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Primary night in New York marked the first major test for Mayor Zoran Mamdoni's Democratic
Socialism. It was widely successful. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, all three of Mamdoni's endorsed candidates for Congress won their matchups.
“Mamdoni broke with Democratic leaders in three key house races, throwing support behind”
leftist candidates who openly criticized Israel and pushed for liberal economic policies. And in the end, two of those challengers ousted sitting in comments, strategists and mayoral adviser Morris Katz says it's a move that shows the mayor's goal of rejecting establishment politics. "Very often, politicians who have the power and the popularity of the mayor does right now,
are far more concerned with protecting it than using it, his decision to use it. Not just paid off last night, but it's part of the reason people love it." These districts heavily favored Democrats, meaning Mamdoni's endorsed candidates, are expected to win their general election matchups in the fall, Alaina Moore and Pierre News. "A day after the Senate passed a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's military
action against Iran, the Pentagon is asking Congress for another $80 billion to pay for
operations in the region." NPR's Quill Lawrence reports.
“"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseeth is lobbying senators to provide $80 billion, mostly”
to pay for months of war and the thousands of cruise missiles drones and interceptors expended after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran." This comes as the White House is asking for a record $1.5 trillion for this year's regular defense appropriation. While defense hawks on Capitol Hill agree that the U.S. must urgently replenish its global
stockpile of munitions, the Iran War and the current ceasefire agreement are not popular, and senators from both parties may bulk at such staggering expenses when the American voting public still feels the pinch of higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery store. Quill Lawrence and Pierre News. "There are now more than 1,000 confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The initial response was slow, but there are signs that it's now picking up. NPR's Jonathan Lampert has more in the story." World Health Organization Director General Tedros Arlam Gabriisus laid out progress in a press conference Wednesday.
“"In the past five weeks, the number of treatment beds has increased from less than”
10 to over 500 in 19 health centers." Testing capacity has increased from just 30 tests a day to over 2,000, and while there are no approved treatments, he says clinical trials for two will start next week. Still, the outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. Hospitals are still struggling to reach contacts of cases in the outbreaks, epicenter,
and cases are spreading across borders. A French doctor tested positive for Ebola after returning from home from treating patients in DRC. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. "This is NPR."
Camp Mystic, a girl's Christian camp in Texas, filed for bankruptcy protection today. Floods had swept the camp over the July 4th holiday weekend last year, killing 28 people most of them young girls. A lawsuit filed last year charged the camp failed to protect the campers and the teenage counselors.
The century old camp had said it would reopen this year, but decided against that in the face of outrage from families and lawmakers. School closures are rippling through the nation's education system as districts are more cash-strapped than ever, but as NPR's Jognaki meta reports, a study out of California shows that closing schools might not actually save money.
This days ago, the third largest school district in the country, Miami-Dade County, approved
a plan to shut down nine of its schools. It joins a growing list of districts that are considering similar decisions as schools are faced with declining enrollment in rising costs. But a study out of Stanford University shows even if a building shuts down and its maintenance costs are reduced.
Schools often try to preserve staff positions by moving people to other locations. That combined with the fact that kids end up leaving the school district often means districts are breaking even, while the community is dealt painful consequences. The study warns that schools should weigh carefully the short-term costs of a closure before shutting its doors.
Jognaki meta and PR news. The tartan army is in South Beach, Florida, fans of Scotland are there to cheer their team as it plays Brazil and suckers world cup. The match will determine whether Scotland moves onto the knockout round. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News.
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