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of State Marco Rubio issued a Spanish language message to the Cuban people, and PR's
ator Perel to Reports. It comes as the U.S. ratchets up pressure against the government. Secretary State Marco Rubio says Cuba is suffering not because of a U.S. blockade, but because their government has placed the good of a few insiders ahead of the good of the Cuban people.
“Rubio said the only thing in the way of a better future for Cuba is the people who control”
their country. "They said that when you're the suburb of your business, having the right to vote as possible outside Cuba," he said, "Why is it not possible for you inside Cuba?" Rubio spoke as a justice department prepared to announce an indictment against former Cuban president Raul Castro.
Cuba has said the U.S. is simply trying to justify any legal and inhumane military intervention against Cuba. He says he called them off, and PR's Franco Ortonio's reports Trump says he's giving Iran a couple of days or maybe a week to reach a new deal with the U.S. He said he delayed the strikes because of, quote, "serious negotiations happening
with Iran." Now, J.D. Vance, the vice president, he later expanded on Trump's remarks, but he also kind of gave a slightly different characterization of the prospects. But Vance did say there were two pathways for Iran, continuing to negotiate or restart the military campaign.
"And PR's Franco Ortonio's reporting results are coming in from primary elections in six states yesterday. One of the most closely watched was a battle for a single congressional seat in Kentucky.
“And PR's Domenico Montenar reports President Trump played a key role in this race."”
Trump is on something of a revenge toward the latest casualty Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky. He lost to a Trump back challenger by about 10 points Tuesday night, and he saw tens of millions of dollars spent against him.
In fact, it was the most expensive house primary in history with $33 million spent on
TV ads. Massey was a thorn in Trump's side, helping force the release of millions of pages of the Epstein files, for example. Now he joins a list of perceived political enemies that Trump has gone after often successfully in GOP primaries.
But while Trump has proven his strength with the Republican base, general elections are a different story, and that'll likely put Republican candidates and swing districts in tough positions this fall. Domenico Montenar and PR News, Washington.
“President Trump has made an endorsement in the Texas Republican runoff election for the U.S.”
Senate. And comment John Corn and E.C. King reelection, Trump has decided to back his challenger Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, many U.S. GOP senators are backing Corn and Trump's endorsement could help Paxton win the primary runoff, but could make it more difficult for Republicans to fend off a Democratic challenger.
This is NPR. A $50 billion federal fund for rural America promises to improve the way health care is delivered across the country. Residents of one rural community say they know exactly how they could use this money. Sarah Jean Trouble with our partner, KFF, helps news has more from North Carolina.
When Martin General Hospital and Eastern North Carolina closed abruptly in 2023, it left the county of about 22,000 residents with no hospital and no highly trained paramedics. Deborah Pierce lost her brother, who died at home from a heart attack. He was 50 years old.
The sad thing is we'll never know if he could have been saved that not or not because
we don't have a higher level of care in this county. The Trump administration's $50 billion fund to support rural health care has limits on how much can be spent on hospital construction and expansion. It can be used to improve emergency services, but local officials say they aren't counting on the federal money to reopen their hospital.
That was Sarah Jean Trouble with our partner, KFF, helps news. That of the World Health Organization says that spread of the Ebola virus strained known as BundabuyoP is a public healthy emergency of international concern, but the WHO's Dr. Tedros Adnaham Geberiasis says this is not a pandemic emergency. The Ebola outbreak is concentrated in the Eastern Democratic Republican Congo and parts of Uganda.
The WHO says at least 139 deaths are suspected to be because of the Ebola strain. There are now 600 suspected cases, Tedros warns that numbers expected to grow. This, he's in PR. It can be hard to keep up with all the new movies on streaming services, how do you tell the good ones worth clashing from the bad, or the silly ones you can laugh along with or
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