"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Dave Madingley.
Amid efforts to extend the cease fire between the U.S. and Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary
“Guard Corps is threatening to retaliate.”
From Monday's American military strikes in southern Iran, U.S. central command has called the attacks on missile launchers and boats self-defense. Heat records are being shattered in much of Europe, where afternoon highs have been hitting the mid to upper 90s this week, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more from Paris." "French authorities have linked seven deaths to the unprecedented scorching temperatures,
much of Europe is under a heat dome originating in North Africa and trapped under a high pressure system across the European continent. Climate scientists warn the extreme weather is a result of the effects of global warming. Europe is warming faster than the global average, partly due to ocean currents and air movements across the continent.
Restrictions on outdoor work were imposed in parts of Italy, and temperatures have reached 95 degrees as far north as London, Eleanor Beardsley and Pyrnews Paris." Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated four-term incumbent Senator John Cornin in
“the state's Republican Senate run-off election.”
Cornin conceded the race to Paxton last night, not long after the polls closed, as Blaze Gany with the Texas Newsroom reports. Cornin has been Texas Senator since 2002, before that he was Texas Attorney General, his political career came to an end early in the night, as polls open with him trailing Attorney General Ken Paxton by a sizable amount.
The two were in an intense battle where Cornin had said Paxton winning the race would be bad for the Republican Party, but in his concession speech, he said he will support any Texas Republican in November.
"I've always supported the Republican ticket, and I intend to do so."
Paxton will now advance to the general election where he will face Democrat James Tolerico. I'm Blaze Gany in Austin." Paxton was endorsed by President Trump, the race between Paxton and Cornin was the most expensive U.S. Senate primary on record.
“In California, Democrat Tom Styer is breaking spending records as he seeks to become that”
state's governor. The billionaire and liberal activist has spent or booked more than $195 million on campaign ads so far this year. That's according to the tracking firm Ad Impact. It says the total is more than 20 times what's been spent by his closest rival, fellow
Democrat, Javier Bessera. Authorities in Southern California say the remaining 16,000 residents of Garden Grove evacuated from their homes last week are being allowed to return. They were forced to leave after an industrial chemical tank began leaking at an aerospace company plant about 40 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
This is NPR News from Washington. Search efforts are continuing in Washington state where nine people are missing following a chemical explosion at a paper mill, at least one person is confirmed dead. The blast occurred yesterday at the Nippon Dinowave Plant in Longview, about 50 miles north of Portland, authorities say no evacuations were ordered as a result of that explosion.
Protests continue outside of federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where inside detainees are on a hunger strike, areas under them with member station WNYC reports. The blockade outside is to prevent detainees inside on strike from being transferred to other facilities.
Catalina Adorno is an organizer with the New Jersey friends of Kosecha, an immigrant labor group. When people get transferred, one, we don't know where they'll be sent. They could be sent to Louisiana, they could be sent to Michigan, they could be sent to California. When they moved them, the system goes dark, for up to like, we've seen like up to like
three days, we're like we have no idea where they are. Activists like Adorno are holding it around the clock visual and protest outside the facility while the strike continues. The strikers are protesting conditions inside and demanding the closure of the facility and freedom for those detained.
For NPR News, I'm Aria Sundar, I'm in Newark. Wall Street is coming off another day of record high closes for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ led by Gaines and shares of AI and ship companies. The S&P added 45 points yesterday, the NASDAQ gained 312. I'm Dave Maddingley, NPR News, and Washington.
The hurricane season approaches a political storm is brewing at the federal disaster agency.
"I've never been a big fan of FEMA, I really don't know if you get the job done."
But can we afford to lose this vital agency? Whenever there's a disaster, the first thing people say is, "Where's FEMA?" American emergency, the movement to kill FEMA is a brand new series from WNYC's on the media.
