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President Trump says Persian Gulf allies persuaded him to postpone a strike on Iran for a few days. Today he told reporters he was on the verge of ordering an attack in the absence of Iran's agreement to U.S. demands for ending hostilities. The short-time ago, Vice President J.D. events spoke to reporters about the U.S. Iran in-pass.
"What the President United States has said is number one Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.
“I think it's important for the American people and all of you to appreciate that when we say”
that it's not just that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, it's what would happen if the Iranians did get a nuclear weapon. We know that a lot of nations all across the Gulf would then want their own nuclear weapon, and then a lot of nations all across the world, and what has been a very effective right spot of American foreign policy really for the last 20 or so years would disappear overnight."
The event's leading the White House press briefing today while press secretary Caroline Levitt's own maternity leave. It is primary election day in Kentucky, all eyes on the northern Kentucky Congressional District where President Trump is trying to knock another perceived adversary out of office. Kentucky Public Radio Sylvie Goodman reports that Republican Congressman Thomas Massey is facing
the toughest primary challenge of his career. "Trump's hand-picked candidate, former Navy SEAL, at Gowrine, is making a bid for Massey's seat in a closely watched race that could have implications for the future of the GOP.
Massey has emerged as a prominent Republican dissenting voice in Trump's second term,
“pushing back against the President's use of executive power, and forcing a vote on the”
release of the Jeffrey Epstein files." "It's a referendum on whether every Republican in the House in the Senate is going to be a rubber stamp for the executive branch or not." Gowrine has made it clear he won't divert from Trump's vision for the country. "I'm a hundred percent behind the president."
"Now it's up to the voters. I'm here news. I'm Sylvie Goodman in Louisville, Kentucky." Anti-government protests continue to rock Bolivia, thousands of teachers, farmers, and minors have shut down the capital.
Prochesters, including supporters of the South American countries, former, socialist leader, are demanding the new conservative president step-down. Here's NPR's Carrie Collins. "For weeks, protesters have been battling riot police and lapos streets.
“Codeblocks have paralyzed commerce and are causing food and fuel shortages as Bolivia undergoes”
its worst economic crisis in decades." The new president Rodrigo Paz, the first conservative leader elected in Bolivia in decades, has been cutting subsidies in government programs and attempts to reign in the huge federal deficit. Despite maintaining some social welfare programs, inflation and fuel prices have soared.
Workers first demanded higher wages than were joined by farmers, angry over fuel costs and quality followed by minors adding to the pressure. Now, loyalists of former president, Avomor Dallas, are demanding Paz resigned. Carrie Collins and PR News keep the Ecuador. From Washington, this is NPR News.
Roughly 5 million fewer people could be enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
The analysis from the nonprofit KFF reveals enrollment could fall by more than 20% and those still in the program may end up paying more with average deductibles, possibly increasing by more than $1,000. There's a planning Congress to overturn a management plan for federal lands in southern Utah. Dozens of scientific researchers and groups have been urging lawmakers to keep the
plan in place, from a US Ryan Heiches has details. The group of archaeologists, paleontologists, biologists and others, call the nearly 2 million acre expanse an unparalleled living laboratory. They've nicknamed Grand Staircase the Science Monument because of its fossil record ecological diversity in cultural resources.
The researchers sent a letter to federal lawmakers urging them to reject an attempt to toss out the monument's management plan that govern science, conservation, recreation, and cultural protection. The effort is spearheaded by Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, who has long fought national monuments and other public lands protections for NPR News.
I'm Ryan Heiches in Flagstaff, Arizona. Nashville, Tennessee scored its first Super Bowl at a gathering in Orlando today. The National Football League said team owners selected the Titan's new Nissan stadium to host the championship game in 2030. U.S. stocks slower the power the Dow's now down 236 points, your listening to NPR News.
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