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weak-long recess that means lawmakers will miss President Trump's June 1st deadline
“to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years. It comes after Trump created”
a nearly $1.8 billion fund that made Grant money to January 6 capital rioters, former
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, called the move, quote, "udderly stupid, morally wrong." The fund out of the Department of Justice nearly $2 billion meant to pay folks who've been victimized by the government, acting attorney general Todd Blanch told Congress that might include people who attacked lawmakers in police on January 6th, 2021 as President
Trump tried to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election. As you might imagine, that upset some folks, which when both chambers have nearly the smallest majorities you could have, is a problem." The next person who scans your luggage at the airport might not be a federal worker, the Trump administration wants private companies to play a bigger role in airport security than they have in decades, and Piers' Bill
Chapel reports.
“The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, says it plans to announce the first”
two-to-three airports in its new gold-plus program later this year. The voluntary
program expands on a system that currently lets around 20 airports use private contractors rather than federal officers. They include San Francisco and Kansas City. TSA would maintain oversight at airports that join the gold-plus program, but private companies would gain more control over the equipment. TSA wants to move toward a future where AI improves screening imagery and gives travelers accurate wait times for checkpoints. But a union representing
federal workers says privatizing security would take thousands of jobs away from officers who've been keeping airpests in your safe. Piers' Bill Chapel, in PR News. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to help protect workers from AI, and Piers' John Ruech has more. The forecast can be dire when it comes to the effect of AI on jobs, and it's something
a lot of people are worried about according to polls. Newsom's executive order directs
“the state to dig into the issue, within a half a year, for instance, the labor and workforce”
department must submit a review of policies and practices that provide workers with a safety net. It also has to come up with a plan for expanding enrollment in employment insurance and make recommendations for how to boost worker training. Newsom directed part of the government to team up with the University of California and Stanford to develop ways to help AI advance the public good and address problems facing society. Newsom says California
has led the way on innovation, and now it needs to reimagine work, governance, and how people prepare for the future. John Ruech and PR News. Even Colbert's long run on the late show ends tonight, CBS announced last summer that Colbert showed it end, citing economic reasons. After 11 seasons, some, including Colbert's suspect political pressure played a role in the decision, Colbert leaves as the ratings
leader in late night TV. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Tennessee officials have called off the lethal injection of Tony Carothers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994. After his executioners tried and failed for over an hour to find a vein for a backup IV line as required by state law, Republican Governor Bill Lee says the state will not try again for at least a year, and attorney
for Carothers said she saw him wincing and groaning as the medical team worked. Two-time NASCAR CUP series champion Kyle Bush died at the age of 41, from member station WFA E. Kenneth Lee reports. Richard Children's Racing announced Thursday that Bush had been hospitalized with an unspecified severe illness, and when missed this weekend's Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Hours later, NASCAR announced his death. Bush was in his 22nd full-time season in NASCAR at 163 races in the CUP series, and a joint statement, his family, Richard Children's Racing, and NASCAR called him a future hall of favor and a once-in-a-generation talent. Bush's final victory came just last week in the NASCAR Crasment Truck Series race at Dovermotor Speedway and Delaware, Bush's survived by his wife, Samantha, and their two children.
For NPR News, I'm Kenneth Lee and Charlotte. 274 climbers successfully scaled Mount Everest in a single day, setting a new record climbers reached the summit from the popular southern route in Nepal, earlier in the week veteran
mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the peak for the 30 second time, breaking his
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