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The House this week voted to invoke the War Powers Act, limiting President Trump's power
“to continue directing military action in Iran without congressional authorization.”
It passed with the help of a few Republicans, and here's Ron Elving has more. This week, four members of the Republican majority cross the aisle to vote with the Democrats and invoke the War Powers Act on Iran. This is legislation that's been on the books since the wind down from the Vietnam War, and it requires congressional approval after an overseas deployment has lasted 60 days.
We're way past that with the war on Iran, but past efforts to invoke the Act to fall in short, this time with the margin of majority down to the fingers of one hand, the defection of four Republicans was enough. Now we'll see if the Senate follows through. NPR is Ron Elving reporting.
President Trump has issued a full pardon for a former Republican congressman who was
convicted of insider trading. As NPR has changed, Jones reports, the pardon follows appeals for the action from leading Republicans.
“In 2022, the securities and exchange commission accused Stephen Buer of using non-public”
information to buy shares of companies ahead of big announcements. He was convicted by a jury in 2023 and sentenced to 22 months in prison, and appeals court rejected Buer's claim that he was wrongfully convicted and the Supreme Court failed to take up his case. Trump has pardoned 13 current or former members of Congress over his two terms, and he continues
to claim that previous Democratic administrations used Department of Justice prosecutions to punish political enemies. In a statement to the Associated Press, Buer says the pardon quote "corrects a politically motivated prosecution." James Jones and PR News
He is really military says it's investigating after an Israeli soldier open fire on a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a seven-month-old baby. The events parents were wounded. Numa Slav from has more from Ramallah.
“Palestinian Authority officials say Sam Aboiken was in his mother's arms when an Israeli”
soldier opened fire on the car in the southern West Bank City of Hebrew on Friday night. Once the mother and baby were struck, the child died in hospital. Israel said a soldier fired after perceiving a vehicle speeding towards them. The baby's father, Fat Aboiken, told Israeli media that their car had come to a complete stop at a checkpoint before they came on their fire.
Israeli military said it was investigating the shooting of what it called un-involved civilians. West Bank Health Officials say Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians including 210 children in the past three years. For NPR News, this is normally in Ramallah. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Rescueers have called off a search for two people, but to be trapped in a cave and lousy. We're sending conditions have made it unsafe for rescuers to continue. From Taipei, Jan Kamenzin, Brumbi, has more. The decision to hold the search for the two remaining victims ends more than two weeks
of international rescue efforts. Rescue workers say the risk of continuing the search now outweigh the small chances of successfully rescuing the missing men. Five or rescued last week, but two are still thought to be trapped inside the flooded cave. All seven men had climbed into the cave in central lousy looking for gold and were trapped
when a flash flood blocked their exit. Fampion News, I'm Jan Kamenzin Brumbi, in Taipei. FIFA says fans can bring their own disposable water bottles to some stadiums for the world cup. The soccer organization had originally barred fans from bringing refillable water bottles into
16 stations, stadiums, rather across North America. And that included some with limited or no shade from the sun. And a FIFA video COO Highmort Shigir provided more details. What is not allowed are unsighted reusable water containers that propose to safety and security.
But each dictator can bring them 1-20 on spectallies seal plastic disposable bottle of water to the stadium. The world cup with 48 teams and 104 matches across 16 cities in the US, Mexico and Canada, kicks off next Thursday, that presents a huge security problem though, Andrew Giuliani, who's leading the security efforts as they will be prepared as they can be.
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