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President Trump says he will nominate former securities and exchange commissioner, James
“Clayton, to be the next director of National Intelligence.”
Clayton is currently the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. If confirmed he would replace Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned last month citing the need to be with her husband, who's fighting cancer. NPR congressional correspondent Eric McDaniel reports Clayton's expected nomination is being well received in the Senate, where he faces a confirmation hearing.
He's being received well in the Senate, where he needs 50 votes to be confirmed, to be DNI. Republican leader John Thun and, top until Democrat Mark Warner, have both expressed some optimism around the pick. In addition to being a prosecutor and former SEC head, Clayton was an accomplished attorney
in the private sector, and while he's been the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New
York, the office has done a couple high-profile things, not least of which is the indictment
of former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. While air strikes in Iran have paused, the media ongoing talks is real continuous military
“operations in Lebanon, from Beirut and P.R. Joe Waddris Kyle has more.”
"It is really military struck multiple locations across Southern Lebanon on Thursday, killing eight people according to Lebanese state media. One strike near a hospital and tire killed a person, and wounded ten nurses and hospitals staff. It on back to Hezbollah, said it responded to a rocket and drone attacks against Israeli troops
operating in Southern Lebanon. Earlier this week, residents of Tyre's Christian Quarter were warned to evacuate after Israeli reported has ballacivity in the area, without providing evidence. On Thursday, families began slowly returning following a statement from Israel as defense minister permitting residents to go home that the needs of authorities see more than 3,700
people have been killed since the conflict escalated in March, including nearly 600 women and children and over 130 paramedics. "President Trump is opening the waters of protected areas in the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing.
“The move is opposed by native Hawaiian cultural groups and P.R. Lauren Summer reports."”
The largest protected area in the country is in the north-western Hawaiian islands. Papahano, Moku, Kaya, National Marine Sanctuary, is home to pristine coral reefs and habitat for rare species. Trump has signed a proclamation to open most of its waters to commercial fishing, along with two other Pacific Marine monuments.
The move is supported by the tuna fishing industry, which says it's facing tough international competition. Conservation groups say rolling back protections puts a unique ecosystem at risk. The area is also considered sacred by native Hawaiian cultural groups who fought for decades for it to receive protections.
Lauren Summer and P.R. News. Severe weather Thursday evening swept through the Midwest tornadoes damage buildings in the city of Streeter, Illinois that's about 80 miles south west of Chicago, and estimated 240,000 people in the area are without power. This is NPR.
The Trump administration says it is suspending homelessness funding for the city of Los Angeles, citing financial mismanagement. 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 LA 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 LA 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, LA 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 PR news. A Minnesota man who shot and killed the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and her husband pled guilty to federal murder charges on Thursday. But as a result of the plea deal, the shooter Vance Balter will not face the death penalty.
On the same day, nearly one year ago, he also shot and seriously wounded a Minnesota state senator in his wife. Authorities say the gunman came to the homes of the two politicians dressed in a police uniform and driving a car that looked like a police vehicle. The attacks reverberated beyond Minnesota.
As state and local officials were concerned about threats of political violence expanding across the country from Washington, this is NPR, support free. Every episode of its been a minute, NPR is what's happening in culture podcast, starts by asking three questions, who, how, why now, if the culture's asking it, we're talking about it.
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