Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Runran.
President Trump announced a $700 million federal investment in coal Thursday.
The Mountain West Bureau reporter Hannah Merzbach reports. U.S. coal production has declined by more than half in the past two decades. Now, Trump says it'll extend the life of 13 coal plants nationwide, plus open two new ones restart another and open a terminal in Oakland, California. Back at export coal from western states such as Wyoming, whose governor Mark Gordon says
that'll help access the Asian market.
“"So to be able to open an Oakland port is absolutely essential for the lifeblood of our”
state and for our coal lines." "Supporters say Trump's latest coal investment will help keep electricity prices down. While the environmental defense funds says it'll do the opposite and increase pollution. It comes as the administration blocks further development of wind and solar. For NPR News, I'm Hannah Merzbach and Jackson Wyoming."
The Senate is failed to pass a Republican backed voting overhaul bill known as the Save America Act. Republicans had tried to attack the bill onto an immigration funding package, NPR's Sam Gringlass reports. The Save America Act would require proof of citizenship, like a valid U.S. passport or
birth certificate plus photo ID to register to vote. The legislation would also require voters to present photo ID to cast a ballot, including to vote by mail. President Trump, who has continued to amplify false claims about election fraud, has called
“the Save America Act the most important and consequential legislation in the history of”
Congress. Democrats say it would disenfranchise eligible voters, roughly half of Americans don't have a passport. Sam Gringlass and PR News Washington.
At least 4.3 million Americans have lost food assistance benefits from the SNAP program last
year. NPR's Maria Gadoi reports the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, face some tough questioning on Capitol Hill Thursday about the drop. Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee grilled Rollins about why so many people have lost access to a program that's a key safety net against hunger.
Rollins said the drop is due to a better economy and a crackdown on fraud. But Ohio Democratic Representative Shantel Brown pointed to a recent report showing that more than 700,000 children have lost SNAP benefits as a result of President Trump's one big, beautiful bill act. Madam Secretary, millions of Americans are going hungry and you're saying it's a success
story. Rollins countered.
“I think that you want more people on government programs.”
Committee members also asked Rollins about rising farm input costs and the threat posed by screw worm, Maria Gadoi and PR News. It was a mixed-day on Wall Street Thursday that Dow rallied for an 870 poor point gained the SNP was up 30, the NASDAQ was negative by 23 points and from Washington, this is NPR News. A study in the journal's science finds that workers in remote jobs have experienced a rise
in symptoms of mental distress. NPR's Refugellerly reports those living alone remotely likely to experience those impacts. Their studies have found that a majority of remote workers enjoy their work set up, but
the new study found that compared to people not in remote jobs, remote workers saw 58 percent
rise in time spent alone. Study author Natalia Manuel is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She says remote workers also experienced a 72 percent rise in their chance of having no human contact at all during the work day. Not even, like, a wave to a barista, not, you know, somebody also checking for the right
ness of the avocados at the grocery store, just no human contact at all. remote workers also saw a rise in self-reported emotional distress and visits to mental health care providers, free-to-chattergy and PR News. The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of that United Airlines flight which struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike as it was landing on May 3, the NTSB
says they were flying too low and slow during their final approach to breathe from the light pole struck a tractor trailer truck. The driver was injured, dash cam video from the truck is gone viral. The NTSB's preliminary report says the captain was flying the plane and there were gusty winds at the time and the two pilots discussed the difficulty they were having with
the winds, none of the 231 people on the Venice Italy to Newark Flight were injured and the plane ultimately landed safely. This week on the MPR Politics Podcast, catch up on the week's big primary election news, how things played out with newly-drone district's California and an increasingly competitive Senate race in Iowa, plus we unpack the latest redistricting news that may benefit Republicans
in the fall, listen every afternoon to the MPR Politics Podcast. Find us on the MPR App or wherever you get your podcasts.
