Live from NBR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
President Trump used the nation's 250th birthday celebration to deliver a speech that
“was part history lesson and part political rally.”
It appears Marie and Drusevich reports Trump mixed patriotic tributes with political messaging during a 40-minute speech on the national wall. A midst of display of historically significant U.S. flags, Trump welcomed and celebrated veterans, named checked note were the Americans from Teddy Roosevelt to Annie Oakley, and shared his ambitions for the space program.
But while the speech was mostly patriotic and tone, Trump also took the opportunity to promote his legislative agenda. "America is back, and we want to keep America great, and we will do so by approving the save America Act, which means all voters must show voter ideas." China released a prominent Christian pastor from detention back to his family in the U.S. according
to a rights group and appears Jennifer Pack has more from Beijing.
“Pastor Ezra Jinz released comes as the U.S. and China are trying to stabilize relations”
after years of tensions. Jinz led one of China's most prominent underground congregations the Zion Church. He persisted even as the Chinese government was clamping down on religious groups outside of its control. Jin was arrested last October, along with several other pastors.
His wife Analio has welcomed his release. In a post on X, she says the pastor has lost 30 pounds, but still has a warm smile. She thanked both President Trump and Xi, and called for the release of the remaining eight church leaders still in Chinese detention, Jennifer Pack and PR News Beijing. The preliminary hearing begins tomorrow for the man accused of fatally shooting conservative
activist Charlie Cook.
“The five-day proceeding in Utah is expected to provide the first detailed look at the case”
against the suspect. And here's Windsor Johnston has more. Prosecutors are expected to present their case as they seek to have 23-year-old Tyler Robinson stand trial on aggravated murder charges. Kirk's widow and parents are expected to attend the proceedings, which will be livestreamed
from the courtroom. Investigators say Robinson turned himself in after the shooting. Court documents say he sent a text message confessing, and left a note saying he had an opportunity to kill one of the nation's leading conservative voices. Robinson has not entered a plea.
More as death, Kirk, and the organization he co-founded, turning point USA, helped mobilize
young conservative voters as President Trump won a second-term in office.
Windsor Johnston and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. In men's World Cup soccer, FIFA is suspending U.S. striker Flaren Balagan's one-game red-card ban, and he will now play in the U.S. game against Belgium tomorrow. In games today, Mexico, which spent 40 years chasing a return to the quarterfinals, gets its best
chance in years today when its team places England at home in the round of 16. Other teams playing today Brazil takes on Norway in New Jersey. Large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast are under extreme heat warnings through the Independence Day weekend, and appears reto-chattergy reports high temperatures pose health risks to people with pre-existing mental health conditions.
Nobody show that people with substance-used disorders and mental illnesses are particularly vulnerable to heat. It can exacerbate their mental health symptoms and make them more vulnerable to physical health issues, raising their risk of visits to the emergency department. Some psychiatric medications can become less effective in high temperatures, and others
can interfere in the brain's ability to cool the body down. Dr. Ashminin of Karni is a psychiatrist and medical director of adult psychiatry at mass-general Brigham and Boston. On Wall Street, no major economic data will be coming out this week, the big event will
possibly be the release of minutes from the latest federal reserve meeting, the first one
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