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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Alabama can use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections.
“A lower court had said the map's redrawn districts discriminated against black people.”
The ruling means that Alabama's 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning instead of two Democratic-Congressman Shamari figures will likely lose his seat as a result of the ruling. According to Attorney General Todd Blanch says the Trump administration is no longer moving
ahead with its controversial $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
The fund was created as part of a settlement after the IRS leaked his tax returns. But as NPR's Ryan Lucas explains, another part of the settlement remains in place that provides Trump and his family and his family immunity from tax scrutiny. Under the settlement, neither he nor his family were to receive any money from this fund. But as part of the deal, the IRS was barred from pursuing any claims or actions and he
probes against President Trump, his family, and companies over past tax issues. This is important. Blanch said that part of the settlement remains in place very much alive and at the hearing today, Democrats expressed a lot of concern about the fact that that element still remains in place.
“As Ryan Lucas reporting, businesses big and small have started receiving refunds after”
the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump improperly imposed some tariffs on imported goods. But the Trump administration says it would appeal a federal judge's order, making all companies that pay the duties eligible for refunds, not just the ones that filed lawsuits.
The government owes about $166 billion, more than $330,000.
Federal investigators are examining the prediction market trades of former Republican Congressman George Santos and PR's Bobby Allen reports. For months after George Santos had a seven year wire fraud prison sentence commuted by President Trump, he took to social media. Santos said he planned on attending Trump's state of the Union address.
What he didn't say publicly is that he was betting tens of thousands of dollars on the prediction market site Calshy that he would not attend. Before it was revealed, he did not go. He cashed out.
“That's according to three sources with direct knowledge of Santos' trades, the Justice Department”
and the Community Futures Trading Commission are investigating. When reached by NPR, Santos said the investigations were news to him. He said, "I'm not saying yes. I'm not saying no. When asked if he has an account on Calshy."
Bobby Allen and PR news. The U.S. says Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain tonight failed or were shot down in response to the U.S. launch strikes on an Iranian military facility. It happened after Iranian news agencies said Iran stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel.
President Trump disputed that claim and said talks were continuing. This is NPR News. Russia launched a massive aerial attack on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities and officials say at least 24 civilians were killed and more than 130 are wounded in the central city of Danipro official said rescue crews searching the rubble recovered the bodies of a three-year-old
child and a woman and her eight-year-old son. Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified Moscow's campaign, exploiting Ukraine's shortage of air defense systems. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky appealed for more support from the U.S. and Europe. A new report from Colorado River experts shows another dry winter could bring the nation's
two largest reservoirs to the brink of devastation.
Organization KJCC Alex Hager reports Lake Powell and Lake Meade are less than a third
full and Castle one of the reports authors says if they get much lower water managers might have to send river water straight through to the other side of their dams and wouldn't be able to store for the future. That undermines the value of the entirety of the Colorado River reservoir system and we don't want to get there.
Castle called on state negotiators to urgently come up with a plan to keep more water in those reservoirs by cutting back on water use instead of just adding water from other reservoirs upstream. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix. Tomorrow marks ten years since boxing legend Muhammad Ali died, his wife Lonny Ali says
his legacy of compassion and doors and that quote he showed up every day with kindness and empathy and his heart for people who are in need Muhammad Ali died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease at age 74. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. News shows new music new movies keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time
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