>> Live from MPR news, I'm Jial Snyder, President Trump had successfully
primary to Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massey.
>> I have called and conceded the race.
“We've been honorable the whole time and we're going to stay that way.”
>> I see they're referring to Ed Gallerine, President Trump's hand-picked challenger, Trump had targeted Massey over the Epstein files, and for criticizing the warning, Ron and voting against Trump's tax legislation last year. Massey's outster followed the primary loss over the weekend of Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, and losses by state lawmakers in Indiana primaries earlier this
month. Party primaries were also held Tuesday in Alabama, Oregon, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, where voters advance to Republicans to a runoff to see who will take on Democratic Senator John Ossoff in November mid-terms, and Pennsylvania Democratic voters pick nominees
for how seats currently held by Republicans.
Vice President J.D. Vance says the U.S. has prepared to go back to striking Iran if negotiations don't end in a deal. President Trump said earlier that he called off an attack on Iran after allies such as Qatar and the U.A.E. said Iran was close to agreeing to a deal, and he appears to be a shiver on reports.
“The V.P. said Iran recognizes that having a nuclear weapon is a red line for the U.S. and”
that no deal can be reached unless Iran agrees not to have a nuclear weapon. But Vance also says resorting back to military tax on Iran is still an option. We're locked and loaded. We don't want to go down that pathway, but the President is willing and able to go down that pathway if we have to.
Vance says he believes that increased prices of gas and other goods that have come from the war are a temporary increase and they will come down. But in the meantime, voters are not happy with how the administration is handling the economy. Deepish Ivaram and P.R. News, the White House. Who California large wildfire threatening one of the rarest species of pines in the world
from member station K.C.B.A.X. Kendra Hanna has more. A fast spreading wildfire on Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara has burned through a grove of endangered Tory pines. The island is one of only two places in the world where the endangered species grows. The others in San Diego.
“Mike Thune, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, wouldn't say how many trees have”
burned, but that the stand appears "intact." The observations from the firefighters on the ground is that fire intensity was relatively low. According to the National Park Service, the trees are vulnerable to extinction in the wild. The fire started late last week and is still burning.
The cause is still under investigation. For NPR News, I'm Kendra Hanna from San Luis Obispo. Crews and Southern California also battling a wildfire in the hills above C.M. Valley, northwest of Los Angeles, more than 17,000 people under evacuation orders. This is NPR.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is in China, arriving in Beijing Wednesday, days after President Trump summit there, which I need leaders she's in ping. She welcomed Putin with a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the two are to discuss a variety of topics, including energy and security, as well as advancing overall ties.
China is Russia's top customer for oil and gas. Congress is considering a new annual fee for electric vehicle owners to help pay for the nation's highways. The proposals part of the House of Representatives' surface transportation bill, and Piers can be laid on monoski reports at EVA, that gets object to the fee as unreasonably
high. The current draft of the highway bill includes an annual EVA Registration fee of $130. To increase over time, $250. The nation's highway system is partly funded by a gasoline tax, although for many years that tax has not been high enough to cover costs.
Because EVA's do not need gasoline, EVA drivers don't contribute toward highways at all. A small problem for now, but one that will grow as more EVA's hit the road. EVA advocates acknowledge the need for all drivers to pitch in toward highways, but protest that the House bill's proposed fee would be nearly twice what the average driver pays in gas taxes.
Camila Dominozki and PR news. The major financial markets in Asia extending a losing streak, their mostly lower and Wednesday trading amid a sell-off and global bond markets, U.S. futures are little change
as the S&P fell of 7/10 of a percent Tuesday for a third straight loss.
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