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President Trump says the U.S. military will likely carry out additional air strikes
“against Iran tonight after attacking Iranian targets overnight.”
The President also declared the ceasefire over as he expressed frustration with Tehran at the NATO summit in Turkey today. NPR's Deepishivarom reports the latest threats may signal a more aggressive U.S. response as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. He called Iranian leaders vicious, violent people, and he said he's threatening strikes
again tonight, saying he would hit Iran hard. He's also floated the possibility of resuming the blockade in the state of Hormuz for Iranian ships. He said that in terms of these strikes that might come tonight that he would give Iran a little warning.
He's going to quote, "Hit them hard," and he said, quote, "We'll see how it all works
out." That's NPR's Deepishivarom reporting.
“Main Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing growing pressure to drop out”
of the race after a rape allegation added to a growing number of abuse accusations against him. Democrats and Maine are preparing a process to replace him if he withdraws. Devin Murphy Anderson is the executive director of the state's Democratic Party. We have repeatedly reiterated two Graham Platner's team that they have no role in determining
our next Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like. We have also reiterated that Graham Platner must drop out of this race so that Democrats and Maine can focus on defeating Susan Collins this November. Platner has denied the latest allegations, as well as earlier claims of abuse of behavior
the candidate says he's taking time to consider his next steps. The federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's attempt to gain access to the personal information of Fulton County George's 2020 election workers.
“It's a setback for President Trump's investigation into Georgia and his unproving claims”
that voter fraud there cost him the presidency. Melissa Fato from Member Station, W.A.B.E. in Atlanta reports. Fulton County officials argued a DOJ subpoena requesting the names and information of every county employee and poll volunteer was meant to harass and intimidate them. They asked a federal judge to intervene.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge William Ray called the subpoena "highly burdened some and unreasonable." He also noted the statute of limitations has long since passed. So the feds couldn't use the information to charge anyone with a crime. Ray scolded the DOJ for trying to use grand jury powers to gain private information without
a legitimate purpose. For NPR News, I'm Melissa Fato in Atlanta. On Wall Street, the DOJ was down 769 points. This is NPR. Officials say a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan that had shown signs of collapsing
has been stabilized and specters say the former Pfizer headquarters has shown no movements since monitoring began on Tuesday. Some evacuation orders in the area had been lifted. Federal law requires that students with disabilities be taught alongside their non-disabled peers as much as possible.
NPR Genaki Meta reports on a new government study that provides some positive results. There's been a 25% jump in the number of students with disabilities being taught in general education classrooms for most of their day. The change happened over the course of a decade between the 2012 to 13 and 2023 to 24 school years.
This is according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which found that the share of students being taught in integrated settings has increased in 42 of 50 states. These increases happened across race and ethnicity, as well as socioeconomic levels. And in that 10-year period, there's been a 21% growth in students who are getting special ed services across the board, Genaki Meta and PR News.
The men's World Cup Quarter Final matchups are now set. France opens the next round against Morocco tomorrow, followed by Spain and Belgium on Friday. Saturday's schedule features Norway against England before Argentina takes on Switzerland. Argentina earned its spot after rallying with three-lay goals to beat Egypt, three to two. I'm Mr. Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
This week on up first, President Trump heads to the NATO Summit with a stark warning for Iran, make a deal where the U.S. will quote "finish the job," or tracking what the escalating
tension means for energy prices, plus a critical Senate race upended as Democrat Graham
Plattener faces sexual assault allegations. That's this week on up first, listen every morning on the MPR app or wherever you get
