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Pennsylvania later today.
“He's expected to talk about the U.S. economy, and beer's Franco-Ordonious reports, the president”
is looking to turn the page on war with Iran. Trump will be visiting a Mac trucks manufacturing plan where he's expected to tout the work his administration has been doing on the economy. This is going to be his first domestic trip, since signing an agreement with Iranians to end the fighting in the Middle East.
Republican elected officials have been asking Trump to turn to the economy for months, as the mid-terms approach, and politically Trump needs this. His approval ratings continue following to record lows after his handling of the economy.
According to NPR's most recent polling, just 36 percent of voters say they approve
of Trump's overall job performance, while 59 percent say they disapprove. What's the widest gap Trump has faced during either term in office, Franco, Ordonious, NPR News. There are election primaries and run-offs today in four states, Maryland, New York, South Carolina, and Utah.
“NPR Sage Miller reports voters in Utah will be choosing from a month several candidates”
for a newly redrawn congressional seat. For the first time in modern history, Utah has a safe democratic congressional seat, but it could help determine the makeup of the House majority come November. It's also one of the most competitive Democratic primary races Utah has ever seen.
The top three candidates range from moderate to progressive, to aligning with the Democratic
Socialists. Damon Canne is a political science professor at Utah State University. He believes this race lays out the choice facing Democrats across the country. Do voters want a party that will stand its ground on policy, even if that policy won't go anywhere quickly, or a party that aims for collaboration, even if that means compromise.
Sage Miller and PR News, Salt Lake City. The federal judge in Minnesota has quashed some federal subpoenas given to local officials in the state.
“The judge ruled the subpoenas were baseless, unethical and possibly illegal.”
From Minnesota Public Radio, John Collins has more. The subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice sought information from local Minnesota governments during the height of the ice surge into the state, which led to thousands of arrests and the killings of two American citizens by federal agents. The judge said the subpoenas violated the 10th amendment, which bans the federal government
from using its powers to coerce local governments into adopting federal policies. A Justice Department spokesperson said they plan to continue to investigate. The judge plans to unseal the transcripts of the grand jury that led to the subpoenas as early as next month. For NPR News, I'm John Collins in Minneapolis.
On Wall Street, the Nasdaq is down more than one and a half percent, investors are worried about potential interest rate hikes. This is NPR. The heat wave in Europe is getting deeper and deadly. In France, authorities say 40 people have drowned while swimming since June 18th, whether
forcasters in Britain are warning that heat records across Europe will likely be broken this week. South Korea says it will take in North Korean troops who have been taken prisoner by Ukraine, but that's if they wish to defect. NPR's Anthony Cune reports from Seoul, North Korea sent an estimated 14 to 15,000 troops
to Russia in 2024 to help fight Ukraine. The foreign ministers of South Korea and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in Seoul next week, and the South's foreign ministry says they will discuss two North Korean POWs captured during a Ukrainian offensive last year into Russia's cursed region. South Korea's government argues that the two soldiers have expressed an intention to defect
to the South, and based on the principles of international law, they should not be repatriated to North Korea or Russia against their will. South Korea claims all the Korean Peninsula as its territory and any North Koreans who defect to the South are entitled to automatic citizenship. North Korea has demanded that its troops be sent home, Anthony Cune and PR News Seoul.
The Associated Press reports newly unsealed court documents show the federal government opposes the sale of more than 100 items from the Sunken Titanic Ocean liner. The company RMS Titanic has exclusive salvage rights to the wreck. There have been previous agreements to display many items at museums, but the federal government says auctioning more items will violate existing court orders.
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