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tough questions about Ebola, Iran, and other subjects at a hearing on Capitol Hill."
“NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, "He says Iran won't get relief from sanctions just”
for reopening the state of Hormuz." Secretary Rubio says before the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian port, the Iranians need to stop firing on commercial vessels and let traffic resume. Democratic Senator Christopher Murphy pressed him on that, pointing out that the state was open before the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran.
"The question is, how are we going to get it reopened? Are you going to drive a bargain that is so tough and so hard that the state remains closed? So how are we going to get it open?" "That is a predicate to anything else happening. The states have to be reopened." And Rubio says U.S. sanctions won't be eased until Iran gets to the next step negotiating over to nuclear program, Michelle Kellerman, and PR news, the state department.
States have only a few months before the Trump administration's new federal work requirements for people on Medicaid are set to take effect. NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports. The Republicans' big, beautiful bill act passed last year used major cuts to Medicaid
“to fund President Trump's policy priorities. A key way to get the cost of Medicaid down”
is to limit who can be on the public health plan. Right now, all but a few states allow any low income adult to enroll. As of January, all of those adults from age 19 to 64 will have to prove that they are working or are exempt from the requirement. The Department of Health and Human Services has now published the details states need
to set up the new system in a document that's nearly 400 pages long. Critics of the new rule say it takes a narrow view of medical exemptions, which could lead to many people with complicated health needs becoming uninsured. Selena Simmons Duffin and PR news, Washington. Voters in six states are going to the polls today for election primaries.
They include California, where more than 60 candidates are seeking to replace outgoing governor Gavin Newsom in the November election, and PR's Sage Miller has more.
“California voters will select which two candidates for governor will move onto the general”
election in a non-partisan primary.
It's also the first time in decades that Democratic voters haven't had a clear front
runner. As part of the nationwide redistricting fight sparked by President Trump's push for more GOP seats, California is slated to pick up five new Democratic seats. I will Republican voters will pick their nominee for governor, but Democrats are hopeful they can flip the office, come November.
Iowa Democrats will also pick the U.S. Senate candidate who they believe has a shot at winning the competitive seat, Sage Miller and PR News. You're listening to NPR News live in Washington. A California condor became the first of its species to fly freely in Oregon in more than 120 years.
That's according to a local restoration program. Roman Battalia from Jefferson Public Radio has more on the bird's 380 mile journey. Condor B9 is a little over two years old and was released into the wild last year by the Northern California-based Yurok tribe as part of their condor restoration program. Yurok tribe wildlife department director Tiana Williams-Closin says the condor went on a four-day
trip passing through southern Oregon. "My 100 to 200 miles per day is not uncommon for them.
She's a young bird, of course, so the fact that she's done that is particularly incredible."
California condor is nearly when extinct because of lead poisoning and habitat loss. But restoration programs like this one have brought the wild population back up to nearly 400. The Yurok tribe is hoping to release more condors this summer. For NPR News, I'm Roman Battalia in Medford, Oregon.
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy with the goal of ramping up deportations and creating detention centers abroad. By greenlighting controversial return hubs outside the EU, the regulation represents its hardest line on migration so far and has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who weren't could endanger migrants and undermine human rights from Spain to Romania.
A film festival kicks off this week celebrating the cinema of Despair. Bleek Week started five years ago in Los Angeles by American cinema tech and is going global this year with events and 100 theaters across 73 cities this month. Organizers say it's a celebration of the human experience. This is NPR News.
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