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financial disclosures, showing that he made more than a billion dollars in crypto earnings
“last year, and PR's Danielle Kurt Slaven reports the document shows the president has”
a vast array of income streams. The cryptocurrency earnings include more than 500 million related to world liberty financial, the crypto business founded in part by Trump and his sons. It also includes more than 600 million from a company that set up a meme coin related to his inauguration.
The forum shows the large sums Trump took in related to properties bearing his name. He took in more than 50 million from both his golf course in Scotland and his golf course near Washington DC for example. Trump products also brought in money. He took in 4.7 million from Trump watches.
The president's financial disclosures document totals 927 pages. In comparison, President Biden's 2020 disclosure form was 11 pages long. Danielle Kurt Slaven and PR News the White House. The second federal judge has blocked a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service to change how it handles mail in ballots.
“And PR's Hansi Lowong reports the proposal aims to carry out President Trump's executive”
order to restrict voting by mail. So far, the U.S. Postal Services proposal and Trump's order have not directly affected mail-in voting. The last month, U.S. P.S. proposed not delivering mail-in ballots in any states that refuse to turn over their voter list to the federal government.
The federal judge in DC has now ruled that proposal violates an earlier settlement agreement that the Pulsal Service signed with the NAACP. It requires U.S. P.S. to prioritize timely delivery of election mail. Last week, a federal judge embossed and blocked the Pulsal Services proposal after finding that U.S. P.S. has no legal authority to control mail-in voting.
The judge also found that Trump's directives overstep his authority under the Constitution, which gives power to state legislatures and Congress to set federal election rules. On Zelowong and PR News. U.S. Postal Services, a financial supporter of NPR.
Nearly 50 million people are under-extreme heat warnings in the Central and Eastern U.S.
“and the warnings will spread and PRs have Rebecca Herschel reports fans who are attending”
World Cup soccer matches in several cities will feel it. The July 4th, match in Philadelphia is shaping up to be the hottest of all with temperatures around 100 degrees that day, and high humidity that will make it feel even hotter. Matches in New Jersey, Kansas City, and Miami will all be affected by high temperatures as well.
FIFA, the governing body for international soccer, did not respond to questions from NPR about whether cooling protections such as mistures and free water for fans and workers will be available in matches this week. Heat waves are peaking at higher temperatures than in the past, and the average number of heat waves the U.S. experiences today has doubled since the 1980s because of climate
change. Rebecca Herschel and PR News. The owner of ALL and other tech businesses, bending spoons hit Wall Street today with a $1.7
billion initial public offering, it jumped 41% shortly after starting to trade.
This is NPR. Turkey is implementing extensive security measures for next week's NATO summit to point thousands of police and banning public gatherings. Leaders from all 32 member states, including President Trump, are expected to gather in an Ankara, the summit will focus on defense spending and the U.S. role in the alliances
Trump has threatened to withdraw from it. As the fighting in Sudan continues a report released today by the rights group Amnesty International claims, one of the warring parties in the conflict committed crimes against humanity. Michael Colokie has more.
Amnesty International claims that the paramilitary group that are pit support forces or at S.F., committed murder, torture, and a number of other crimes against humanity. Considering its campaign to seize the Western Sudanese city of Alfashir, between 2024 and 2025, the report says the RSF systematically attacked towns surrounding Alfashir, targeting residents as well as burning civilian infrastructure.
Fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese armed forces has been going on for more than three years now. The UN has previously accused both warning sites of human rights violations. In all, tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. For NPR News, I'm Michael Colokie in Nairobi.
Two people who climbed to the top of the Empire State buildings in Tena today, and unfurled a banner have been arrested. News helicopter video showed a pair dressed in black and wearing masks, balancing on a ledge on top of the antenna. The banner read when the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.
They descended and were ultimately arrested. The building's management so far said only that the episode was unauthorized. This is NPR News. We unpack a new study about the social isolation of remote work and what it means for your help.
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