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have seized an oil tanker, it did not say where, but the statement says the seizure was
“for attempting to undermine Iranian interests. This comes after Iran and the U.S. military”
traded fire last night for the second time this week."
Tennessee has approved new congressional maps, its part of President Trump's plan to create more Republican seats in Congress. For member-station WPLN, Mariana Bakayal reports the effort drew widespread protests. "Handler, Handler, Handler!" Hundreds chanted no Jim Crow 2.0 and shame as lawmakers meant to approve new maps, splitting
Memphis and its majority black voting block into three districts, one of which spans nearly 300 miles. The old district was contained to the city of Memphis. Republican supporters of the move say it would give the state a chance to have all its 9 house members be from the GOP.
To pass the new maps, the legislature first had to strike down a 50-year-old law that
“barred mid-decade redistricting. The quick turnaround time could impact voters in the military”
and overseas. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bakayal, in Nashville. Public health experts are raising concern about why the U.S. government has not had a more public response to the Handler virus outbreak that started on a cruise ship, and PR's Gabriella Emmanuel reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out a brief email on Wednesday, saying
they are monitoring the response and coordinating with international partners. Without specifics, Tini Murat Zotn, head of the Infectious Disease Society of America, says she would have expected press conferences, a health alert, and likely a team sent to help
in the investigation. We have seen large-scale funding and workforce cuts made in the last
year, so all of these things are having really profound ripple effects. The World Health Organization says their teams have been in regular contact with the
“U.S. and getting technical advice. The CDC did not immediately respond to NPR's request”
for comment. Gabriella Emmanuel and PR News. The U.S. has stepped up the number of boat strikes it has carried out in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. These have killed nearly 200 people. President Trump says he is attacking drug trafficking, but he does not provide evidence to support the allegation.
NPR's Carrie Con has more. President Trump likes to cite numbers of lives saved from overdoses in the U.S. by killing the seafaring drug traffickers, but most drug overdoses in the U.S. are caused by fentanyl, which is not trafficked on the seas from South America. Even the South Command General, Francis Donovan, doubts the strikes efficacy. He told
the Senate Armed Services Committee in March that, quote, "Bote strikes aren't the answer." NPR's Carrie Con reporting. You're listening to NPR News. President Trump is threatening new tariffs on European products if the EU does not enact trade terms set out in a proposed deal. This comes as a specialty federal court overturned
more of his new tariffs. Trump imposed the new tariffs after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned some of them enacted last year. The specialty court ruled the new tariffs are also unlawful. New York City's mayor and the chief of a large financial services company are criticizing each other over taxing wealth. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports, "They're dispute highlights how tax policy may affect where companies choose to locate."
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin criticized mayor So-Ran Mamdoni's proposal to tax luxury properties owned by wealthy part-time residents. Mamdoni argues the city's tax system favors the ultra-wealthy, while critics say New York is already near a tipping point on taxes for high earners. Jared Walsak is with the center-right thing tank, the tax foundation. He says the state depends heavily on top earners for revenue.
New York State gets about 40% of its income tax revenue from the top 1%. You lose some of those people. You lose a lot of tax revenue. Walsak says the proposal itself is relatively narrow, but says concerns over future tax increases could be a deterrent for some companies. Windsor Johnston and PR news. The renowned British wildlife expert David Attenborough turns 100 years old today. There
are celebrations in London fans dressed as bumblebees and lions have gathered to wish Attenborough a happy birthday. This is NPR. On consider this NPR's afternoon news podcast, we cover everything for politics to the economy to the world, but every story starts with a question. NPR, we stand for your right to be curious to make sense of the biggest story of the day
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