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Defense Secretary Pete Heggsett is in France marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
“The observance honors the American and Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy”
during World War II. Heggsett views the anniversary to highlight the importance of military alliances. Today, as we face an increasingly complex threat environment, we apply the lessons from 82 years ago, learned on these beaches, strong allies, each fully committed to doing their part, win wars.
The men buried here fought in a warfitting alliance where every partner brought its full measure of industry, courage, and sacrifice. Heggsett called for greater commitments from American Allies saying the sacrifices made on D-Day offer lessons for today's threats. The U.S. Treasury Department is warning banks to look out for red flags that it could
be connected to customers without legal status. It's part of the Trump administration's illegal immigration crackdown, but as NPR Stephen Bassaha reports, the order and advisory are not as strict as what bank executives were worried about.
“Global news outlets reported this year that the Trump administration was drafting an executive”
order that would require banks collect citizenship data from new customers. Treasury, Secretary Scott Bessant, told CNBC in May that he did support stricter rules. But the executive order doesn't add any new rules for banks. Instead, the advisory warns them to look out for customers with certain red flags. That includes individuals with a social security number that doesn't match records, or a company
that has a history of ice violations. A bank customer in the U.S. does not need to be an American citizen to open an account. Stephen Bassaha and PR News Production market companies are spending millions of dollars on influencers to promote the sites on social media.
But as NPR's Bobby Allen reports, some of the creators are spreading misinformation about elections. Daily market and Kalshi are paying influencers up to $500 per post to spread the word about prediction
“markets, where people can bet on everything from the color of President Trump's tie to war”
to election outcomes. In recent weeks, some of those paid influencers have been spreading fabrications about the Los Angeles Mayor's race, claiming without evidence that the process has been beset with fraud. After NPR pointed this out to Kalshi, the company asks influencers to take down posts.
Polymarket never responded to a request for comment.
This information experts say it's a preview of what's to come ahead of the midterms. If you're also persist about the markets themselves, which can be manipulated by bad actors or better's aligned with one candidate, Bobby Allen and PR News. This is NPR. Congress is moving closer to approving a $70 billion funding package for the Department
of Homeland Security. The measure would provide $1 billion for the Trump administration's immigration and enforcement agenda through the end of the President's term, critics have labeled the package in ATM for ICE. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the Israeli government to lift a ban on visits by the
international right-crossed to Palestinian prisoners. NPR's Honest Baba reports from Gaza City. The Supreme Court ruled this week that borrowing prison visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross-controvinged Israeli and international law. View and human rights experts have repeatedly concluded that Israel systematically subject
spellesting and prisoners to torture and other abuse. Israel denies allegation of systematic abuse, but the ban on red cross visits has prevented indibended assessments. The prisoners include the prominent Gaza hospital director detained without charge since 2024, a lawyer for Dr. Hassam Abu Sofiya, tells NPR that he has now been placed in solitary
confinement. Nasr Audah said, "His client was moved there after he petitioned Israel's high court to review the detention. Israel did not come into in the case, and a small boy and got a news guilty."
Pope Leo has begun a week-long visit to Spain, his first official trip to a European
and Union country, outside Italy, since becoming pontiff. The visit will take him to Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands, with the focus on migration and the Catholic Church's role in modern society. Leo is also expected to address Spain's Parliament. This is NPR News in Washington.
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