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hit Venezuela collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.

The first quake had a magnitude of 7.1 minutes later and even larger magnitude 7.5 earthquakes

struck according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Pacific's tsunami warning center issued tsunami alerts for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency signal that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would

be visited by his inspectors and it's a key component of the U.S.'s preliminary deal

to end the Iran war, but Iran says the visit would only come after a final deal during a meeting at the White House today NATO Secretary Mark Roota praised President Trump for the war. "I really want to make clear how important to this, what you are doing on Iran. This is first of all about the nuclear capability Iran was basically getting his

handle." Trump has renewed threats to leave NATO raising the stakes before next month's summit in Turkey. The head of the U.S. Postal Service says the agency has responded to an executive order

by President Trump by proposing not to deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to turn

over their voter list to the federal government. And Piers Hansi Lowong reports the proposals already facing multiple lawsuits that are trying to block it. "At a hearing on Capitol Hill, a Democratic Senator Gary Peters, a Michigan-As Postmaster Journal, David Steiner about President Trump's order, it calls for the U.S. Postal

Service to maintain lists of eligible voters."

"If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government,

will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal under our proposed regulation?" "No." "Five lawsuits by Democrats on those two dozen states and voting rights groups are arguing the Constitution gives power to state legislatures and Congress, not the president to set federal

election rules. They also argue the Postal Service has no authority to refuse to deliver ballots to voters because they are not on a list. U.S. B.S. is a financial support of NPR, a court ruling on whether to block Trump's order may come as soon as this month.

On ZLowong and Piers News." "It's been four years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the constitutional right to abortion, since then the number of abortions nationally is actually increased as NPR's Salinas Simmons Duffin reports." The Internet, telemedicine, and sending abortion medication in the mail have profoundly shaped

abortion access and post-Row America.

Residents of the 13 states with abortion bands have continued to access abortion using

those tools and by traveling across state lines. Republican lawmakers continue to push for more abortion restrictions, several states have introduced bills to charge women who have abortions with homicide. Democrats in the Senate, including Patty Murray of Washington State, held a press conference in support of abortion rights.

"We are in this fight, and we will not give up, and we will not stop until we get our rights back." Public opinion polls show most Americans support legal access to abortion in all of our most circumstances. Salinas Simmons Duffin and Piers News, Washington.

"This is NPR." A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts nationwide to practice that took hold shortly after President Trump took office last year.

It's the second setback for courthouse arrests since May when a judge in New York barred

them at the immigration courts there. The Trump administration says the decision is a show of judicial overreach. A federal judge overseeing the Kennedy Center lawsuit says administrators at the arts complex in Washington DC must update him on their plans in the next few weeks. As NPRs on associate's silkest reports, they must also explain why there's a tarp covering

a sign at the front entrance. Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center administrators must explain their operations and programming plans no later than July 31st. The Center's current president, CEO Matt Floka, has told the court that he plans to present the Center's board with several options for both performances and renovations when they meet

next month. Judge Cooper also said that the Kennedy Center must explain the purpose and status of the tarp and scaffolding that have been placed over the front of the arts complex, where until recently, President Trump's name had been added above President John F. Kennedy's. On the stesie itsilcus and pere news.

A skateboarder traveled from Venice Beach, California to Jacksonville, Florida in 39 days. In an attempt to break his own Guinness World record, Chad Carruso traversed more than 3,000 miles averaging about 72 miles a day, breaking his previous record by almost two weeks. He said the trip was about breaking his own record and celebrating 10 years of sobriety. This is NPR News from Washington.

This is Tonya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. Don't miss my interview with Comic and Storyteller, Ali Sadik. We talk about fatherhood, healing, and how prison changed him. He's been out 29 years, but he says, "The psychological wounds are different than my physical wounds."

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