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After a marathon 18-hour vote, the Senate passed legislation to fund ice and board of
“patrol until the end of President Trump's term.”
In Paris, Sam Greenglass reports there's always been a small camp of Republicans willing
to criticize the president. Retiring Republicans Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina also said the fund was a political liability. We're exposing everyone of our members who are in cycle to having to deal with this between today and election day, and that makes no sense for something that the DOJ says
and I'm important. And so we saw a new group of detractors emerged like Dan Sullivan of Alaska and John Houston of Ohio, what did they have in common? They're among the most vulnerable Republicans this fall. So not only did this anti-weaponization fund almost jeopardize a top priority of Trump in
terms of immigration funding, it could also endanger Republicans' ability to hold on to control of Congress.
“And PR congressional reporter Sam Greenglass, Ukraine and Russia have carried out another”
prisoner exchange.
And PR's HANA Palamranco reports 185 Ukrainian service members returned home while a similar
number went home to Russia. Ukraine and State Board of Arts Service shows footage of the released prisoners of war saving the Ukrainian national anthem, as they arrived to Ukraine and territory. According to Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Motorola Benets, most of them had been held captive since 2022.
He noted that among those released by a father and son who served in the same brigade and were captured only one day apart. Li Benets added that partners from the United States and the United Arab Emirates played a significant role in this exchange. As well as in previous exchanges, HANA Palamranco and PR use to give the World Health Organization
and Africa CDC have launched a plan to respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
“And PR's Jonathan Lambert reports they're aiming to raise more than half a billion dollars”
to fund the plan. It's been three weeks since the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in international health emergency. It's already one of the largest ever and shows no signs of slowing down. The WHO director General Tedros Araram Gabriacus says the plan focuses on strengthening
every stage of the response. "Surveillance must lead quickly to testing, testing must trigger isolation and care, infection prevention must protect health workers and patients, and community engagement must be continuous, grounded in trust, and responsive to concerns."
Officials say the response will cost $518 million through November.
For far, they've only gotten pledges of a bit more than half that from countries, NGOs, and philanthropies. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. This is NPR from New York City. The magic carpet ride continues for the New York next.
As Bruce Conviser reports, they now have a commanding position in the NBA Finals. It was a nail biter, but the next one gained two of the NBA Finals defeating the San Antonio Spurs 105-104, having won two games in Texas, the next will return to New York for game three on Monday, leading the series two to nothing. The next of now won 13 straight playoff games, including 8 on the road.
Only the Golden State Warriors have ever put together a longer playoff win streak, winning 15 in a row in 2017. The next will have a chance to tie that record if they can sweep the next two games in Madison Square Garden. And PR News, I'm Bruce Conviser.
Our mania holds parliamentary elections this Sunday, incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinia, who is back by President Trump and opposed by Russia's Vladimir Putin, hopes to build closer ties to the European Union and the West. South Korea's president is observing memorial day at Seoul National Cemetery, with some of 3,000 service members and government officials.
The country's official Yonhap News Agency reports, E. J. M. Young told the crowd, "respect for devotion is the driving force that sustains and advances the national community." Meanwhile, North Korea's official state run media released images of leader Kim Jong-un and his teenage daughter reportedly visiting a new 5,000-ton warship, part of the country's five-year defense plan.
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