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President Trump's success that the ceasefire with Iran is holding as NPR's Franco
“or Donu's reports this follows, another set of airstrikes by U.S. forces and retaliatory”
strikes by Iran." The latest set of deadly strikes between the two countries threatened to up-and-piece stocks, and they already fragile ceasefire between the two nations. Trump said there was a reason behind the U.S. strikes, echoing a U.S. military assessment that they were defensive moves and I'd say in that part of the world ceasefires when
you're shooting in a more moderate manner. "On the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side, on the other side." And she's fired there as much different than the ceasefire in other parts of the
way. But he insisted talks continue to go quote very well, and that it's possible they could reach an agreement in a matter of days, Franco, or Donu's, and PR news, the White House. In Trump's issued an executive order turning some 8,000 federal workers into at-will
“employees, citing the need for greater accountability.”
Critics say it's an unlawful attempt to politicize the SIP civil service, NPR's and reassure reports. "SIP civil servants have long enjoyed job protections much stronger than what workers in the private sector have. Michael Martinez says that's by design.
He's a former government attorney who's now part of the legal team at Democracy Forward, which is suing the Trump administration to block the reclassification." "It's a mission-driven work and here in government. That's really for the American people, so that when they hear labor statistics or whether patterns, they can actually trust their government."
The Trump administration says those job protections have hampered government efficiency. The administration argues that like a CEO and the private sector, the president must be able to remove those in policy-making roles who don't support his mission and reassure and PR news." "Copper prices are near and all time high in part because of AI data center and the construction.
“This means copper wire theft is on the rise and PR's John Rwitch reports."”
The phone company AT&T says it counted more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft last year, some 4,000 of which were in California. In Northern California, this year, the company says the numbers are up sharply. AT&T West President Susan Santana says the company has been bolting down manholes, putting alarms and spans of wire hiring security guards and is even offering money for information
that leads to arrests. The company runs a legacy copper wire network that she says serves only about 3% of its customers. AT&T is hoping to shift customers to other options, although it says state law is holding it back.
AT&T recently filed suit against California to be able to whine down its century-old copper wire network and take away a big target of would-be copper thieves. John Rwitch and PR News all three stock market indexes close lower on Wall Street in trading on Wednesday, you're listening to NPR News.
Four House Republicans joined every Democrat Wednesday to pass for the first time a war
powers resolution that would halt U.S. military action in Iran. The House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show mounting opposition to the war. The next steps in the legislation are uncertain, passage in the Senate is not guaranteed, and President Trump would likely reject in veto the measure if it ever gets to his desk.
The World Health Organization has reduced the official case count of Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa, and PR's Jonathan Labyrinth reports the outbreak still poses a great risk. Last week, over 1,000 people were suspected to be infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, but his testing has ramped up. Health officials found that many of those people didn't have Ebola.
Now 344 cases have been confirmed in DRC with an additional 116 suspected cases. Still, WTO Director General Tedros Arnam Gabriacus is urging countries to stay on alert. WTO's risk assessment remains unchanged, very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level. Officials are still behind on responding to the outbreak, he said, but starting to catch
up. Police use announced several new treatment facilities and heavily affected areas, and so far, six people have recovered. Jonathan Labyrinth and PR news. When Elon Musk's company SpaceX has its initial public offering next month, it's estimated
to raise $75 billion only six companies on Wall Street would be worth more.
This is NPR news. Support for NPR comes from… It's June, and another big week in the run-up to the midterms, primaries and half a dozen states, including California, where new congressional maps are in place, and a chaotic race for governor is wide open.
We're also following gas prices and Iran. So far, talk of a peace deal is just talk. We'll keep you posted. Listen, every morning, up first on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
