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For 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.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to prevent the outcome that would show mounting opposition to the war in Congress. New York Congressman Gregory Meeks is the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He says President Trump has failed to explain the war to the American people.
"They still have an eye at all of them, just as younger. They still have weapons." And this failed to publish his clothes. Passage in the Senate is not guaranteed and President Trump would likely reject and veto the measure if it ever gets to his desk.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire deal. It will include a series of pilot security zones where his firefighters would be banned. That's according to the joint statement released after the fourth round of U.S. mediated talks in Washington.
“Israel and Lebanon plan more talks beginning June the 22nd in an attempt to reach a permanent”
ceasefire agreement. President Trump has issued an executive order turning some 8,000 federal workers into "at will employees citing the need," he says for greater accountability. Critics say it's an unlawful attempt to politicize the civil service and P.R.'s on reassure reports.
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 at 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, Andrea Xu and P.R. News. North Korea has revealed a new plan to produce fuel for its expanding nuclear arsenal. NPR's Anthony Cune reports from Seoul, South Korea. State media showed leader Kim Jong-un, inspecting a newly commissioned nuclear material
plant with rows of what looked like silver centrifuges. Kim was quoted as saying that his country has doubled nuclear fuel production in the last five years. South Korea's military says the new plant appears to be producing enriched uranium. North Korea did not disclose its location.
It's believed to now have four plants producing weapons-grade uranium and plutonium. Kim added that North Korea must accelerate nuclear weapons production due to a long-term confrontation with what he called the most ferocious enemies, implying the U.S. and South Korea. Anthony Cune and P.R. News.
Seoul. And this is NPR. President Trump Wednesday night says he intends to nominate acting attorney general Todd Lange on Thursday to the role permanently. Blanche's Trump's former personal lawyer, he has taken an active role pursuing the
President's agenda while leading the justice department in an acting role since the President fired Pam Bondi. But Democrats have criticized Blanche for acting more like the President's personal attorney. The New York mix seemed to be incapable of losing as Bruce Cornviser reports they won
the first game in the NBA finals extending an impressive run.
The mix capped in an NBA All-Star Jalen brunch and led the charge with 30 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. With a 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night, the mix of now 1-12 straight playoff games. They haven't lost a game since April 23rd, and they lost that one by just one point.
Over the last six weeks, the mix had left their playoff opponents reeling. They swept Philadelphia on the second round, and they swept Cleveland in the third round. The mix of outscored their opponents by nearly 25 points per game across the winning streak. When the night's win in Texas was the next first championship game victory since 1999,
the mix haven't won an NBA title since 1973. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Conviser and New York. When Eli and Musk's company SpaceX has its IPO offering this month, it is estimated the
company could raise $75 million setting the stage for the largest ever stock market debut,
and possibly making Musk the Truggen Air. It would also create a market value for the company of 1.77 Truggen. This is NPR.
