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Two democratic senators are demanding answers from the Treasury Department about the
“decision to settle a case over the leak of President Trump's tax returns.”
NPR's Kerry Johnson reports the lawmakers want a watchdog to investigate the arrangement. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyne of Oregon are writing officials of the Treasury Department to get more detail about what they call in outrageously corrupt
deal that creates a nearly $2 billion tax-payer fund that could compensate January 6
rioters and other Trump allies. The senators want the Inspector General for tax administration to probe whether any laws have been broken that bar political interference in the audit work of the IRS. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch is defending the settlement, asserting Trump and his family will not receive any direct financial benefit.
The deal also seems to shield Trump from any legal problems over his past tax returns. Kerry Johnson, NPR News, Washington. The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise. Held officials say there are 177 suspected deaths from the virus and more than 800 suspected cases.
“Emmett Livingstone reports health workers are struggling to respond.”
Late on Friday locals in the gold mining town of Mangualu in Eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo burnt down a tent in an Ebola treatment center. His follows another attack on a health center in a nearby area this week. The violence underscores the difficulties health responders are facing in Congo trying to control the spread of Ebola. The epicenter of the outbreak is in a poor, hard-to-reach area where armed groups as well
as national armies are active. NGOs as well as the UN are flying tons of medical supplies to Eastern Congo in a bit to contain the virus. But across the region larger than the state of Florida, UK's keep cropping up. For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Cancassum.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is warning of a global food crisis in the next six to 12 months.
“If the straight-of-war moves remains closed, large amounts of fertilizer bound for farmers”
in Africa and Asia have been unable to get through since the war and Iran began. Farmers rely on the fertilizer to grow their crops. The agency's chief economist Maximoturera told NPR he's worried. Today we have enough food available and we have enough stops.
The problem is for the next harvest.
As we move towards the middle of the year and the end of the year, we will have less supply and as a result higher prices. And this will exacerbate more next year. If this situation doesn't stop. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters today there has been some progress in negotiations
on ending the war in Iran. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. A federal judge in Tennessee yesterday dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrago Garcia. The immigrant had been wrongfully deported to El Salvador after he was returned. He was charged with human smuggling in connection to a traffic stop in 2022.
He was not charged then. The judge ruled that reopening a closed case reflected vindictiveness and abuse of prosecuting power by the Trump Justice Department. About 40,000 people remain under evacuation orders in southern California because of a hazardous chemical leak.
Officials in Orange County are working to prevent flammable materials from exploding in a densely populated area, fuel rev logo for member station LA as reports. Some 40,000 residents were told to evacuate early Friday when public safety officials determined the tank was likely to fail. Officials say that could send some 7,000 gallons of its toxic contents spewing into the
air or spilling out into the surrounding area. But Craig Kovie, Division Chief with the Orange County Fire Authority, says his team is working around the clock to prevent that. It is not okay with me, just to sit back and watch this thing blow up or fail. The tank, which is owned by the company GKN Aerospace, is filled with a chemical known as
MMA. It can cost skin and eye irritation, respiratory problems, and can also affect the nervous system. For NPR News, I'm Jill Rep Local in Orange County. The family of NASCAR driver Kyle Bush said today he died from severe pneumonia that turned
into sepsis. He died Thursday at the age of 41. This is NPR. NPR, we stand for your right to be curious, because the forces shaping our world can be hard to see.
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