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President Trump and China's leader, Xi Jinping, are getting ready for their second day
of meetings tomorrow. In beer's Emily Fang reports today, after a tour of historic buildings in Beijing, the two talked about controversial issues, including Taiwan.
“For China, Xi Jinping said Taiwan is "the most important issue," and warned the U.S.”
to quote "exercise caution on Taiwan," saying that the jeopardized ties entirely. China hopes to control the democratic island one day, and Trump is said he wants to discuss a delayed U.S. weapons package two-time one that is stalled with China. Despite concerns Beijing might push the U.S. to scale back its support of Taiwan, Secretary of State Marker Rubio said the U.S. has not changed its position.
And on the final day of this visit, Trump and Xi will meet again at a compound in Beijing
where some of China's top leadership live for further talks on trade, the war and
Iran, and potential investment in both countries. Emily Fang and Pair News This week, the U.S. House approved year-round sales of up to 15% ethanol gas blends or E-15. Harvest public media's macy buyer's reports, the bill now heads to the Senate.
“Supporters of the Measures say greater E-15 availability could boost the farm economy and”
give consumers cheaper options at the pump. Iowa Senator Charles Grassley thanked the House for passing the bill, calling it a major moment for farmers and gas consumers. Iowa's family farmers are counting on the Senate to deliver year-round E-15. I'm going to keep fighting until we get this bill to the president's desk, and the president
had made very clear a couple months ago in Iowa that he's waiting to sign that bill. For farmers, the bill could create more demand for corn, but some Congress members have pushed back, concerned expanding ethanol would damage small oil refinery businesses. For NPR News, I'm Macy Buyers in Lincoln, Nebraska.
A jury has ordered Boeing to pay more than $49 million to the family of a young woman who
died when one of its planes crashed in Ethiopia in 2019. If your Joel Rose reports, the verdict resolves one of the last remaining cases, stemming from two 737 max crashes.
“A federal jury awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Rose, Stumo.”
She was 24 years old when she died in the second of two Boeing 737 max crashes within months of each other, the killed a total of 346 people. Boeing had already admitted responsibility for the crash, so the trial was only about how much the company should pay in compensatory damages. Boeing reached an agreement with the Justice Department to avoid criminal prosecution.
The company also agreed to confidential settlements in dozens of lawsuits brought by family members of the crash victims, Joel Rose and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. You as border patrol chief Michael Banks has resigned, there's no word on who will replace him, controversy over actions by the agency led to a partial government shutdown of the
Department of Homeland Security in April that's still going on. This after Democratic lawmakers refused to approve funding for DHS until certain policies are changed. Meanwhile, Senators voted today to forego their paychecks during future government shutdowns. Multiple games at the upcoming Men's Soccer World Cup are likely to be held in dangerously
hot weather. According to a new study, if here's Rebecca Hirscher reports, the World Cup kicks off in June. This year's tournament runs from June 11 through July 19th in the U.S. Canada and Mexico. There will be 104 matches, a new analysis by climate scientists at Imperial College London
finds that the weather during five of those matches is likely to be dangerously hot and humid. Miami is a particular hot spot because its stadium is not covered and does not have air conditioning. The World Cup final held outside New York City in July is also at high risk. FIFA says it's addressing heat risk by allowing players and officials to take extra water breaks and allowing fans to bring sealed water bottles into stadiums during the hottest
matches, as well as other measures. Rebecca Hirscher and Pierre News. While street hire by the closing bell, the Dow was up 370 points, the Nasdech up 232, the S&P 500, up 56. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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