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President Trump says everyone he's meant at the group of seven summit in France, "loves
the deal he's agreed to with Iran." And Pierce Michelle Culliman has more.
“President Trump has faced a lot of criticism from Iran hawks for signing a deal that”
focuses on the straight of her moves and starts a 60-day clock to negotiate over Iran's nuclear program, which was the initial reason for launching the war. But Trump says only "stupid people" want him to continue dropping bombs. "Then it's a memorandum of understanding, if it doesn't get done in 60 days, that's all right.
We go back to bombing." "You know, I don't want to do that because it's so good." He says the U.S. won't give Iran any money under the deal, but the agreement does pave the way for sanctions relief and investments from the region. Michelle Culliman and PR News, the State Department.
With inflation at its highest level in the U.S. in more than three years, the federal reserves holding interest rates steady. And signaling its next move could be a rate hike, likely not good news to President Trump who has been pushing for a rate cut. The new Fed Chair, Kevin Worsh, explained the central bank's decision today.
“The committee decided to maintain the target range for the Fed funds rate at three and”
a half to three and three quarters per cent. In support of the Fed's dual mandate, the committee also reaffirmed its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the banking system. "Developments today, in the New York State case against Luigi Manjillo, who's accused in the fatal shooting of the United Healthcare CEO in 2024.
And PR's Brian Man reports, defense lawyers are going to pursue a psychiatric defense. "This hearing was incredibly contentious. The big news, they will claim that he was under some kind of extreme emotional duress. He's accused, of course, of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, a top CEO at a health insurance company in 2024.
There was back and forth between the prosecutor and the defense over where their defense attorneys have released medical information quickly enough. A lot of this is still redacted. We don't yet know exactly the nature of the mental illness that Manjillo needs defense team will claim more about that expected to be released in the coming days."
That's NPR as Brian Man reporting.
“The Senate is delaying a confirmation hearing for Jake Clayton to serve as Director”
of National Intelligence after President Trump called on Republicans to hit the pause button. Here's NPR's Eric McDaniel. President Trump said he wants action on an election security bill that is failed to attract enough support from members of his own party to pass the Senate and Trump wants his acting director of National Intelligence Pick Bill Pulti to have more time in the role to address
both concerns the president and apps he was delaying Clayton's confirmation hearing. The disagreement reveals unnotable chasm and expectations between the GOP controlled Senate and the White House Eric McDaniel and PR News Washington. It's NPR. About 1,500 people in the eastern Washington City of Spokane are under evacuation orders.
Local fire officials say a wild fire that's already damaged or destroyed multiple homes could spread faster as winds get stronger today. A fire began yesterday afternoon quickly moved up a hill and swept into a Spokane neighborhood. The National Interagency Fire Center says that more than 32,000 fires have burned thousands of square miles across the U.S. since the start of the year significantly higher than
the 10 year average. Scientists have long worn climate change makes wildfire seasons longer and more ferocious. And half of all adults in the U.S. are using artificial intelligence chatbots now. That's according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, also showing growing concern among Americans about the technology or from MPR's John Roowich.
According to the poll, 49% of U.S. adults report using AI chatbots up from about a third
two years ago. Open AI's chat GPT is dominant. Google's Gemini is in second. While uptake of AI chatbots has been swift with a growing number of Americans saying they're more likely to help rather than hurt productivity, the poll shows that worries about
AI are on the rise. About 2/3 of Americans think AI is moving too fast and 40% think it'll be bad for society over the next 20 years while only 16% think it will be good. There's skepticism on the regulation front, too. A majority have little or no confidence that the U.S. government will regulate AI effectively
or that U.S. companies will develop it responsibly. John Roowich and PR news. This is NPR. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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