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The State Department will host another round of talks between Israel and Lebanon next week.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's in everyone's interest to stop his bubble from firing”
rockets at Israel, and PR's Michelle Kalman reports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the goal is to have a strong Lebanese government in control of its territory without in Iranian backed militia threatening anyone. We want the relations between Israel and Lebanon, its legitimate government to be very strong.
The impediment to that is Hezbollah. Secretary Rubio launched the talks between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors in Washington in the middle of April and President Trump joined them just over a week later.
Thursday and Friday will be the third such gathering, even as Israel continues to occupy
large parts of southern Lebanon, and continues to exchange fire with Hezbollah despite AC's fire. Michelle Kalman and PR News, the State Department. Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Friday said he would appeal the State Court ruling
“that struck out a voter-approved congressional redistricting plan.”
The plan could have given Democrats four more house seats in Virginia. The State Court Friday ruled the State Legislature violated procedures when it placed the question before voters in April, and PR's Larry Kapplow explains what this could mean in Virginia. The U.S. House is controlled by Republicans by just a few seats.
In the President Trump set off this race to redistrict Republicans, it probably tilted
about 15 seats their way, and the Democrats had gotten to about 10, but loose four.
So now it's around 15 to six, and there are more southern states moving to redistrict for the GOP in the coming days. Virginia's appeal will be made to the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming days. The Census Bureau's internal watchdog has launched a review of a field task for the 2030 Census taking place in parts of Alabama and South Carolina.
And PR's Hansi Lowong reports the Trump administration made last-minute changes to the test.
“The Congress Department Inspector General's office says it's looking into whether the 2026 census”
test actually helps the Census Bureau make the next once a decade headcount more accurate and less costly, with little explanation that Trump administration downsize the test. And now only involves households and parts of Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina.
If they don't fill out an online survey this month, they may get a knock at their door starting in June from Census Workers or U.S. Postal Service Workers. A past government accountability office study found using postal workers to conduct census interviews would not be cost-effective. Their survey asks people about their U.S. citizenship status.
These are shows that's likely a hurt the accuracy of a number used to redistribute political representation and federal funding on Zee Lowong and Fjarnews. Stocks finished higher on Friday and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. The U.S. economy in April added a stronger than expected 115,000 jobs to spite the economic shock waves caused from the Iran war.
The nation's unemployment rate remains steady at 4.3%. Economist had forecast the jobs report would come in at 65,000 new jobs. The U.S. is facing a child care crisis as operating cost and tuition continue to increase leaving families with few affordable options. Some places are looking to ramp up the supply by removing red tape to get new child care
centers operating. Cynthia Abrams with Member Station WPLN reports Nashville is testing that approach. Nashville has decided to give proposals for new child care centers priority in the zoning process. The city is also looking to ease regulations for facilities, making it simply easier to
open one. City leaders like Mayor Freddy O'Connell hope that removing bureaucratic hurdles could increase supply and have positive ripple effects.
This isn't just a child care problem, it's a workforce problem and ultimately an economic
and family and household problem because when a national parent can't find care, it is much harder to go to work. Similar approaches have been considered in other states, including California, Washington State, New Hampshire, and Colorado. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.
The National Football League and its referees union have ratified a new seven-year labor agreement which will improve, officiating the league says. From Washington, I'm Dan Ronan NPR News. As Hurricane season approaches, a political storm is brewing at the federal disaster agency. But can we afford to lose this vital agency?
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