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There's a lot of interest in the California gubernatorial race.
“California has an unusual primary, all the candidates, from all the parties, run together.”
The top two finishers then go on to the general election, even if they're from the same party. More than 60 candidates competed in the California governor's race, which is to, rather, too close to call. The leaders so far aren't Democrat Havio Bacera, the former U.S. health secretary,
and Republican businessman and former Fox commentator Steve Hilton.
Democrat Tom Styer, the isn't third place.
Steve Hilton has one President Trump's endorsement. "It looks very much as if California's really will have the chance to vote for change in November and take our state, and take our state in a new direction. Steve Hilton was born in Britain and became a U.S. citizen in 2021." The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional district map
favored by Republicans, and BR's Nina Tottenberg reports. The ruling means that Alabama's 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning
“districts and one Democratic-leaning seat.”
In April, the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority all begutted what remained of the 1965 voting rights act, and sent the Alabama case back to the lower court to evaluate in light of the most recent decision. The three judge panel that reviewed the case all agreed that the state legislatures redistricting plan was based on intentional race-based discrimination.
That prompted Alabama to immediately return to the Supreme Court arguing that the map was partisan, not racially discriminatory, and last night the state got what it wanted from the court's conservative majority. Nina Tottenberg and PR News, Washington. The U.S. Trade Representative says the Trump administration will impose extra tariffs
of at least 10 percent on imports from 60 economies.
This comes after a probe into alleged use of forced labor. China's one of the economies and peers Jennifer Pack reports. China says it opposes all forms of unilateral tariffs. President Trump returned to office last year, imposing levies on trade partners under an emergency law.
Those were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year. Now the Trump administration is starting to rebuild the tariff wall by initiating trade investigations under different powers to impose new levies. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mouning says economic and trade issues should be resolved through dialogue and consultation.
It is in the works according to China's Commerce Ministry. It said during Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month, both sides agreed to discuss tariff reduction. Jennifer Pack and PR News Shanghai. It's NPR.
President Trump says Iran has agreed to not have a nuclear weapon. He spoke in a podcast that aired today. However, there's no word from Iran. This comes as the U.S. and Iran have exchanged fire this week, Iran, fire to ward Bahrain and Kuwait.
Officials in Kuwait now say one person has been killed. President Trump has signed a slightly scaled-back executive order on cyber security threats that could be posed by artificial intelligence. He had recently put aside a similar executive order. Over concern, it would interfere with the rapid development of AI.
While the new order is voluntary, it asks AI developers to submit certain kinds of AI models to government review about a month before the models are taken public. Scientists have launched an ambitious effort to develop new gene therapies for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's and Pierce John Hamilton reports. The Allen Institute in Seattle is running the collaborative effort, known as the Brain Health
Accelerator. It's an outgrowth of the federally-funded brain initiative, which was launched by President Obama in 2013. Ed Lane of the Allen Institute says scientists now know how to tweak a particular gene in certain brain cells.
And that opens up the possibility for very specific precision genetic therapies for brain disorders.
Lean says one of the first targets will be Huntington's disease, a fatal inherited disorder.
It's caused by a genetic mutation that tells nerve cells to make too much of one type of protein scientists think gene therapy can prevent this. Non-Hamilton NPR News You're listening to NPR. The surreal horror film "BackRooms" is a smash. The director is a 20-year-old YouTuber and it's based on his popular web series.
“Why is this online phenomenon taking off at the box office?”
We get into it on NPR's "Pop Culture" Happy Hour. Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
