"Ly, from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi saying," Congress returns to Washington this ...
a memorial day break, but the problems they left behind have not gotten any easier. Here's NPR's Eric McDaniel.
“In order to pass a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement operations for the rest”
of Trump's term, the rules say Senate Republicans have to allow Democrats the chance to put amendments up for a vote. That's become a problem. Democrats are planning an amendment to ban President Trump's new fund, if taxpayer dollars for those claiming to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
And GOP leaders think the amendment has more than enough Republican support to pass. It's an awkward situation for the party in power and money that could provoke the higher of the president. Some hoped the president would walk away from what he describes as an anti-weaponization fund, while lawmakers were back home meeting with constituents that didn't happen.
Eric McDaniel and Pierre-News Washington. The Democrats path to regain control of his Senate runs in part through Maine, but the presumptive Democratic nominees pass his complicating matters.
“Reports of surface at Grand Platner exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women”
outside of his marriage. The Wall Street Journal says his wife, Amy Gertner, disclosed the past texting to her husband's campaign, the Department of Process checking for any risk to his bid for Senate. Before the weekend revelations, Platner spoke with NPR's morning edition about another controversial matter, a skull and cross-bones tattoo resembling a Nazi SS symbol.
Platner says he didn't know that when he got the tattoo in 2007. That motif, I have seen on French Foreign Legion units. I have seen it on U.S. Special Forces ODAs. I've seen on other Marines, skulls and crossbones of a myriad of versions are for fairly obvious reasons, incredibly popular in combat units throughout history.
So that's why. U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is among the Democrats to raise concerns about Platner's passing, quote, he has questions to answer.
“Only one crossing into Gaza is open for aid and commercial goods.”
NPR's Ana Spaba in Gaza reports on how the closure of a second crossing has affected the
flow of aid into the war-torn territory. The UN says Israel has only allowed commercial goods and aid to enter Gaza through a single crossing since May 24th. Israel's military says the current shallown crossing is all Gaza needs. Israel's military unit knows as co-ga told NPR, there is no need for more crossings because
600 trucks a day are entering through the current shallown crossing, which Israel controls. Gaza's borders authorities dispute that, and you and figures show just 225 of its aid trucks have entered Gaza over the past nine days. When two crossings were open, the UN says a fifth of Palestinians in Gaza eat only one meal a day.
It told NPR all the crossings need to be open for far more supplies to get through. That's Ana Spaba, it's NPR. Enthropic, maker of Claude Artificial Intelligence Models, says it confidently filed a proposal today with a securities and exchange commission to possibly go public. It says moving forward with an initial public offering would depend on market conditions
and other factors, the number and price of shares have yet to be determined, and Thropic has experienced booming growth over the past year.
Last week its funding round closed at a more than $960 billion valuation, far surpassing
rival open AI. As things cost more, Americans are putting less aside, federal data show the personal savings rate has fallen to the lowest level in the years, NPR's Amy Held has details. Inflation is around 3-year high, wages have not kept up, and nearly half of U.S. households are struggling to afford the basics.
A year ago, the personal savings rate was 5.8%. By March, it was down to 3.2, and in April, the latest reading is at fallen to 2.6%. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, it's one of the lowest rates in the past 65 years. As Chief Economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, we're seeing people turning more to credit
cards and personal loans, and by now pay later, we can see some early signs of pullback and home improvement, and also in health care.
Long says she expects things to get tighter into the second half of the year, Amy Held
and PR News. Gas prices remain high as part of the fallout of the Iran War, average price for a gallon of regular gas, $4.32, its NPR News. The grassy green lawn might look nice, but it's going to eat up resources, like drinking water and the gas you put in the mower.
You can do a solid for the environment by ditching even just some of your lawn and replacing it with a wildlife friendly garden. LifeKit has tips to get you started, no green them required. Listen to the LifeKit podcast in the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
