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“The leaders of several nations are expressing support for Ukraine and Piers Eleanor Beardsley”
reports.
Relations have been cordial, but there are underlying tensions between the transatlantic
allies. Yet they have come together to reaffirm their support for Ukraine. They pointed out that Ukraine's resilience has managed to create new momentum on the battlefield and set an assstatement. They would support that by accelerating delivery of bare defense capacities, interceptors,
and long-range capabilities. They also said that increased sanctions on Russia for the four European members of the G7 ending Russia's war in Ukraine is the top priority. President Trump has also said he's ready to focus on Ukraine again. The two sides have very different views of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump has said he's a strong leader and an honest broker. The Europeans consider him a murderer as dictator and war criminal. Eleanor Beardsley and Piers news Paris.
“In the U.S., there are primary and election runoff results in Georgia.”
Republican voters pick Congressman Mike Collins for their U.S. Senate nominee. "You all know what the mission is. It's the putter Republican in that seat and get rid of that giant ass off in November. You're turning this seat to the people of Georgia." Collins and Democrat John Ossoff will meet in the general election.
Collins was President Trump's pick, but another Trump endorsed candidate for Georgia Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Bert Jones, lost his runoff. He was defeated by billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson. He'll face Democrat and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the fall. President Trump is trying to force Congress to pass a voter ID bill that is drawn by
partisan criticism, writing online today Trump says he is now delaying his nominee to be the next director of national intelligence or D.N.I. Trump says he'll keep the acting D.N.I. Bill Palty in place until Congress passes the voting legislation by partisan group of senators of poses Palty who is no intelligence experience at all. He runs a mortgage regulating agency.
“The federal reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this afternoon and PR Scott”
Horsesley reports, policy makers are wrestling with the highest inflation in more than three years.
A wartime spike in energy prices has pushed inflation up to 4.2 percent, but the Fed's
main tool for battling price hikes higher interest rates would do little to address the supply shot caused by the U.S. war with Iran. So for now, Fed policymakers are expected to sit tight. President Trump wants the central bank to lower interest rates. He chose the new Fed chairman, Kevin Worsh, with that goal in mind, Worsh meets with reporters
this afternoon for the first time since taking over at the central bank, Worsh's colleagues on the rate setting committee will also offer an updated forecast of where they think prices and interest rates are headed for the rest of the year. Scott Horsley, in PR News, Washington. It's NPR.
The Justice Department is accusing 15 people of violently impeding federal immigration officers this year, in Minneapolis, it happened during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Prosecutors claim the people stalked agents and used ice blocks to slow down convoys. But defense attorneys say several similar cases have been dropped.
There are now more than 4,000 national guard troops deployed to Washington, DC. That's after federal official announced a summer surge in law enforcement in the city. A head of America's 250th birthday celebrations, NPR's Cat Lonesdorf has more. Around 1200 troops from dozens of states have been added to President Trump's Washington DC National Guard deployment in recent weeks, and hundreds more are expected by July 4th.
Trump deployed the guard in August of last year as part of an effort to fight crime and beautify the city. Crime was already trending down before Trump got into office, and the National Guard has no arresting power. Groups, many of whom are armed, are mainly performing patrols around the city, making their
presence known in residential areas, parks, and metro stops. According to an estimate by the nonpartisan congressional budget office, the current deployment in DC costs around $2.4 million a day. Cat Lonesdorf and Pair News, Washington. The National Hurricane Center says a tropical disturbance off Texas's Gulf Coast is too disorganized
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