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to sign bipartisan legislation intended to lower housing costs for Americans. NPR's
“Franco Ordenia's reports Trump says he won't sign until the Senate passes a sweeping”
elections bill." The President canceled the signing ceremony which was to be held on Capitol Hill less than two hours before it was set to take place. Trump wrote on his truth social website that passing his SAVE America Act is a national emergency and needs to be the priority. Trump has repeatedly pressured Republican leaders in the Senate to force through the legislation
that would add new voter ID requirements and proof of citizenship rules. It's just the latest example of growing friction between Trump and Senate Republicans who the President has complained or are moving to slowly and not aggressively enough. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said publicly that the Senate does not have the votes.
But Trump says leaders should then eliminate the Senate filibuster to pass the measure
Franco Ordenia's in Piano's "The White House." Several states held primaries yesterday in New York mayer Zohran Mamdoni successfully
“back three candidates running for the U.S. House, including two who are also Democratic”
Socialists. In South Carolina, President Trump had endorsed both candidates who ran in the Republican primary for governor, the state attorney general Alan Wilson was the winner. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the middle east for talks with Arab leaders, and PR's A.A. of a trial report, Rubio met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates
and next goes to Kuwait and Bahrain. All three countries host U.S. troops and have been targeted by Iranian missiles and drones including during the past months of ceasefire. But they weren't consulted on the U.S. Israeli decision to launch the war. Now Rubio tells reporters in the UAE that he's in the Gulf to listen, "more than we
are to talk." "We want to hear, we want to hear the thoughts, especially in the aftermath of this weekend
“in Switzerland, and make sure that their views are taken into account in every decision”
that we make because there are partners." That meeting in Switzerland between the U.S. and Iran concluded with the U.S. temporarily lifting oil sanctions as Iran reopens the state of Hermuz. Rubio's regional tour does not include a stop in Israel, which is opposed to ceasefires with Iran and in Lebanon.
A. Eblatrabi and Pernus Dubai. Investors are waiting for fresh signals today about the artificial intelligence boom. NPR Scott Horsley reports through hoping for a rebound after a sell-off in text stocks yesterday. "Computer chip maker, 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. The rise in will drop out of the Dow to make way for Google's parent alphabet. Scott Horsley and Pernus, Washington." This is NPR.
NATO's Secretary General Mark Aruta is to visit the White House this afternoon in an effort to ease tensions. President Trump has been a long-time critic of NATO and has said he's considering leaving the alliance. Europe is the planet's fastest warming continent. NPR's Julius Simon reports deadly heat waves, such as the current one, are only getting worse and more frequent.
"It's climate-weak in London, and this week temperatures will sort a more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. UN Secretary General Antonio Gujetares told the attendees the heat is a warning sign. "Landon isn't just calling. It's cooking." He like this isn't just an inconvenience. It's a disaster, like a hurricane. Past heat waves in Europe have caused thousands of deaths, global health officials say the heat wave in 2003
killed more than 70,000 people. This heat wave has already claimed lives like the two year olds and four year olds that died in their overheated car in France this week. The primary driver of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels. Oil, gas, and coal. Julius Simon and Pernus." "Camp mystic, the girl's Christian camp in Texas filed for bankruptcy protection today. Fluds
had swept the camp over the July 4th holiday last year, killing 25 girls and 2 teenage counselors. Families of those who died had sued the camp operators, claiming they had failed to take the necessary steps to protect them. The camp had said that it would reopen this year, but decided against that in the face of outrage from families and lawmakers, one of the camps owners also died. I'm Nora Ram, NPR News in Washington. "This is our glass. On this American
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