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President Trump is attending the annual NATO summit in Turkey and not on the best terms
“with other members of the Alliance over disagreements about the war with Iran and defense”
spending. His NPR's Daniel Kurtzlevin reports Russia's more than four-year-old war with Ukraine also tops the agenda. "Before leaving for the summit, President Trump had expressed optimism about bringing the Ukraine war to a close.
When asked an anchor about why he feels that way, Trump didn't elaborate. He added that he cares about ending the war, even though he doesn't consider it very geopolitically important to the U.S. "And if that's Europe, much more, we did out Europe, but it doesn't affect the United States. We have a notion in between, but you know, it just, I can't stand what you want to happen."
On July 4, the President spoke to the leaders of both Russia and Ukraine.
He is scheduled to speak in-person to Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky Wednesday afternoon. Daniel Kurtzlevin and PR news anchor a.
“"Precious mounting on Maine, Democratic Senate nominee, Grant Platner to leave the race.”
And PR's Sage Miller reports Platner has lost his top allies." Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is the latest that has called on Platner to leave the race for Maine's U.S. Senate seat. The request came after Platner was accused of sexual assault by a former romantic partner. Platner gained Sanders' endorsement early in his campaign for Senate, Platner positioned
himself as a progressive, much like Sanders, calling on Medicare for all, and getting corporate money out of politics. Other top Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have urged Platner to suspend his campaign. Platner would need to end his Senate bid by Monday, in order for Maine Democrats to nominate
a replacement in time for the general election. Democrats are hoping to flip the seat blue in November. Sage Miller and PR news.
“New York City mayor, Zaramam Donny, was also on the latest prominent lawmakers to urge”
Platner to drop out of the race. Major structural concerns have prompted construction work to temporarily stop on a former Pfizer global headquarters that's being converted into a massive residential complex. After receiving a call about falling bricks near the building authorities discovered being supporting some of the upper floors of the former Pfizer building had begun to buckle.
Courtney Cricston, if member station WNYC has more, when officials checked some of that structure this morning and put some devices there to measure what was happening. They said they detected some movements, though, happening, so that building is just not yet safe for workers to go in and start shoring things up. Right now I'm seeing some drones going up in this area operated by NYPD officials to check
those upper floors and monitor for any continued falling bricks or other signs of instability. That's Brittany Cricston of member station WNYC reporting. From Washington, this is NPR News. In the FIFA World Cup, Switzerland is facing Colombia this hour in the round of 16 earlier today, Argentina defeated Egypt through to two and advances to the quarter finals.
The International Olympic Committee is lifting the Russian Olympic Committee's three-year-old suspension. It says the ROC's membership no longer has regional sports groups and territories falling under the jurisdiction of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. The IOC says it continues to stand in solidarity with Ukraine's Olympic community.
Russia and Ukraine's war now and its fifth year is high on the NATO Summit agenda this week. Families with school children have started to receive their school supply lists and surveys show many are expecting to spend more on back-to-school shopping this year compared to last. We have more from NPR's Alina Selju.
Most of back-to-school shopping happens much closer to the start of the school year, but a survey by the National Retail Federation finds that more back-to-school shoppers have gotten a head start early then in years past, almost a third say they've started looking. The station is a big concern so people are deal hunting, but also more families seem to be getting their school lists earlier this year.
In another survey by the consulting firm PWC, a much greater share of shoppers this year say they expect to spend more on back-to-school purchases from a year ago. PWC estimates that an average family might spend $922 on closed shoes back-backs, laptops and other technology and supplies, Alina Selju and Pianus. U.S. stocks closed lower than Azdeck was down more than 300 points or more than 1% the
Dow was down 130 points, it's NPR.
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