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Live from NPR news in Washington, on Corva Coleman, a federal judge has found...

tool the Trump administration has created is unlawful.

It's been used to verify voter eligibility by aggregating Americans' personal information.

And beer's Jude Jaffee block explains more than 60 million voters have already been run

through this data system. Last spring, the Trump administration overhauled a Department of Homeland Security data system known as "save." Taking it to social security data to create a citizenship look-up tool. The Trump administration has promoted "save" as a way to verify voter's eligibility.

But "save" has erroneously flagged eligible Americans as potential non-citizens. Now a federal judge has rolled the changes to "save," violated federal laws, and the tool in its current form can no longer be used. The decision was celebrated by voting rights in privacy advocates. A Department of Justice statement says it will continue to aggressively defend the president's

immigration enforcement agenda and DHS's use of "save." Jude Jaffee block and PR news.

Three states are holding primaries today, Maryland, New York, and Utah.

South Carolina Republicans are holding a runoff primary for their gubernatorial candidate. That's where Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evid and Attorney General Allen Wilson are facing off, President Trump has endorsed both of the South Carolina candidates. It's been nearly five years since a Florida Beach-Runt condominium collapsed, the disaster at the Surfside condo building killed 98 people.

Federal investigators say the collapse was a structural failure due to poor construction, and beer's Debbie Elliott has more. The 12-story Champlain Tower South condo partially collapsed, just after 1 AM on June 24. 21, New Technical findings by the National Institute of Standards and Technology conclude the problem started about three weeks before the collapse.

When two connections between garage columns and the pool deck failed, Judith Metroni Ryzer co-leads the federal investigation.

Once the first connection failed, other elements of the pool deck were left to carry their

loads.

But they were not strong enough to handle them due to problems that stemmed from the original

design and construction of the building. Investigators will issue a final report later to include recommendations to improve building safety. Debbie Elliott and PR news. Lebanese state media report there's been a shooting in southern Lebanon today.

The report says Israeli soldiers opened fire, killing two men who were next to a bulldozer that was clearing a road. The agreement between the US and Iran says fighting is to stop in Lebanon, Israel and Iran's proxy militants' Hezbollah have been battling there. President Trump will travel to eastern Pennsylvania today he'll visit a Mac truck factory.

This is NPR. Federal regulators will investigate a deadly Tesla crash that happened last week. A Tesla Model 3, using an automated driving feature, crashed into a house in a Houston suburb, a 76-year-old woman in the house was killed. The driver of the Tesla is blaming the vehicle's self-driving mode.

Tesla officials reject that claim. Colombia has elected a new far-right president as NPR's Julia Simon reports the election has consequences for Colombia's energy sector and the climate. The newly elected Colombian President Abelado de la Espriaia has very different climate and energy policies than the country's current leftist president Gustavo Betro.

Betro has been outspoken on the need for climate action. He's paused fracking. And made a moratorium on new exploration contracts for oil, gas and coal. Burning fossil fuels is the biggest driver of climate change. This spring, Colombia hosted the first international conference on the transition away from fossil

fuels. The right-wing businessman, The La Espriaia, says he will reverse Petro's policies and expand fracking and new oil, gas and coal exploration, Julia Simon and Pernus. The Associated Press reports newly unsealed court document show the U.S. 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 and traveling exhibitions. The government says auctioning more items will violate existing court orders. This is NPR. This is our glass.

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