leaning districts, meaning the state could send 24 GOP members and only four Democrats to the U.S. House. Several states have now redistricted in a contest for the House majority. But in Florida, voters amended their Constitution in 2010 to block political gerrymandering.
Soon after DeSantis signed the map, a voting rights group and a number of state voters filed a lawsuit alleging that's exactly what's happening. DeSantis has said the courts were rule in his favor, setting up a legal showdown with major implications for this year's midterm elections. For NPR news, I'm Douglas Seoul in Tallahassee.
Lawmakers and some other southern Republican-led states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana are also meeting this week to consider redistricting plans after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.
“A new bill in Congress aims to stop companies from profiting off of military disability payments”
and PR's Cayley Fox Shannon reports. It's a notoriously difficult process for veterans to claim disability benefits with the VA. On profits, help that's due at for free, but a massive industry has emerged that charges huge fees. Former Marine and Riqueh Miranda Cardinis got a bill for $12,000.
"As it don't be haunting me for snow, I said, and I don't feel that it's right for me to pay you what you're claiming that I need the pay." A new bipartisan bill in Congress aims to stop these companies from using Robo Dialers to flood the VA benefits hotline. That's after an NPR investigation found that so-called claim sharks use Vets' personal
information to access VA systems. NPR's Cayley Fox Shannon reporting, "You're listening to NPR News." Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with pneumonia.
A spokesperson says the 81-year-old is in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital.
He says his condition was exacerbated by restrictive airway disease attributed to his exposure to dust and toxins from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The hotel industry in the U.S. is facing a major problem with only weeks to go before the start of the World Cup, bookings are running far below expectations, and PR's Raphael Nom reports.
The World Cup was seen as the big deal in the hotel industry. The tournament is being staged this summer across the U.S. Canada and Mexico. If you love an American city's hosting games, but an industry survey from the American hotel and lodging association shows that nearly 80% of hotels in host cities are saying booking some running below projections.
For some cities, it gets even worse. Kansas City says that 85% to 90% of hotels report booking are softer than anticipated. In fact, they are actually running even below a typical June or July. By contrast, hotels in both Miami and Atlanta report a much stronger number of bookings, Raphael Nom in PR News.
A new study suggests that a tiny icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin delicate atmosphere. It's believed to be the smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere. Japanese astronomers reported the atmosphere on the 300-mile diameter planet could have been created by volcanic eruptions or possibly a comet strike. This is NPR News from Washington When Congress eliminated funding for a public media last
year, we saw a ground swell of support for NPR. America bears from planet money and it is not too late to be part of this movement. If you missed making a donation during public media giving days, do it right now. Show your support for a public radio that is by the people for the people at Donate.npr.org
