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President Trump heads to China tomorrow, and he's taking a sizable business delegation
“with him, including some of the biggest names in corporate America.”
NPR's John Ruich reports this comes during a period of relative calm in the U.S. China trade relationship. "According to the White House, more than a dozen top U.S. executives will be on the entry of this week, including Apple's Tim Cook, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortbeg, and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame, Musk also co-led Trump's Department of Government efficiency
early in his second term.
There are a finance series in the group, too, from BlackRock, Blackstone, City Group, and Goldman Sachs. This trip will be the first to China by a U.S. President since Trump visited during his first term really nine years ago, and while Geopolitik's loom large, especially the war in Iran, the parade of executive signals and interest in promoting business and potentially striking
deals despite a festering trade war. John Ruich and PR News Washington." The president says a U.S. ceasefire with Iran is "on massive life support," he is rejecting
“Iran's counter-proposal for ending the hostilities.”
More than 10 weeks into the U.S. is real war with Iran. The president tells CBS News that he wants to temporarily suspend the gas tax, and
PR's Daniel Kurtz-laven reports on the Republican leaders' latest response to surging gasoline
prices. Suspending the gas tax would require an act of Congress. Currently the tax is 18.3 cents per gallon of gas and 24.3 cents on diesel. The potential suspension is an acknowledgment from the White House of the toll that high gas prices have taken on American consumers.
The latest NPRPBS News Marist poll found that 8 in 10 Americans say gas prices are straining their budgets, and that 63% say those price increases are Trump's fault. "Regular gasoline costs just under $3 per gallon before the U.S. bombed Iran. Now it costs 50% more at $4.52 a according to AAA. Daniel Kurtz-laven and PR News the White House."
Russia and Ukraine's three-day ceasefire technically ends in a few hours, President Trump
“helped negotiate the pause in fighting, and PR's Charles Means reports from Moscow Russian”
Ukraine accused each other, though, of violating the choice. "You Ukraine's President, Vladimir Zelensky, said Russia had refrained from large-scale missile strikes, but continued attacks along the front lines prompting Ukraine to return fire." Similarly, Russia's defense ministry accused Ukraine of launching thousands of drones into
Russian air space, to which it said Russia responded in kind. Yet, there were no disruptions during Russia's military parade on Red Square Saturday, an event scaled back amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes. During that ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted his forces would prove victorious against an aggressive Ukraine-backed by NATO only to later suggest he remained open to diplomatic
efforts to bring the war to a close. Charles Means and PR News, Moscow." This is NPR News. A California man pleaded not guilty to charges connected to the alleged attack on President Trump last month, including the attempt of "struggling to assassinate the president"
today, Cole Allen appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit and shackled. The Washington Wizards have won the top overall pick in the summer's NBA draft, NPR's Becky Sullivan has more on the highly anticipated draft lottery. BYU Ford, AJ DeBonse, who led division 1 in scoring last season, and Darren Peterson, the electric guard at Kansas, are just two of the coveted players.
The top 10 picks could all be players who just wrapped up their freshman year, that talent helped lead to widespread tanking, aka purposely losing for a better draft pick, an NBA this season. The Washington Wizards won the race to the bottom.
They'll pick first, followed by the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies.
The unlucky team was the Indiana Pacers, who had a 52% chance at a top four pick, but back in February, they rolled the dice in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, saying that LA could receive Indiana's first round pick if it fell outside the top four, that's exactly what happened. The Clippers will pick fifth, while the Pacers have no draft pick at all, Becky Sullivan
and Piernais. A Ruby unearthed in Myanmar last month is one of the largest symbols yet of how much the war ravaged country depends in part on its gemstone industry for revenue. It is reported to be 11,000 carrots, 4.8 pounds. It's superior color, and quality make the Ruby from the town of Mugak Rare and highly
valuable for a country that produces as much as 90% of the world's rubies. It's NPR. If the brain is like a computer, then Kyla Madonna Kenny's was crashing. The room was spinning, and I was shaking, but only on one side. Doctors couldn't see anything physically wrong with Kyla's brain, with the hardware so
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