Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
The Pentagon says it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the Iran
war.
“It adds to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Trump,”
and it comes as lawmakers are skeptical of the preliminary deal Trump struck to end the war. The Trump administration is pushing back on reports that Iran didn't agree to allow nuclear weapons inspectors into the country. The Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the United Arab Emirates on a tour of Gulf
countries aimed at easing their concerns over the deal. "We know what they agreed to do, and now they either do it or they want, and if they do, the process moves forward and if they don't, the President will have some decisions to make." Rubio will also hold meetings in Kuwait and Bahrain nations that Iran hit with missiles and
drones and retaliation for U.S. Israeli air strikes. Congress has passed the largest housing affordability bill in decades today. The bill is aimed at encouraging home building across the country, and P.R.S. esteem besaha says the bill passed both chambers with wide bipartisan support.
“The reason for all that support, according to Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester from”
Delaware, is that housing affordability is a problem everywhere. "Whether you live on a farm, whether you live in a city, whether you are in the south of this country, or across the country, families are feeling the impacts as it pertains to affordable housing." This bill makes a "hodgepodge of changes," many meant to streamline federal housing regulations,
and encourage easing of local zoning and permitting hurdles. It also bans large investors from buying up more than 350 single-family homes. The bill now goes to President Trump for his signature. Steve Imbisaha and PR News The Los Angeles Unified School Board unanimously approved a policy today banning screen
time and pre-school through first grade, and sharply limiting it for older kids starting
next school year. The policy also blocks social media sites like YouTube during the school day. District officials said they developed the policy based on feedback from nearly 19,000 community members.
“Boaters cast ballots in three states, holding primaries today, including New York, where”
some are trying to push the Democratic Party further to the left, reporter Steve Castenbaum says it's a test of mayor's aromum, Donnie's influence. Several congressional candidates here are well to the left of many Democrats, a few are Democratic Socialists, Mayor Mombdoni, stumped for them at a rally last week. They're trying to unseat some well-established politicians here, including the chair
of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. How the parties left flanked performs could affect the more moderate-imaged national Democrats are counting on to retake the House in November. For NPR News, I'm Steve Castenbaum in New York. The big tech companies dragged down major U.S. stock indexes today, the selling was concentrated
in AI-related companies. This is NPR News. A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda that a Department of Agriculture has encouraged the restrictions as part of the Trump administration's make America
healthy again campaign. Some SNAP beneficiaries sued over the restrictions. A judge said that she was not saying whether the restrictions are a good idea. She said the problem was that the government violated its own regulations. Nearly a quarter of students are chronically absent from school, NPR's Sequoia Corrillo reports on how some states are addressing the crisis.
A student is considered chronically absent if they missed 10% of school for any reason. And in the U.S., that rate sits at one in four students. That's still up from the one in six rate prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance works a national nonprofit that looks at the obstacles to getting students to class is out with its annual report on student attendance.
It finds that more states are focusing on local specific guidance to help teachers and administrators prevent absenteeism before it becomes a problem. More states are also investing in data systems to track how many students are absent in real time. This way, districts know when something is a problem versus a year later when they run the numbers. Sequoia Corrillo and Pernus.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments today by getting two goals and Portugal's match against Uzbekistan. Ronaldo and Argentina captain Lianel Messi became the only men in history to play in six World Cups this year. Ronaldo's scoring streak started in his debut in 2006. This is NPR News from Washington.
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