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the northern coast of Venezuela last night, triggering frantic search and rescue operations in the capital of Caracas." Emergency crews work through the night pulling survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings, journalist Marie Grateral describes the moment shortly after the first quake struck the city.
"I wasn't home when the earthquake happened, it was kind of fast, but it was super strong. So you could actually see the scratches on the walls, you saw and felt how everything was shaking." Officials say more than 30 people have been killed with the death toll expected to
climb hundreds of others have been injured. The 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude earthquakes are the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century.
“President Trump scored two key victories on capital Hill Wednesday.”
He helped kill a bipartisan affordability bill in persuaded Senate Democrats' Senate Republicans to reject another resolution aimed at limiting his war powers in Iran, and P.R.'s Franco-Ordonia's reports. He really abruptly canceled a popular bipartisan achievement in Washington that both Republicans
and Democrats wanted it was a bill that focuses on one of the most important challenges
amazing Americans are facing right now, and that's a affordability. But Trump was just not having it saying that his pet issue, this election bill, had to be first. You know, Trump later went into closed-door meeting with some of those senators and express frustration with those who rebuked him on the Iran War, actually prompting them to reverse
course later in the day and vote against a similar war powers resolution that they had approved earlier in the day. National MP, Harris Franco-Ordonia's reporting. The Trump administration has been blocked from making arrests at immigration courthouses,
“and P.R.'s Vanessa Romo reports the ruling from his San Francisco-based judge is the first”
to apply nationwide. U.S. District Judge Casey Pitz called ISIS Enforcement Practices, Arbitrary and Capricious, noting that the agency allowed the arrest of people appearing at some court houses, but not others. The judge also says the agency failed to undertake a thorough evaluation of its own orders
before implementing policy. Immigration Enforcement was prohibited near criminal and civil court houses under President Biden. But a 2025 ice memo cleared the way for arrests when immigration officials believed a potentially dangerous individual might be present at a courthouse.
It also expanded enforcement to include immigration courts, where people seeking asylum, or those with pending cases must appear. Vanessa Romo and PR News On Wall Street, down futures are trading higher at this hour. This is NPR News.
Congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation into the troubled $16 million renovation
of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. All makers demanded answers Wednesday after the White House repeatedly blamed without evidence, fandals for appealing paint and other damage. President Trump says six people have been arrested, but has not provided details. Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal called the Nobit contracts behind the project
a sign of blatant corruption and apparent incompetence. The U.S. men's national soccer team will face Turkey today in the FIFA World Cup, and PR's Becky Sullivan reports the Americans have already clinched their spot in the knockout phase of the tournament. The U.S. beat, Paraguay, and Australia while Turkey lost to both teams.
So the outcome of this game won't change anything. The U.S. are the winners of the group and have locked in a favorable path in the knockout round. Still, U.S. Coach Maria Pochatino says he won't pull any punches. We want to win, and we want to write to the next stage with three big stories that is possible.
“However, four key starters are carrying yellow cards, meaning if they pick up another,”
they'll be suspended in the critical round of 32 game next week.
Also, star-winger Christian Policic is coming off a calf injury that caused him to miss a game. Meanwhile, Turkey could be feeling desperate to come away with even one win at this World Cup. The game kicks off at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Becky Sullivan and PR news, Los Angeles.
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