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of FIFA to ask for review of a controversial red card call against the U.S. Men's leading
“goal score. And PR's Frank Ordoni as reports Trump says it should not have been a foul.”
>> President Trump said he didn't even know what a red card was before the U.S. striker for Lauren Baligan received one, which would have caused Balogan to be suspended for an elimination game against Belgium. When I found out he said you got to be kidding, this guy just heads up. Okay, your best player is not going to play next week or in the next game. I said, wow, that's a lot of power. That's terrible. >> Trump downplayed his intervention, but the decision
to suspend the red card and allow Baligan to play has triggered even greater controversy over FIFA's disciplinary actions and raise more questions about political influence, considering Trump's close relationship with the FIFA president. Franco Ordoni has NPR News. The White House. >> OPEC and its allies are promising to boost oil production next month.
“NPR Scott Horsley reports U.S. drivers are getting a break at the gas pumps.”
>> Saudi Arabia and another major oil exporters promised to increase pumping by nearly 200,000 barrels a day next month, putting more downward pressure on prices. That would be the fifth consecutive production increase, though not all that oil is actually making it to market due to ongoing tension in the straight-of-fore moves. Retail gasoline prices have also been falling, triple-acid the average price of regular gas is now $3.79 a gallon. That's about 40 cents less
than a month ago, but still about 80 cents higher than when the U.S. launched its war with Iran. Scott Horsley, impere newswashing done. >> A Republican lawmaker says the veterans of foreign wars must stop using violent rhetoric. NPR's Qaloran supports its part of the debating Congress over proposed cuts to veterans' benefits. >> The VFW has a slogan, "honor the contract, meaning don't send troops to war and then cut their benefits."
>> Lately, that slogan has been available on t-shirts showing troops facing a firing squad, labeled bureaucrats and the media. House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Boss called the image in flammatory and dangerous. The VFW has campaigned against a Republican proposal to pass veterans' benefit reforms, but pay for it by reducing future VA disability payments.
“Republicans say it's the only way to get the popular reforms into law. Democrats and several”
veterans' service organizations say the benefits reforms can be funded from the Pentagon instead. They oppose any reductions in veterans' disability ratings. Quilloran's NPR News. >> The famous Sanford mean festival in Pumplona, Spain is underway. The associated press capturing big crowds at an event that kicked off with fireworks and leads to eight bull runs,
the first of which is tomorrow. From Washington, this is NPR News.
More fighting overnight between Russia and Ukraine, Russia carried out what he called Precision Missile Strikes on Military and Energy Facilities in and around Ukraine's capital. But the missiles also hit apartment buildings, the attacks killed at least 11 people in injured dozens more. For its part, Ukraine launched hundreds of drones into Russia and its territories as strikes caused a power blackout across Crimea. A new study from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention provides more evidence why children should routinely get vaccinated against a flu. Here's NPR's Robstein. >> The CVC analyzed the risk that children would die from the flu over eight seasons between 2016 and 2025. In the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics, the researchers report that getting vaccinated cut the risk of dying from influenza by 80%. That's regardless of whether children had other health problems that put them at increased risk
for life-threatening complications or not. The researchers say the findings provide strong evidence for why parents should get their kids vaccinated against a flu every year. A record-breaking 289 children died from the flu in the 2024, 2025 season. Most were unvaccinated. Robstein and Pyrnese. >> On the heels of a days-long record-setting heat wave states from the minute landing to the northeast are preparing for heavy rainfall and the threat of flash floods.
According to the National Weather Service, it says the heat will linger for areas of the southeast and expand across the western US over the coming days. It's NPR News.
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