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at the G7 Summit in France will wrap up their talks today in the French Alps. Trump
“efforts to end the war with the Iran have gotten a lot of attention at the summit, along”
with the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Executives from tech companies, including open AI and anthropic, are attending sessions on artificial intelligence and economic growth. Republican Congressman Mike Collins of Georgia has won the GOP nomination for a November Senate race. Sarah Callis with Georgia Public Broadcasting reports." Collins, who has represented Eastern Georgia since 2023, addressed a crowd in a barn
an hour south of Atlanta when the race was called. "My plan is your next U.S. Senator, it's any simple. I'm just going to use my business experience out there to build on the record of results that I've already delivered in Washington." Collins received an 11th-hour endorsement from President Trump over the weekend. His opponent, Derek Dooley, had been supported by Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Cam since the beginning
of his campaign. Collins will face incumbent Democratic Senator John O'Sough this November.
“For NPR News, I'm Sarah Callis and Jackson, Georgia.”
"Billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson is the winner of Georgia's Republican Gubernatorial runoff. He defeated the state's Lieutenant Governor Bert Jones, who was endorsed by President Trump. Jackson will face former Atlanta Mayor Kieshalan's bottoms in November." In Alabama, Congressman Barry Moore has won the Republican runoff for the Senate seat being vacated by GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, more defeated Jared Hudson. The Congressman
was backed by President Trump. Ever at West won the Democratic nomination and will face more in November, Tuberville is running for Governor of Alabama. In Oklahoma, another candidate backed by the President for term congressman Kevin Hurn has won the GOP nomination for an open Senate seat. It was vacated by Mark Wayne Mulland, who became Homeland Security Secretary, replacing Christy Nome. The U.S. economy, Jeffrey Epstein, and
immigration were among the issues raised to Vice President Vance yesterday when he appeared
“on the ABC TV talk show The View. NPR's Daniel Kurt Slaven reports.”
On a Navarro asked Vance about Trump's recent comment that he "loves the inflation." What he said is that he loves the fact that the inflation is going to come down when this war is over. That's what he said.
The hosts were broadly critical of the administration and also asked Vance about the Epstein
files and the Trump administration's deportation tactics. Vance's new book is called Communion, finding my way back to faith and is about his conversion as an adult to Catholicism. While many politicians write books as prelude to presidential runs, Vance has not yet declared his 2028 intentions. Then Yale Kurt Slaven and PR News This is NPR News from Washington. There's a court hearing today in New York City for Luigi Mangeoni, the man charged with
killing the CEO of United Health Care. Bruce Conviser has more. The hearing will deal with the question air for prospective jurors. The 28-year-old Mangeoni is accused of gunning down United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson on a city sidewalk in December 2024. Officials have condemned the murder, but Mangeoni has garnered outside support from a public that has grown frustrated with the country's health care system. Mangeoni's
trial is set for September. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Conviser. Mangeoni faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted on federal charges. A new study provides more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines may also protect the heart. The findings are published in the Journal of Jamma Internal Medicine. Researchers followed
more than a million U.S. military veterans who were vaccinated in 2024, including about
a third who got a COVID shot. The study shows those who received a COVID vaccine were about 38% less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke after a COVID infection in the next eight months. The federal reserve wraps up its latest policy meeting today, the first with Kevin Warrish, as chair of the Central Bank.
The economists say they don't expect the Fed to make any changes to U.S. interest rates with inflation in the economy still elevated. The war with Iran has pushed up oil and gas prices, though energy prices have been moving lower since President Trump announced an agreement to end the war with Iran. I'm Dave Maddingley, NPR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery. Sometimes
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