Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Crowds of protesters gathered outside the Kennedy Center last night ahead of a
“court-order deadline for the facility to remove President Trump's name from”
the building. The lawsuit was filed by Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Bady, who argued that only Congress has the authority to change the name of the performing arts venue. Last night, I checked it was only members of Congress devoted on the
217 million dollars to someone active in bed at the 14th.
As they gave him credit for absolutely everything. Scavelting has been erected in front of the building with a section of the facade now covered in white tarps. The development's follow-up series of legal setbacks for the administration, including its latest failed attempt to keep the signage in place.
President Trump says the U.S. military has killed the alleged leader of Venezuela in gang.
“John Otis reports the White House says he was involved in drug smuggling and”
human trafficking. Trump announced on social media that the U.S. Southern Command had
carried out a "swift and kinetic strike" that executed Hector
Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as "Negno Guerrero". He was the leader of Thrender Agua, a Venezuelan gang that branched out to become a multinational crime organization by recruiting Venezuelan migrants. Thrender Agua eventually expanded to the United States, where it carried out a wave of robberies and is suspected in the shooting of two New York police officers.
The President's social media post included a video showing a projectile destroying a building, though it was unclear where the attack took place. "For impure news, I'm John Otis." Early primary voting begins in New York today.
“Bruce Conviser reports officials are urging residents who vote by mail to do it soon.”
"For decades, at least, Americans believe that today they dropped a letter in the mail was the day it was postmarked. Tax returns mailed on April 15th were postmarked that day. Early voting ballots dropped in the mail on election day were postmarked that day. But, no more, late last year, the postal service announced that mail would not necessarily
be postmarked the day it was mailed. As a result, election officials in New York are urging voters who planned to cast a mail in ballot to do so well ahead of the June 23rd primary. Democratic Governor Kathy Hokel is running on a post for a new term. Her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, is also running on
a post for NPR news. I'm Bruce Conviser." Oil prices fell by more than 3% this week, their lowest level since early March, gas prices are also easing the national average for a gallon of regular is down about 40 cents from a month ago.
This is NPR news. Team England is dealing with an unexpected setback ahead of its opening, World Cup match. Police say equipment was stolen from a team van in Kansas City where the English squad has been training Greg Ekland reports. The equipment was being shipped from West Palm Beach, Florida, where England had been holding
a preliminary camp, according to the Daily Mail in the UK, boots belonging to England Captain Harry Kane and midfielder Jude Bellingham were among the stolen items. The Kansas City Police have acknowledged the theft and a statement and arrested to people. England is one of four nations with a World Cup team base in the Kansas City area, but the only team among the four that isn't playing a match in Kansas City.
England is scheduled to play their first match on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas against Croatia. For NPR news, I'm Greg Ekland in Kansas City. The United States be paraguay and its first World Cup game on Friday, the Americans will face Australian next week. A federal judge is refusing to block plans for a UFC event on the White House lawn Sunday.
The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit Public Integrity Project. The group argued the event violates federal law, White House attorneys called the challenge Maritla saying the fight would be no different than any other public events held in the nation's capital. Court documents submitted by the Trump administration show the UFC events this weekend
will cause the fight promoters more than $60 million.
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