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President Trump says everyone he met at the G7 in France, "loves the deal he's agreed
to with Iran, for his part, French President Emmanuel Macron says it doesn't resolve
“everything, but it is key for the global economy, as NPR's Michelle Kalman reports."”
President Trump has faced a lot of criticism from Iran hawks for signing an ideal 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, it's
a right way to 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 Kalman and B.R. News, the State Department" The confirmation hearing for former
SEC chair, J. Clayton, to serve as Director of National Intelligence, has been postponed. The hearing had been set for this afternoon, President Trump said he was delaying the nomination and blocking the renewal of a key surveillance tool in order to pressure the
“Senate to advance a long-stalled voting bill.”
Luigi Mangione's attorneys are pursuing a psychiatric defense in the murder case over the killing of a healthcare CEO in 2024, and Pierre's Brian Mann reports. This hearing was incredibly contentious. The big news, they will claim that he was under some kind of extreme emotional derests. 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 Manjoni's defense team
will claim more about that expected to be released in the coming days. And Pierre's Brian Mann reporting, Tropical Storm Arthur is brewing off the Gulf Coast and Dowcing Texas in Louisiana and Pierre's Delhi Elliott reports.
“Tropical Storm Warnings are posted from high island Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana.”
Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center say Arthur will bring Tropical Storm Force winds near 40 miles an hour, along with heavy rainfall and coastal flooding to Texas and Louisiana. Flash flooding is also possible as the storm moves eastward into Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.
The city of New Orleans is distributing sandbags for residents to brace for flooding. Rusty Wenz from Arthur have called scattered power outages in and around Galveston, Texas, and the storms also churning up rough surf prompting marine warnings in the Gulf. Debbie Elliott and Pierre News. And from Washington, this is NPR News.
Republican lawmakers in Georgia won't redraw congressional and state legislative districts for the 2028 elections during a special session. Republican House leaders said changes should take place only after providing the public ample opportunity for input. It's a setback for President Trump, who has urged states to draw Republican-friendly congressional
maps. About half of all U.S. adults are using AI chat bots now, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. It also shows growing concern among Americans about the technology, and Pierre's John Ruach reports.
According to the poll, 49% of U.S. adults report using AI chat bots up from about a third
to two years ago. Open AI's chat GPT is dominant. Google's Gemini is in second. While uptake of AI chat bots 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 two-thirds 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 Ruach and PR News Scientists have found evidence of the oldest-known plague dating back about 5,500 years ago, some 200 years earlier than previously thought researchers found ancient DNA from the plague causing bacteria in teeth from remains buried in four Siberian cemeteries.
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