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scaffolding and white tarps now cover part of the Kennedy Center's facade as a legal
“battle over the removal of President Trump's name from the building continues.”
The developments follow a series of setbacks for the administration, including its latest failed attempt to keep the sightage in place. NPR's Frank Lankford was outside of the venue when Washington D.C. well into the night were crowds of protesters all so gathered." A people have been out here in front of the Kennedy Center for many, many hours waiting
to see the name Donald J. Trump taken down from the facade. And right now it's well past midnight so it's past the deadline that the court set and there's a huge piece of scaffolding up there and a lot of workers but they have yet to touch any of the letters. The crowd is beginning to thin out, people have gotten very tired and they've also gotten
very frustrated.
NPR's Frank Lankford reporting the Kennedy Center filed a motion shortly before midnight
requesting a 12-hour extension saying that evening thunderstorms had delayed the process.
“A judge last month gave the venue a two-week deadline to remove Trump's name from”
the building, ruling that a change must be approved by Congress. Oil settled at its lowest prices in months on Friday amid the war in Iran and PR's Camilla Dominoski reports. Global crude oil prices were north of $100 a barrel for much of this conflict. The global benchmark for crude is now well under $90 and lower than it's been at any
point since early March. That's largely because of hopes for a deal. The U.S. also says it's been helping some tankers move covertly through the straight of our moves. Lower crude prices have helped ease pressure at the gas pump.
The national average for regular gasoline is now $4.11 per gallon down more than 40 cents from a month ago. Camilla Dominoski and PR news.
“The judge's department has approved Paramount's acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery”
and PR's and the Bowman reports the merger is raising questions about creative and editorial independence. Paramount owns CBS including CBS News. It's swallowing the much larger Warner which includes HBO and CNN.
They anti-trust investigation into the proposed $110 billion merger found no threat to competition
or consumers of film, broadcast television, or streaming. But several states including California still have anti-trust concerns and industry unions fear the loss of thousands of jobs. In a statement after the decision, Paramount said the deal would result in a stronger company better position to compete against dominant technology platforms and ultimately benefit
both consumers and creators. I'm a Bowman and PR news. This is NPR News in Washington. Shares of SpaceX jumped in 19% and the Wall Street AB1 Friday pushing the company's market value to about $2.1 trillion.
The surge also made founder Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, Forbes estimates his net worth now stands at about $1.1 trillion. The Department of Corrections in Oregon is facing a class action lawsuit to end solitary confinement. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports a group of prisoners say the state has
violated the law. Oregon's Constitution prohibits the quote "harsh degrading or dehumanizing treatment of prisoners." We've got a according to the lawsuit, hundreds of adults in the state's prisons are held alone inside small windowless rooms often for months. The state limits disciplinary segregation to 90 consecutive days.
That's far longer than neighboring states, says Ben Hale, an attorney with the Oregon Justice Resource Center, which is representing the adults in custody. Oregon has certainly become an outlier in the use of disciplinary solitary confinement, which in some ways is the most punitive. State data show a recent upward trend of adults in custody held in solitary.
The Oregon Department of Corrections says it's committed to safe and humane operations. For MPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson, in Portland. The U.S. men's national team opened its World Cup campaign with a four-to-one win over Paraguay last night. Forward Ricardo Peppie scored twice as the Americans to control early in the game.
The victory gives the U.S. an early boost in the tournament, the Americans face Australia next week. The World Cup is back in the U.S. and the NPR network is covering the fans. The tensions. When two teams take the field, their nation's histories take the field alongside them.
The local transformations. Just World Class soccer right here. And of course, the games follow along on and off the pitch with the NPR app.
