Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
Former Navy SEAL officer Ed Gaul-Rine has defeated incumbent Northern Kentucky Republican
Congressman Thomas Massey, after President Trump, pushed to Alston Massey and his campaign to defeat his perceived enemies in his own party, according to a race call from the Associated Press. Massey led the fight to get the Jeffrey Epstein files released. He's opposed to Trump's involvement in foreign conflicts, and he was one of the Republican
votes against Trump's signature tax and spending package last year. The House primary race was one of the most expensive in U.S. history. Gaul-Rine will face Democrat Melissa Strange in the general election. Republicans control the Senate, but they just advanced a Democratic resolution to force President Trump to end the Iran war.
“Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was a crucial vote.”
He was ousted by Trump's favorite candidate in his primary over the weekend, and PR's Eric McDaniel has more President's have 60 days to consult Congress on military action. President Trump's war on Iran has extended well beyond that, and now after a string of unsuccessful measures, the Senate passed the latest Democratic led proposal that would force the war to end.
Senators Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski had come to support those efforts, and now Senator Cassidy fresh off a stinging primary loss orchestrated by President Trump, joined them. Here's Cassidy conceding his race last weekend. Our country is not about one individual.
It is about the welfare of all Americans, and it is about our Constitution. ides are on the House, where a similar measure failed on a tie vote just last week, Eric McDaniel, and Pair News, the Capitol. The NAACP is calling on Black athletes alumni, fans, and the general public to boycott
“the athletic programs of public universities and states that aim to redistrict long-time”
black lawmakers, if successful the move could deplete roasters for powerhawks, football, and basketball programs across the SEC, and ACC athletic conferences. The effort comes as civil rights activist trying to apply pressure to Republican-led state legislatures through mass protests and economic boycotts. The death toll of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda continues
to climb days after the World Health Organization declared it a public health emergency of international concern, Ron Claim was the White House Ebola Response Coordinator under President Obama. He says the risk of spreads to the U.S. is small, but the more it spreads, the more the risk goes up. It's a different part of Africa, and it's a different strain of Ebola. This is a strain of Ebola for which we have no vaccine and no treatments, and it's a part
of Africa, which is conflict-laden, and is adjacent to massive gatherings of refugees in South Sudan. So it's a highly dangerous place for this to happen. Former White House Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Claim, the U.S. stock market gave back more of its record setting rally today. This is NPR News from Washington.
“Nations across Asia are pushing for the use of more biofuels in transportation in order”
to slash dependence on fossil fuels. Asia is hardest hit by the ongoing energy shock caused by the Iran War. India is considering allowing vehicles to run on 85% or even 100% ethanol, experts are split on the climate benefit of these fuels, stressing that other forms of renewable energy would likely be more efficient.
Workers at the nation's largest commuter rail road were back on the job today after a three-day strike. The Union's representing the Long Island Railroad Workforce came to an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Lake Monday from a member stationed WNYC in New York,
Stephen Nesson reports, "The strike was the first one in over 30 years.
The L.I. W. workers had been without a raise for three years. The Union was in a dispute with the MTA over a pay bump in the last year of their four-year contract. The MTA argued it wanted an end to the rule that engineers get paid double for driving an electric and diesel locomotive in the same shift.
While the details of the final agreement have not been released, L.I. W.R. President Rob Frees says it's a good deal for both parties. The Union's had their stance, but we work through it, and we were able to come up with a compromise that works for everyone. The Union still after ratify the new contract.
For NPR News, I'm Stephen Nesson, in New York.
Pop Leo and Anthropics co-founder Christopher Ola are set to launch the Pope's first in cyclical
next week. It focuses on human dignity in the A.I.I. era. The new and cyclical aspect is expected to address A.I. within the church's social teachings. Similar to past discussions on labor and justice. This is NPR News.
One of here this podcast without sponsor bricks, Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now, sponsor free through Amazon Music, or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get NPR+ at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.
