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about any money released to Iran under the new agreement, writing online last hour Trump says the funding would go exclusively toward corn, wheat, and soybeans from American farmers. Jake Sullivan is the former national security advisor to former President Joe Biden. Sullivan says the written memo of understanding between the U.S. and Iran does not say that. Theoretically, one could imagine a world in which some of the money goes
to purchase American products, but that sounds more like they're putting a little bit of lipstick on a pig, because what the terms of the deal actually say is that there are no restrictions on what Iran can use that money for. It could use it to buy products from elsewhere. It could use it frankly based on the terms of the agreement to fund its own
“military reconstruction not just to buy agricultural products. So I think this is something”
where the Trump administration is stretching the terms of what's on paper to try to sell this to supporters at home." He spoke to NPR's morning edition. There are primary elections in three states today, Maryland, New York, and Utah. New York City mayer Zoran Mamdani is trying to assert his influence in some New York primaries today, and Piers William Jones has more.
Three progressive congressional candidates have received endorsements from Mayor Mamdani. In New York's 13th Congressional District, Organizer Daria Lisa Avela Chvalier secured his backing. She's seeking to unseat incumbent representative Adriano Espeyat. Former New York City Comptroller, Brad Lander has the mayor support over another incumbent congressman Dan Goldman in New York's 10th. Goldman has Governor Hockel's backing. And in a primary
to replace the retiring congress member, Nidia Velasquez, Mamdani endorsed New York State
“Assembly Member Claire Valderz, a Democratic socialist. The outgoing Velasquez is supporting”
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reinocio. William Jones and PR News Groups tied to the AI industry are spending tens of millions of dollars to influence elections from the U.S. Senate to local races. And PR Shannon Bond reports, this year's mid-terms have become a proxy battle in the war over how AI should be regulated.
AI focused superpacks have already spent over $43 million on congressional races this cycle,
according to Open Secrets, a nonprofit that tracks campaign spending. Two groups stand out. One is funded by investors in open AI. It warns that too much regulation will stifle innovation. Another set of superpacks is funded in part by rival anthropic, which is called for more AI regulation. In some races, the groups are jumping in on opposite sides, like in New York's 12th congressional district, where they've collectively spent more than $15
million supporting and opposing state-assemblyman Alex Boris, all in a bid to shape
“how future regulations might be written, Shannon Bond and PR News.”
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump will travel to eastern Pennsylvania today. He will visit a Mac truck
factory. It's his first trip since he signed the memo with Iran to stop the war. The
President is expected to tout his administration's programs that focus on the U.S. economy. At the World Cup today, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo hopes to silence doubters in a match against Uzbekistan, and PR's Russell Lewis has a preview on this, and today's other games. Stockers' big stars have had big performances at the World Cup so far. Argentina's
Lionel Messi leads with five goals and now holds the all-time scoring record. France's Killing and Bob A and Norway's early Holland each have four goals. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo had hoped to be mentioned in that elite company, but he was virtually absent, despite playing every minute against the Democratic Republic of Congo last week. He hopes to turn it around against Uzbekistan today.
England led by Harry Kane takes on Ghana after he scored twice in England's opener. Also on the schedule, Panama plays Croatia and Congo takes on Colombia. Russell Lewis and PR news Los Angeles. The heat wave in Europe is getting deeper and it's deadly. In France, authorities say that 40 people have drowned while swimming since June 18, most victims are young people. Whether
forecasters in Britain or warning that heat records will likely be broken this week in Europe. The World Health Organization says more than 200,000 people in Europe have died of heat-related causes in the past four years. This is NPR. The fatal shooting of a teenager at a protest in Seattle has gone unsolved for six years. This is open in your faith to how are there no answers. Our investigation has uncovered
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