"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corvo Coleman, President Trump confirms ...
Prime Minister that he's crazy, he used an expletive during a call this week that
“halted plant is really airstrikes on Lebanon's capital.”
He ties stern reports from Tel Aviv." Trump was asked by conservative writer Miranda Divine on her show, "Pot for Swan," about the ex-use report, and he feared Chris that Netanyahu and called him crazy. Trump confirmed he did, and added, "Yeah, he's a little bit." He confirmed that his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know, at some point as it
would be, "We get a step, we get a step." Trump says despite their differences, the two leaders have worked well together, but they are increasingly at odds. Trump points to end the war with Iran and Netanyahu's poached back. Iran, however, says any ceasefire deal must include Lebanon.
For NPR News, I'm a ties stern in Tel Aviv."
President Trump has tapped a new acting director of national intelligence, "It's the
current head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Polty." His current job is to regulate agencies that guarantee home loans in the U.S., but he has no apparent experience in the intelligence field. And Fier's Danielle Kurtz-Layman says, "That could be a difficulty." The post-9/11 law that set up the position of DNI says all nominees must have, quote, "extensive
national security experience." But Polty isn't a nominee, Trump is naming him an acting director, so he won't have to go through a Senate confirmation.
“And remember, this is really as a key position right now, with the U.S. engaged with”
foreign threats around the world during a war with Iran." And Fier's Danielle Kurtz-Layman reporting. Results are coming in for the mayor's race in Los Angeles, income and Karen Bass has advanced to the November election.
Associated Press has not called a second candidate to advance in the race, but it appears
it may be former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, Steve Futerman reports from Los Angeles. "Curran Bass facing opposition from both the left and right ended up getting the most votes. It's looking likely that her opponent will be Spencer Pratt. Both were talking last night as if they will be facing each other. Pratt says the voters want change."
"I just believe there's a lot of Los Angeles that is so excited to hear a non-politician. I don't want to be a politician." Bass, who's been criticized by Pratt, for the way she handled last year's deadly wild fire, says LA has challenges, but it's still thriving.
“"My senseless is the creative capital of the world where we dream and we make our dreams come true."”
The office is non-partisan, but Bass is a Democrat, Pratt, a Republican, and Democrats have a huge registration advantage. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futerman in Los Angeles." "And you're listening to NPR News from Washington." The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional district
map that was drawn up to favor Republicans. Last week, a special three-judged federal panel of return the map, saying it was created to discriminate against black voters. Democratic congressman Shamari figures a black representative from Alabama will likely lose his seat in upcoming elections.
A series of papers published in the American Journal of Public Health argue ultra-processed foods are the new war on tobacco. Health advocates are saying it's time to regulate them, as NPR's Maria Gadoi reports. The new papers add to evidence that links over consumption of ultra-processed foods to poor health outcomes, including diabetes and obesity.
The papers also look at how tobacco giants fill it more as an R.J. Reynolds used tactics learned from cigarettes to develop and sell ultra-processed foods when they owned large food firms from the 1980s to the early 2000s. That includes using chemical additives to make products more appealing, says UCSF researcher Laura Schmidt.
"When people think about these foods, we should be understanding that they are very, very closely related to cigarettes, particularly in terms of the chemical additives. Those additives are the same." She and others are calling for marketing restrictions and other regulations to curb consumption of ultra-processed foods.
Maria Gadoi and P.R.R. News. So, U.S. Geological survey says there was a strong earthquake about 100 miles off the coast of northern California and southern Oregon this morning. There were at least two aftershocks, there was no tsunami, no damage or injuries were reported.
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