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President Trump is refusing to say his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is dead after
“his acting attorney general said it was yesterday.”
It was meant to support Trump allies who say they were targeted by the government, but NPR's Franco-Ordonu's reports the lack of clarity is like to fuel bipartisan concerns that the fund could be resurrected." Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the President was asked if the $1.8 billion compensation fund was dead or on hold.
He said he was unsure, and that he would have to ask attorneys. "The weaponization fund, as far as I'm concerned, was a beautiful thing. It was something I didn't make it, but I heard that I thought that was a greatest thing." Todd Blance, the acting attorney general, told members of Congress this week, though, that the administration would not seek to resurrect the fund that could be used to pay taxpayer
dollars to people convicted in the January 6 capital riot. The mixed messages are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill where Republicans have raised concerns about how voters would respond in the midterms. Franco, Ordonu's, and Pionu's, the White House.
“The crowded race to replace Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is looking like it could come”
down to Democrat Havier Bacera and Republican Steve Hilton. Larf it's drilled for member-station cap radio and Sacramento has more. You might not expect a Republican to be in the lead here in California, but here, most races are a top two primary, meaning the two candidates who get the most votes in the primary end up advancing to the general election, regardless of what party they're in.
And more Democrats were running, meaning they'd each get a smaller percentage of the vote. Havier Bacera is leading the pack of Democrats in the race. He's got a lengthy political career, kind of a fixture of California's Democratic establishment. Larf it's drilled for member-station cap radio reporting. The World Health Organization has reduced the official case count of the Ebola outbreak
in Central Africa as MPR is a Jonathan Lambert 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 it's testing his 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, WHO Director General Tedros Armam Gabriacus is urging countries to stay on alert. "Webriacus, risk assessment, remains unchanged. Very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global levels."
Officials are still behind on responding to the outbreak he said, but starting to catch up. Police use announced several new treatment facilities in heavily affected areas, and so far, six people have recovered. Jonathan Lambert and PR news.
The National Hurricane Center says the first tropical storm of the Pacific season has formed,
tropical storm Amanda is looking about 1,500 miles southwest of Mexico's Baja California, it's MPR. Pauli Market is ending its paid relationship with George Santos as federal regulators investigate him for possible insider trading. Santos bet against his attendance at President Trump's state of the Union this past February.
He later blamed a delayed flight for missing the event, Santos made the trades on Calshy, another prediction marketplace, which referred them to the commodity futures trading commission. The Tribeca Film Festival opens today in Manhattan 25 years after it began the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and PR is Montelito Barco reports. It was created by actor Robert De Niro.
This year's festival opens with a documentary about the Seoul Funk band, Earth Wind and Fire. It was directed and produced by Questlove. Over the next 12 days, the festival will feature films from around the world, as well as podcasts and video games. There's also a retrospective celebration of the 1976 film, Taxi Driver.
actor Robert De Niro, who starred in that movie, created the Tribeca Film Festival, along with his producing partner Jane Rosenthal, after terrorists attacked the world trade center in Lower Manhattan. People were saying they were afraid to come downtown. Rosenthal and De Niro say the festival was their way of revitalizing Lower Manhattan.
25 years later, cinephiles are still flocking there, Montelito Barco and PR news.
Some famous teenagers have had their breakthrough moment at the World Cup.
Paylay was 17 when he helped lead Brazil to the World Cup title in 1958. 226 tournament will feature 22 teenage players among the rosters of the 48 teams. This is NPR News. A grassy green lawn might look nice, but it's going to eat up resources, like drinking water and the gas you put in the mower.
You can do a solid for the environment by ditching even just some of your lawn and replacing it with a wildlife friendly garden. LifeKit has tips to get you started. No green them required, listen to the lifeKit podcast in the NPR app or wherever you get
