"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Rumman.
President Trump Wednesday and I said he intends to nominate acting attorney general Todd
“Blanch to the role permanently on Thursday.”
Blanch is Trump's former personal lawyer and has been actively pursuing the President's agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role since the President fired Pam Bonti." Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a new cease-fire deal, it will include a series of pilot's security zones where his bulletfighters would be banned.
This according to a joint statement released after the fourth round of U.S. mediated talks in Washington. Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yikol Liter, says under the agreement, "Hes bullet fighters will have to leave the area around southern Lebanon with Israel." "If Israel is intent on disrupting the cease-fire, the result is going to be on them."
Israel and Lebanon plan more talks beginning June the 22nd in an attempt to
reach a permanent cease-fire deal. A bipartisan majority in the Republican-led House is voted to end the war with Iran. NPR's Claudia Grasala's reports, "This is the clearest review yet of President Trump's handling of the conflict and the subsequent fallout." New York Democrat Gregory Meeks helped force the vote to end the Iran war that's now 90
days in, he thanked the five Republicans who joined Democrats to get the war powers resolution over the finish line.
“"We're at the point where you have to put people, the American people, over politics."”
One of those Republicans, Pennsylvania's Brian Fitzpatrick, argued, went to conflict past the 60-day mark it violated the war powers act. "I follow the law.
People have a hard time being consistent around here.
They apply different rules to different presidents, different wars, different areas. The law is a law." For now, the vote remains symbolic, even if it were to pass in the Senate, too, Trump would be able to veto it. Claudia D'Isalus and Pierre-News, the capital.
Water officials in California, Arizona, and Nevada Wednesday agreed to explore selling Colorado River Water across state lines from Member Station, K.P.B.S., Katie Estosus, has more. Millions of people rely on Colorado River Water. River officials signed a memorandum of understanding to kick off efforts to sell Colorado River Water across state lines.
“The San Diego County Water Authority has added to its water supply by desalinating sea”
water. Dan Dunham is the Water Authority's General Manager. He says that could allow the agency to leave some of its Colorado River Water in Lake Mead for other states to buy. Nevada can take it through their intake at Lake Mead, or it can travel south through the
central Arizona project into the communities of Phoenix, Tucson, etc. The next step is for water officials to negotiate prices and other terms. For NPR News, I'm Katie Anastis in San Diego. And you're listening to NPR News. Game one of the NBA finals belongs to the visiting New York Nix, who's stunned the hometown
San Antonio Sturs. So the spurs, the final score, New York 105, San Antonio 95, Game 2, Friday night in Texas. The Tribeca Film Festival at Open Wednesday in Manhattan. It started 25 years after the September 11th terrorist attacks. NPR's Mandela Delbarco reports the event was created by actor Robert De Niro.
This year's festival opens with a documentary about the Seoul Funk band Earth Wind and Fire that 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 Rosenthall. After terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. "Sareal, the whole thing was so strange." People were saying they were afraid to come downtown.
Susan Thall and Dineros say the festival was their way of revitalizing Lower Manhattan. 25 years later, cinephiles are still flocking there, Mandela Delbarco and PR news. 11 years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, New Gallipole shows support for same-sex marriage, and relationships has declined slightly from 71% in 2022 and 2023. The new poll has the figure at 65%, but Galliple says most of the changes coming from Republicans
who support his dropped considerably from 55 to 37. This is NPR. New shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job. Thankfully, over at pop culture happy-hour, it's literally our job.
We break down what's actually worth watching, listening to, and pretending you already knew about. So the next time someone says, "Did you see that?" You can say, "Yeah, obviously." Follow NPR's pop culture happy-hour wherever you get your podcasts.
