Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton, a federal judge in Rhode...
has struck down several policies that limited legal immigration, as NPR's Jimina Bustillo
“reports it's the latest setback for efforts to slow down, the processing of applications”
from people already in the U.S. In his opinion, Judge John McConnell Jr. says recent policy changes placed the lives of quote countless individuals on hold solely by virtue of their country's birth. About six months ago, the administration paused the processing of any immigration application from citizens of the 39 countries with travel restrictions to the U.S.
This includes work permit renewals, visas, green cards, and citizenship applications. The administration has justified its policies by saying more vetting needs to be done. Other federal judges have ordered the administration to process the applications for its elect group of immigrants who have joined various lawsuits. He menobustillo and PR News.
President Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut
the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.
Trump says the size of the office has been, quote, "way to high for way too long," and if Bill Pulti cuts it, he wouldn't mind.
“President Trump says Pulti will stay in the acting position, depending on how long it”
takes to get his successor confirmed. The president says he's considering five people, but hasn't named them yet. Speaker could surpass the size of the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, that's according to a new analysis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and PR's Rob Stein has the story.
The CDC estimates the outbreak of Ebola currently underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda could cause more than 20,000 cases. That would rival the outbreak that started in West Africa in 2014, killing 11,000 people. With the CDC says the outbreak could be contained if more people are isolated after being exposed to the virus to limit the spread.
Despite the grave situation in Africa, the CDC estimates the risks of the U.S. remains low, Rob Stein and PR News.
U.S. employers added jobs in May for the third month in a row, and Paris Scott Horsey
reports the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
“In a sign the labor market is finding its footing. U.S. employers added 172,000 jobs last month.”
Job gains from March and April were also revised upwards. Much of the hiring in May was in restaurants and local government, healthcare, which has been a steady source of job growth added another 35,000 jobs last month. Construction companies also added workers in May while banks and insurance companies cut jobs. The share of people working or looking for work held steady during the month and the
labor force grew slightly. Research wages in May were up 3.4% from a year ago. That may not be enough though to keep pace with rising prices. We'll get an update on May's inflation rate next week. Scott Horsey and Pyrenees, Washington.
The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big tech companies weighed down the broader market. This is NPR.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week and what will be his first
visit in years. His trip will be the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear arm to neighbor, North Korea's Kim Jong-un has strengthened ties with Russia in recent years sending troops and weapons to support its war against Ukraine. The Chicago Bears appear poised across state lines to Indiana.
The team's board of directors is voted to advance plans to build a new stadium in Hammond, Indiana. As no adgennings for member station WBE reports, it's a potential conclusion to a year's long saga. The Indiana State House passed a legislation earlier this year that would allow the Bears
to keep all revenue generated by a new publicly owned stadium. That put pressure on Illinois, but the State House broke for the summer without passing any bills that would entice the Bears to stay. Bears president Kevin Warren previously said the ability to negotiate the property taxes on a new facility was all they needed to stay in Illinois.
"And all we need is property tax certainly, and we're not trying to avoid paying taxes. We absolutely will pay taxes, but we want to just have certainly." Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pumping the brakes on the news, saying in a statement that the vote does not indicate this is a done deal. For NPR News, I'm Noah Jennings in Chicago.
"Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal cockroaches from a breeder in the country's largest ever seizure of exotic invertebrates. The haul worth over $140,000 included in Madagascar, hissing and dubia cockroaches. They're illegal to import, keep or sell in Australia due to potential environmental risks. They were being sold online as reptile food."
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