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Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Friday said he would appeal a state court ruling
“that struck down a voter approved congressional redistricting plan.”
In the ongoing redistricting battle between Republicans and Democrats, the plan would have possibly given Democrats four more seats in the November election. We had Caligula, VPN and Richmond, has more on the decision." And they said, you know, broadly that this overturned the popular will. They were kind of varied in different ways, so some Democrats said that they'll try to appeal
it to the U.S. Supreme Court and others are just looking forward to the midterms. With the old map, Democrats could still pick up one or two seats, so that's sort of interesting. But Republicans, on the other hand, are celebrating. The appeal will be made to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Trump administration released files Friday that it described as new on UFOs.
It comes after criticism over recent lack of transparency at the Pentagon.
NPR's "cuteer-rittle" reports. Much of the files consist of blurry military footage and ambiguous sightings that experts say could have many explanations.
“But some of the most discussed material comes from NASA's Apollo missions, including Apollo”
17 in 1972. Astronauts described bright drifting lights outside of their spacecraft. One compared the scene to the 4th of July. McWest is a technical analyst who studies this kind of military data. It becomes clear that what they're seeing is actually just like high spotty calls and
paint chips, the flakes off the side of their spaceship. So, a lot of the things in this are being presented as being unusual, but they're actually not. This missed the released files as an effort by the administration to distract the public from other current events.
Katie Aretel and PR News. New York State is set to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and prohibit state and local officials from formally cooperating with immigration enforcement. NPR's "Jasmine Garz" has more.
“The bills include a ban on ICE agents covering their faces on ICE using local jails to”
house detainees and on searching New Yorkers' homes, hospitals, churches, or schools without a warrant signed by a judge. Immigration enforcement is a federal authority. Democratic-led states like California and New Jersey have also tried to prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks and have been sued by the Justice Department.
California's ban was struck down earlier this year. Tom Homan, president Trump's borders are, has said, "If New York passes this legislation "we're going to flood the zone. You're going to see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before." Rosman Garz, and Pierre News, New York.
Wall Street finished the week in positive territory. The Dalvin Azdack and the S&P were all up, but this is NPR News. The online web portal canvass, which is used by hundreds of colleges and universities, is back online after a cyber attack Thursday and Friday. Professors and staff had to find workarounds to get the students their study and also prepare
for their end of semester exams and submit final assignments. Some schools, including the University of Illinois and Penn State, temporarily push-back final exams. South Africa's president Cyril Rapiposa could face fresh impeachment proceedings over a long-running scandal involving cash stuffed into a couch, NPR's Kate Bartlett reports.
The scandal involved more than half a million dollars that was stolen from Rapiposa's farm in 2020.
The money had been hidden under the cushions in a sofa. Rapiposa, a keen cattle breeder, denied wrongdoing and said the $580,000 was the proceeds of a sale of prize buffaloes. His political opponents accused him of a tax-dodge or money laundering and called for his resignation.
But in 2022, Parliament voted a gain starting impeachment proceedings. Now, the country's highest court has ruled that was a mistake and ordered that an impeachment committee be set up to investigate. Ramaposa's political future now hangs in the balance, Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg. President Trump is giving the European Union a July 4th deadline to approve a trade deal
or he says they will impose higher tariffs, but it is complicated by the Supreme Court ruling that said the tariffs were illegal. I'm Dan Ronin and NPR News in Washington, support for NPR News. On Consider This NPR's afternoon news podcast, we cover everything from politics to the economy to the world, but every story starts with a question.
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