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Capitol Hill today for lunch with Senate Republicans and PR Sam Greenglass reports the meeting comes as tensions between Trump and his congressional colleagues are especially high." Just last night, four Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a resolution directing Trump to poll troops from the conflict with Iran. But before that, Trump was already venting frustration with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, pressing him to eliminate the
filibuster to pass a strict voter ID law, even saying that anyone who opposes the
idea is a fool. And without the Save America Act, Republicans will never win another election.
Thune says there just aren't the votes to pass it. The President's demands keep complicating
“shared priorities, like reauthorizing a key spy tool and passing immigration funding.”
The U.S. concentrated Republicans worry Trump's focus on 2020, over 2026, could risk their majority. Sam Greenglass and PR News Washington. "Your efforts in the grip of a deadly record-setting heat wave, dozens of people have died from a heat-related causes or by drowning as they try to cool off. And some of the continents' infrastructure has been brought to a standstill, and PR's law and fair reports
from Manchester in northern England." British authorities are urging people not to travel
amid only the second extreme heat warning of this severity in history. Here at Manchester,
Picadilly Station, lots of trains are canceled. Others are delayed because they're forced to drive slower on overheated tracks across the country more than 1,000 schools have shut because they don't have air conditioning. In London, even some events for climate action
“week had to be scrapped, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the conference”
"Landon isn't just calling. It's cookie." France recorded its hottest day since records began 80 years ago, but a full-tower in the Louvre had to close early. Lauren Fryer and PR News in Manchester, England. Starks on Wall Street opened higher this morning as investors weighed for fresh signals about the artificial intelligence boom, and PR Scott Horsley reports. Computer chipmaker Micron is set to report quarterly earnings later today, and
investors will be on the lookout for any signs about the staying power of the AI boom. Micron shares were hammered on Tuesday, but there's still way up since the beginning of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average wants to capture a bit more of the AI frenzy, the people who manage the index are adding Google's parent company next week. Verizon will drop out of the doubt and make way for Google's parent alphabet. Crew to all prices continue to slide
“as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picks up, triple A's as the average price”
of diesel fuel in the U.S. has dropped below $5 a gallon, though it's still more than a dollar gallon higher than it was when the U.S. launched its war with Iran. Scott Horsley and PR News Washington. This is NPR News. Congress has approved by partisan housing bill aimed at addressing the nation's housing shortage in making homes more affordable. lawmakers say the measure is designed to boost construction, cut red tape, and encourage more development.
The legislation also includes restrictions on large institutional investors buying up single family homes. Supporters call it the most significant federal housing measure in decades the bill now heads to President Trump for his signature. Nearly 8 in 10 Gen Zers say they want a job that allows them to help others. That's according to a new Gallup poll examining how young people feel about their purpose in life. NPR's entry issue reports.
Gallup survey close to 2,500 people ages 13 through 28. A large majority of them said they hope to make a positive difference in people's lives through work. The sentiment was shared across the full range of Gen Zers regardless of age, gender, race and financial status. The reality based on the polling is that not everyone is achieving that. Among those 18 and older who have jobs just over half say they currently feel they're helping others through
their work. Gallup asked about barriers standing in the way about half-sighted insufficient pay as one factor that could prevent them from pursuing such a job and close to half-set jobs that make a positive difference are hard or emotionally draining and reassue and PR News. Stocks are trading higher on Wall Street at this hour. The Dow was up 114 points. I'm Windsor-Johnston NPR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life,
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