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appear to be keeping to a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon for the second straight day.
“ongoing clashes had threatened to derail negotiations of a preliminary peace agreement”
between the U.S. and Iran, and the Oval Office today, President Trump dismissed concerns that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could undermine the deal. "Well, I'm not going to tell you what I'm going to do, but you get some of them. I'm a problem, so I'll bring it problems out real fast, including with BB." The interim deal with Iran called for an end of fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon, Israeli officials say they will not leave a large swath of Lebanon, which they call a security zone.
A federal judge has found that a data tool, the Trump administration created to verify voter eligibility by aggregating
Americans' personal information is unlawful. NPR's Jude Jofi Block reports more than 60 million voters have already been run through the data system.
Last spring, the Trump administration overhauled an existing department of Homeland Security data system known as Save, linking it to social security data in order to create a citizenship look-up tool. The Trump administration has promoted Save as a way to verify the citizenship of registered voters,
“but the system has erroneously flagged eligible Americans as potential non-citizens.”
Now, a federal judge has ruled that federal agencies did not have statutory authority to revamp Save in this way, that it violated privacy laws, and that the tool in its current form can no longer be used. The decision was celebrated by voting rights and privacy advocates. The federal government can appeal. Jude Jofi Block and Pyrenees. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's effort to subpoena Minnesota Democratic
Governor Tim Walls and other state officials calling it an effort to harass and retaliate against them. The administration wanted to investigate whether Walls obstructed law enforcement during President Trump's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. Today was a rough day for SpaceX, as NPR's John Ruitt reports shares in the company are tumbling back to Earth a little over a week after their stellar debut. Shares at SpaceX fell more than 16% coming to gravity for a third-stray trading
“session. They ended the day just a few dollars above a hundred and fifty dollars. Their debut”
price on June 12th. The company staged the biggest IPO in history earlier this month, raising $75 billion. SpaceX is unprofitable, though, having lost $5 billion last year and another
four billion in the first quarter of this year. Demand for the IPO was strong, though, and supply
constrained by a small float of public shares, SpaceX is developing a reusable heavy lift rocket and has ambitions to put people on Mars and data centers in orbit. But technical hurdles stand in the way, and some analysts say an investment in SpaceX is a bet on Elon Musk, who retains extraordinary control over it. John Ruitt and PR news. US stocks closed mixed today as big tech stocks weighed down Wall Street. This is NPR News. Kenya's high court has found the health minister is an
in contempt for failing to halt the construction of an Ebola quarantine facility intended for Americans despite court orders. The court had previously ordered the government to suspend construction, pending a lawsuit. Petitioners argue that Kenya's health care system is already overstretched and may be unable to manage foreign Ebola patients safely. Argentina's soccer superstar Leonardo Messi broke the record for World Cup goals. Today,
Argentina's defending the World Cup is the defending World Cup champion, Messi scored twice during today's two-nil victory over Austria and PR's Jasmine Garz reports. It was Messi's 17th goal during a World Cup. Then, he added an 18th. Messi, whose team captain, started off the World Cup with a bang, and the team's first game against Algeria, he scored a hat trick. Three goals, a rare feat in soccer. During this latest game against Austria,
he made the first record-breaking goal during the first half, and then, in the second half, near the end of the match, Messi scored yet another goal, finishing off at 2-0. He's considered one of the best players in soccer history, Jasmine Garz, and PR News, New York. A man with the same name as Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is challenging state-of-fit state election officials decision to remove him from the August primary ballot,
Dan Sullivan, the challenger, maintains that he is a qualified candidate, and that officials lacked a legal basis to disqualify him. Dan Sullivan, the incumbent, alleges the challenger, is working with the Democrats. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery. Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best. Our lost and found
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