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for Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner to drop out after new sexual assault allegations reported by Politico and PR has not independently verified these allegations. Platner is
“facing incumbent Republican Susan Collins, Democrats believe the racist key to their chances”
of winning control of the Senate. Crowns are gathering in Seattle ahead of tonight's World Cup match between the U.S. and Belgium, President Trump is taking credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued against U.S. star striker last week, but says he did not demand an outcome. Trump says he called FIFA President Johnny M. Fentino and asked for another look at the punishment against
Follar and Bolligan and PR's Becky Sullivan reports the change allows Bolligan to play tonight at dividing soccer fans. These comments are an obvious problem for FIFA. But he said that he had explained to the president on the call that FIFA's independent legal process was doing its own thing, essentially.
That this any review of Bolligan's call would be decided in due course, and he underscored that FIFA's judicial bodies are independent and operative autonomously. And PR's Becky Sullivan reporting a new federal lawsuit argues the Department of Homeland
“Security violated the first amendment rights of a New York man as NPR's Jude Jofi block”
reports. The foundation for individual rights and expression or fire filed the lawsuit on behalf of David Streever of Rochester, New York.
Back in January, Streever wrote a critical email to Todd Lyons, the former acting director
of ICE. Five months later, federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations showed up at Streever's door and later at his airport hotel. They left a warning notice that said his email message may have been in the legal threat. The lawsuit argues Streever's message was protected by the first amendment and DHS's
actions violated his rights. DHS said in a statement that ICE investigates all credible threats towards its employees and officers, and does not comment on ongoing investigations. Jude Jofi block and PR News.
“A Texas-based stock exchange looking to challenge New York's Wall Street began trading today,”
Dylan Duke with member station KERA reports. The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange has begun trading test stocks as part of a month-long phased rollout. The exchange is looking to challenge the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQs duopoly overstock trading.
And with $275 million in cash, the finance world is taking them seriously.
State officials are hoping the exchange will help solidify Texas as a financial powerhouse. The public will be able to purchase thousands of stocks by the end of July. For NPR News, I'm Dylan Duke. And a rebound for AI stocks lifted the US market today. This is NPR News.
NPR News has imposed sanctions on nine Russian people and entities for developing chemical weapons. They are accused of creating a toxin used to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024 and a nerve agent used to attack a former spy in 2018. The sanctions comes days after Britain intercepted a Russian aircraft near a British carrier
strike group in the Norwegian sea. A new survey finds more shared rentals include couples and even children, and PR's Jennifer Leiden reports it comes as high housing costs keep people living with roommates for longer. A quarter of roommates are now over age 45, make sure that it's doubled in the past decade. Among US roommate households, it finds 18% include couples and 12% include children.
Sparerooms CEO's as this can happen in a number of situations.
A couple has a first baby before they're able to afford their own place.
A family with kids rents out a spare room or a single parent's team up to split the rent in child care. Housing costs both to rent and own spikes during the COVID pandemic. And while prices are not rising as fast now, they remain at record highs in many places. It's all left millions of Americans priced out of either buying or renting solo.
Jennifer Leiden and PR News, Washington. This week is the San Fermin Bull Run Festival in Pomplona, Spain, and it's 100 years since the publication of Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun also rises, which put the festival on the map for millions of readers across the world. Americans remain the leading foreign nationality running down the streets of Pomplona with
the small herd of charging bowls. This is NPR News. We're having such a sports summer. The New York next one, the NBA Championship, the World Cup is in full swing, and a new season of love Island has brought us back into the villa.
On it's been a minute, we talk about how this summer we're all coming together to root for our favorite sports teams and our favorite couples. Listen to it's been a minute on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
