Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder.
Before leaving for China Tuesday, President Trump said he expects to have a long talk with
Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the Iran war. But he said he does not think he needs Xi's help to bring the war to an end. "He's good. I mean, it might be. I don't think we need any help with Iran to be honest with you.
There's defeated militarily and they'll even do the right thing or we'll finish it job." Trump said to land in Beijing later today with Australia for moves still effectively closed oil and natural gas tankers. China is a major buyer of Iranian oil and maintains ties with Iran whose foreign minister
was in Beijing last week. Michigan congressional Democrat, Debbie Dingle and Republican John Molinar have introduced a bill to ban Chinese cars in the United States. From member station WEMU, Kevin Merchart reports. While the Connected Vehicle Securities Act, the legislation would prohibit the importation,
manufacture, and sale of vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China.
“Dingle says the timing is important with this week's upcoming China U.S. summit.”
"We are not competing on a level playing field. When Chinese subsidizes its manufacturers, it manipulates its currency, it uses slave labor. That's not a level playing field." China has been accused by the U.S. government of using technology to collect and transmit sensitive information from vehicles it produces.
The legislation expands on orders from the first Trump and the Biden administrations by
putting the protections into law. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Merchart in Ipsilami, Michigan. "The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration is leaving after 13 months on the job doctor Marty McCarray as President Trump to accept his resignation," as Imperial Sydney Lupkin reports.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump said McCarray would be leaving, and that a deputy would take over FDA temporarily. During his tenure at the agency, McCarray at times angered the Make America Healthy again movement for not advancing its agenda quickly enough. Many Mahah supporters were upset when the agency approved updated COVID-19 vaccines last
year.
“McCarray also disappointed people who oppose abortion by not completing a promise safety”
review of Mifra Pristone. And while he faced criticism from those looking for a more predictable approach to FDA regulation, before joining the Trump administration, McCarray was a surgeon and health policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. City Lupkin and PR News President Trump has snapped David Venture Rela to be the next
acting director of immigration and customs enforcement, a spokesman confirmed the appointment to MPR. He is expected to take over from Todd Lyons, who was leaving the post at the end of the month. Venture Rela previously worked for ICE during the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.
He left to work for a private prison company that contracts with the federal government for immigration detention. This is MPR. The Congressional Watchdog finds coal miners looking to get federal disability payments for black lung disease, face a host of barriers, Chris Clemens, a member station K.N.A.U.
has more.
“U.S. government accountability office found coal miners can wait for years while seeking”
benefits. That's true for Alex Ossif, who is Navajo, Hopi, and Pima, and a former coal miner who worked on the Navajo Nation. He says the coal companies that are on the hook for paying miners' benefits can slow the process down by not providing employment histories.
The program needs to view these operators and continue to make sure that they stand up to their promise to the miner. The report also found that even when they get benefits, many coal miners face obstacles accessing the medical coverage they're entitled to. 4 NPR News.
I'm Chris Clemens in Flagstaff.
MBA's first openly gay player has died.
Jason Collins was 47. His family says he died from an aggressive form of brain cancer. Collins played for six different MBA teams over 13 years. He announced that he was gay in 2013 toward the end of his playing career. Also Memphis Grizzlies forward, Brandon Clark has died.
The Grizzlies announced his death on Tuesday. No other details were given. Clark was 29. President Trump on his way to China Asian shares in mixed-in Wednesday trading stocks rose in Tokyo and Shanghai.
They surge more than two and a half percent in Seoul, but shares declined in Sydney and were little changed in Hong Kong. I'm Jial Snyder. This is MPR News. From Spider-Man to a new Steven Spielberg movie, we know the TV and movies you'll want
to watch this summer. I'm excited about this film. I just know suspense, intrigue aliens, and I'm like, "All right, Spielberg, I'm in." Check out this summer guide from Pop Culture Happy Hour, listen on the NPR app, or wherever you get podcasts.
