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President Trump's religious liberty commission has provided its recommendations and PR's
Danielle Kurtsleben reports."
“The Commission interviewed more than 100 people, some of whom said their religious liberty”
had been threatened. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick served as Commission chair. "And what was used against them was one phrase that's not in the Constitution, and that phrase is separation of church and state. The Left has used that one phrase that was one line out of one of hundreds of letters
by Thomas Jefferson to batter and hammer people of faith for the last 70 to 80 years." The report recommends that the Justice Department clarifies the meaning of separation of church and state. It also recommends strengthening school choice and issuing no-year rights posters about religious freedom.
Danielle Kurtsleben and PR news the White House. A federal judge has declared a "mistrile" in the case of the man accused of starting last year's deadly palicades fire in Los Angeles. As Steve Futterman reports, a new trial date has been set for October. After three days of deliberating the jury told the judge it was deadlocked and unable to
reach a unanimous verdict.
“After the "mistrile" was declared, the jury formed until the court jurors were split”
ten to two in favor of acquittal. The defense attorney Steve Haney said he would have preferred a not guilty verdict but was generally pleased. "Do you know any time you get a hung jury? Some attorneys look at that as a victory, attended to decision is also pretty resoundingly
favorable for the defense." What he was in pleased about was the decision by the U.S. attorney's office hearing LA to retry the case. The prosecution said Jonathan Rinder Connect was motivated by anger at society. The defense suggested New Year's Eve Fireworks might be the cause.
For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles." The death toll continues to climb following Wednesday's earthquakes that hit Venezuela. Officials say at least 920 people are now dead and more than 51,000 others are missing. On Thursday, the Trump administration announced what appears to be its strongest disaster response since his dismantled USAID last year and appears Fatmatenus.
“"There's been a quiet shift in their attitude towards foreign aid in the last 10 months.”
The administration's created a Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response in the State Department. They've hired back some of the staff that had been laid off at USAID, they're spending more money. At the same time, the administration has made it clear that it's prioritizing helping countries
that are of geopolitical interests to the United States. And of course, Venezuela is one of them after the U.S. toppled its authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in January." Citizens mean while they're continuing to dig through rubble with hopes of finding some of those missing, still alive.
On Wall Street stocks closed slightly lower on Friday, the Dow lost 44 to half points, the S&P 500 dropped three and a half points while the Nasdaq ended the day down 61 points. This is NPR News. President Trump is threatening a 200 percent tariff on imports from any country that imposes attacks on digital services provided by U.S. countries, a company's rather in a post-rotting
Trump cited some European countries, he says, "Are discussing imminent implementation of such taxes?" He said the tariffs would apply to all goods sent to the U.S. The maker of Chad G.P.T. says the Trump administration will get to vet companies that want access to open-AI's latest products, as NPR's John Ruach reports.
The company says this is a step toward regulation of AI.
Open AI says it gave the government a first look at its newest and most powerful AI models,
and that at the administration's request it's launching with a limited preview for a small group of vetted partners before releasing the products more widely. The latest AI models from Open AI and competitors like anthropic have powerful capabilities in areas like cyber security, where they can quickly find software vulnerabilities. That's a good thing for companies that want to make their networks more secure, but the
concern is that bad actors could use the tools to find and exploit those vulnerabilities. Open AI says this government access process should not be the default, but rather a step as it works with the administration on a regulatory framework. John Ruach and PR News A prosecutor in Idaho is dropping misdemeanor drug charges against the Olympic gold medalist
skier, Bodhi Miller, Miller was arrested in eastern Idaho on June 6, and charged with possession of civil-scibe and mushrooms. Prima County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake says she'll be dismissing the case because of new information, but would not say what that information was, Bodhi says a friend in the car had the mushrooms.
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