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Led House is voted to end the war with Iran.
And President Trump's handling of the conflict. New York Democrat Gregory makes help force the vote to end the Iran war that's now 90 days in. He thanked 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,”
and over politics. One of those Republicans, Pennsylvania's Brian Fitzpatrick argued, when it's a 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 two, Trump would
be able to veto it. Clarity Saliff's in PR News, the capital. Israel and Lebanon said yesterday they agreed to renew a ceasefire that has not quite taken hold, but today, Israel issued new warnings in southern Lebanon that it would continue attacking.
Lebanese state media say Israel is fired multiple artillery and air strikes into the morning.
“Russia is hosting a major economic forum in the northern city of St. Petersburg.”
Russia's war against Ukraine is being felt in that city. Spirits Charles Mines is there, he says Ukraine fired drones at St. Petersburg yesterday. While the drones didn't disrupt the proceedings, they certainly cast a shadow, a literal one, other plumes of smoke, lingering over the city's skyline as people arrive. It's certainly not the welcome that President Putin had hoped for.
This is really his conference to promote Russia's economic might. And the country has a sure investment bet despite Western sanctions. Yet these attacks are a reminder, Ukraine can still strike inside Russia, including in and around major cities like St. Petersburg, even days before Putin has due to address the forum.
And beer's Charles Mines reporting. President Trump has issued an executive order turning some 8,000 federal workers into "at will" employees. He cited the need for greater accountability. Trump's critics say it's an unlawful attempt to politicize the civil service.
And beer's Andrea Xu has more. 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 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 PR News. "You're listening to NPR." The Pentagon says the U.S. has conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug
vote in the Eastern Pacific to alleged drug traffickers were killed. The Trump administration does not provide evidence of their links to drug trafficking. More students are going to college despite questions in value and affordability. And PR's Alyssa Nathwarnie reports the growth is driven largely by community colleges.
More than 18 million students were enrolled in some sort of higher education this spring,
according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. Enrollment in community colleges, which includes trades and vocational degrees, reached 5.8 million, more than 5% above spring 2021. The pandemic hit us really hard. Which mainly offers associates and certificate degrees in Washington State.
Since the 2223 academic year, we've been on an enrollment recovery. He says, "As life gets more expensive, a cheaper degree at a community college is even more important. It's not all games, though. The new National Data did show declines in master's degree programs and also among
international students, especially in graduate school." Less Nathwarnie and Pyrenees A New York State judge hearing the upcoming trial against the alleged killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson closed a hearing yesterday. The press and the public were shut out of Luigi Manjiani's pre-trial hearing.
Judge Gregory Carrow said he sealed it at the request of the defense. He gave no other reason. Court hearings are supposed to be public. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington. The surreal horror film "Backrooms" is a smash.
The director is a 20-year-old YouTuber and it's based on his popular web series.
“Why is this online phenomenon taking off at the box office?”
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