Live from NPR News in Washington, on Rylan Barton.
In the nation's capital, the great American state fair shut down earlier today.
It was simply too hot.
“It reopened this evening, even though the temperature is still hovering around 100 degrees.”
And tomorrow, President Trump will ring in the 250th anniversary of the U.S. at the state fair. As NPR's Frank Lankford reports, the event is getting mixed reviews. Many of the fair Trump supporters alike the event, joined Lieberman, Fluent from California, enjoyed the exhibits from different states. It's a privilege to live in this country, and then to be able to celebrate it in such a great way.
I just, I wanted to be in the middle of it.
Others see the fair as an extension of Trump, who's a 10-per-moting Trump investment account, and a faith and family pavilion filled with conservative Christian groups. Robert Chase teaches history at Stony Brook University.
“I think Donald Trump has tried to associate himself with this event, and to associate dislike with him, with dissent and unpatriotic acts.”
That's kind of problematic. Chase says that's one reason why attendance at the fair has been so thin. Frank Lankford and PR News, Washington.
The executive power of the presidency has grown exponentially under President Trump, often with the blessing of federal courts.
And PR's Tamarth Keith has more on how this week's Supreme Court ruling's expanded Trump's authority. With only a handful of exceptions, this was a very good Supreme Court term for President Trump and his agenda. The conservative court majority gave him even more executive power this term, saying that presidents can fire commissioners from government agencies.
“Agencies that were designed by Congress to be independent, as Trump himself put it, "This decision gives tremendous additional power back to the presidency where it belongs."”
And PR's Tamarth Keith reporting. The Iranian government is preparing for the funeral of the Iranian Supreme Leader, who is killed in an Israeli air strike in February. The official ceremonies will begin tomorrow, and PR's Hedil Al-Shanti reports it's meant to be a show of force by the Iranian regime. A military band was heard in a video distributed by Iranian state media showing a delegation of world-religious leaders paying their respects at the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Haman-e-E. On Saturday there will be memorial ceremonies and recessions in Tehran and the city of Kong, then the remains will be taken to Shia Holy Sites in Najiff and Karbalah in Iraq.
The Ayatollah will be buried next Thursday in his birthplace of Meshhad. Iranian authorities are expected to shut down streets and the airspace. The last time a massive funeral held in Iran was for Ayatollah Khomani, who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution, held in 1989, that funeral drew about 10 million mourners. Hedil Al-Shanti and PR news, Istanbul. U.S. stock markets were closed today ahead of the 4th of July holiday, shares are mixed in Europe after a rally in Asia following the Dow's latest record.
This is NPR news from Washington. A lavish gold ring and crusted with diamond sapphire's emeralds and rubies has been presented to the U.S. ambassador to Belgium to give to President Trump the ring celebrates America's 250th birthday in features intricate designs including a diamond-winged eagle that gift follows the removal of U.S. tariffs on Belgian diamond imports. Cape Verde is facing reigning champions Argentina in the world cup this hour. The small African island nation surprised everyone by making it into the world cup for the first time ever and then qualifying for the knockout round and PR's Jasmine Garz reports.
Cape Verde is a smallest country to ever make it this far. Guide it in part by Wozinha and an extraordinary goalie. It's a large part thanks to him that Cape Verde has managed to tie every game so far in the cup, but they've only scored two goals. Argentina, on the other hand, is led by one of the best players in the world known at a messy. If Cape Verde's week spot is attack Argentina's is what fans call messy up and then see a messy dependency problem. When you have one of the best players in the world, you inevitably rely on him a lot. He's already scored six times in this world cup and now he holds the all-time record for most World Cup goals 19.
Jasmine Garz and peer news Miami Australian officials are asking fans to respect the privacy of Neil a one-ton elephant seal. Neil has a social media following twice the size of Tasmania's population and his antics include bending traffic ballards and blocking roads. But officials are urging fans to give Neil space, fearing his popularity could lead to dangerous encounters. They've urged locals not to post his current location. This is NPR News from Washington. Hi, it's Terry Gross, the host of fresh air. Catch my interview about the birth of the culture wars.
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