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the US to collect intelligence abroad will likely expire tomorrow, that's because Congress
“failed to temporarily extend the program today in a protest of President Trump's temporary”
pick to head the nation's intelligence agencies who has no intelligence experience. Trump put forward a new nominee today, Jay Clayton, but he won't be confirmed before the fight sets surveillance authorization expires as NPR's Eric McDaniel explains. Both chambers of Congress have left town, that's bad in that it shows the president doesn't have a lot of regard for congressional realities right now.
He didn't even have to announce Pulti when he did. It was sort of an unforced rake stump, but it's not so scary because Pfizer can still be used for many months under existing authorization. So in less a lot of telecom companies stop providing these communications, which is unlikely but not impossible, the government will still be able to use it without issue.
NPR's Eric McDaniel reporting the Trump administration says it's suspending homelessness funding for Los Angeles, citing financial mismanaged management. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports federal officials say they'll investigate the local agency that oversees the money.
“The move is the latest blow to the Los Angeles homeless services authority or”
LASA, which is long coordinated services for both L.A. City and County. Last year, audits found it failed to properly track spending or the outcome of programs. The county then said it will pull its local money out of the agency and the city of L.A. was considering the same. Now the federal housing agency hud says it will investigate whether LASA broke any laws
in its handling of federal contracts. In a statement, the local agency said it's already working to improve oversight.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass noted that homelessness there has finally come down the past two years
and said hud's actions would jeopardize that progress. Jennifer Ludden and P.R. News. Public transit agencies across the U.S. will move millions of fans to world cup matches. NPR's Joel Rose reports tensions are already mounting over recent problems at the main rail hub in New York City.
NJ Transit is so worried about problems at New York's Penn Station that it's chartered two large boats to ferry fans across the Hudson River after matches if necessary. The agency CEO Chris Coloury says he told a top aid to start working on a backup plan during a recent string of infrastructure failures at Penn Station.
“LASA, I think I should do it some like, I'm godly hour and said, yeah, we're gonna need a bigger”
boat. Coloury says he will not hesitate to blame any rail problems on Amtrak, which owns Penn Station and the nearby tracks. NPR officials say they're prepared to deliver smooth and reliable service.
The first match in New Jersey is set for Saturday.
Joel Rose and PR News. U.S. producer prices climbed last month after the fastest pace since November 2022, fueled by surging energy prices. The producer price index shows inflation before it reaches consumers and it jumped six and a half percent from May of last year.
This is NPR News. The memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a decision to authorize fruit-flavored E cigarettes. The FDA says adding flavors like mango and blueberry didn't help smokers quit when compared with tobacco-flavored vapes.
The decision marked the first for the agency and has been heavily criticized by health groups and lawmakers. New Mexico officials say they are aggressively working to quarantine an infection of the new world screwworm after it was confirmed in a dog this week. It's the second state to confirm the fly, Daniel Montanio, a official declared an emergency
and set up a 12-mile infested zone around the affected location in Yunus, which sits on the border with Texas. That's where the first U.S. case of the worm in 60 years was detected just four days earlier. Dr. Sammy Hallick, New Mexico State Veterinarian, says state officials will continue to inspect animals and educate locals on what to look for.
The main thing is to try to determine how this case got there and that's the goal right now so that we have a better understanding of what's going on. The parasite lays its eggs in a wound on an animal and it's larvae feed on living tissue, at least seven cases have been confirmed since June 3. Friend PR News, I'm Daniel Montanio and Albuquerque.
A federal judge in Mississippi has removed lawyers from a contractual dispute after discovering both sides used AI to draft illegal briefs. According to the Mississippi Free Press, the findings included hallucinations that is legal sources generated by AI out of thin air, the judge barred two of the lawyers from appearing before the Northern District of Mississippi courts for two years.
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