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President Trump is on his way to China.
“It is his first state visit to Beijing since returning to office.”
As Trump took questions from reporters before leaving the White House today, the president was asked, "If Chinese leader Xi Jinping could help convince Iran, China's ally, to agree to U.S. demands for ending the war." Trump invited major business leaders, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook, to Beijing.
The companies have significant business interests in China. While during his remarks, President Trump referenced Dr. Martin McCary and PR has learned that McCary is expected to resign as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
That is according to a federal health official familiar with management of the agency
but who was not authorized to speak publicly. The U.S. Supreme Court is clearing the way for Alabama to change its congressional maps in a way that consolidates GOP power.
“The NPR's Debbie Elliott reports, "It's part of a broader push in Republican control”
southern states to redestric debt for the court ruled its unconstitutional to draw district lines based on race." The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a map that eliminates one of two largely black congressional districts now represented by black Democrats, and a social media post Republican State Attorney General Steve Marshall lads the victory.
"We have fought for years against court's forcing Alabama to sort its citizens by race and we were right to fight." Freshman Democratic Congressman Shimari figures of Mobile holds one of the targeted seats. This is a last-ditch effort led by the top Republican office holder in this country, Donald Trump, to be able to stay in a position where he has unchecked power.
Other southern legislatures are moving ahead with similar redistricting plans. Debbie Elliott and PR news. Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the operator of the ship that
“crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, more than two years ago,”
as well as a senior official with the Singaporean and Indian corporate entities linked to the vessel. The collision killed six members of a construction crew who had been repairing pot holes on the bridge that night. The indictment alleges the crash also caused at least $5 billion in economic loss.
Senator G. Marine, one of the name entities, says the allegations or false and that it will vigorously defend itself. Senator G. Marine, private limited is based in Singapore and Senator G. Maritime is based in India. You're listening to NPR News. A federal program that pays airlines to operate in isolated communities is on the chopping block.
Although, as NPR Sasha Fife explains, the politics complicate the math.
The program is called essential air service.
And for decades, it's given subsidies to airlines to fly in small rural places nationwide. But it's criticized for being costly and inefficient, sometimes flying empty airplanes. So the Trump administration wants to cut its roughly $700 million budget by more than half. These flights are popular, though, with residents of remote areas and their members of Congress. Public policy professor Tony Grubisic of UC Riverside studies the program.
You think about how potentially wasteful this has been, but they're going to fight to keep these subsidies in place because it looks good. And it means there are economic development opportunities in a place that has full-time air service. As a result, the program has historically been immune from cuts. Sasha Fife and PR News.
Celebrities are arriving at the Cannes Film Festival widely considered the most prestigious celebration of international films. Over the course of 12 days, the event will showcase works, artists, and themes in the service of the festival's mission to draw global attention to hidden gems alongside mainstream films. U.S. stocks are mostly lower this hour.
The Nasdaq is now down 323 points or 1.2%. It's NPR News. Dr. Eric Topel says health influencers make big claims about longevity, but he's offering us a reality check. We can accept that we're going to age, but we don't have to accept heart disease and cancer or neurodegenerative
disease. Straight talk about how to grow old and stay healthy. That's on the Ted Brady Wauer podcast, listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
