"Life from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
President Trump says he will not sign bipartisan legislation designed to lower housing
costs.
“NPR's Franco-Radonia's reports Trump is withholding his signature to protest the Senate's”
failure to pass his sweeping elections bill. President Trump has pushed Republican leaders to press harder to pass his election overhaul this "save on America" act, but the controversial bill doesn't have the votes to pass. The President made his announcement on the housing bill online and expressed his frustration in an angry post calling Republicans dumb for allowing what he described as a horrible
calamity to happen to the party. The move is likely to increase friction between Trump and Republican lawmakers who have been clamoring for any legislative accomplishment to be able to take back to voters ahead
of the midterms, but the bill is still likely to become law automatically over the weekend,
unless Trump vetoes it. Franco-Radonia's NPR News "The White House." The Trump administration has removed the remaining leadership at the election assistance commission and PR's Ashley Lopez reports the decision comes just four months before the November midterms.
“The White House says it has removed the last few commissioners of the election assistance”
commission. As an independent agency created in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, a close race plagued by administrative errors. The agency has since helped provide election officials with resources and has collected data about how elections went.
The EAC was created to have four commissioners at the beginning of this year, one Republican member abruptly resigned, and now another is also resigning. The agency's two Democratic members, however, were removed. Ashley Lopez and PR News. The final day of a week-long preliminary hearing, in the case of Tyler Robinson, is getting
underway at the sour. Prosecutors have presented more evidence, implicating him in the shooting death of conservative activists Charlie Kirk.
“Sean Higgins, with member station KUER reports from Salt Lake City.”
In the hours after Kirk was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University on September 10, Robinson exchanged messages with his roommate and romantic partner. The lengthy text exchange between Robinson and Lance Twigs was read aloud in the courtroom by State Bureau of Investigation Agent Brian Davis. "And it lands, replies, "You aren't the one who did it right."
And Tyler says, "I am, I'm sorry." In addition to the texts, an edited interview, the prosecution conducted with Twigs was also played. In the footage, he testified that Robinson expressed regret before turning himself into law enforcement. Robinson has yet to enter a plea to the charges against him.
For NPR News, I'm Sean Higgins, in Salt Lake City." Stocks are trading mixed on Wall Street at the sour. The Dow was up 66 points, the NASDAQ down 98. This is NPR News. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has a window of opportunity to negotiate a
fair piece deal as it gains momentum on the battlefield and strikes Russia's war infrastructure. NPR's Joanna Kikis's reports from Keef. Zelensky spoke to reporters via voice memo as he was returning from the NATO summit in Ankara. Ukraine has become stronger both on the battlefield and in the air he said.
And everyone sees the corresponding results. He said Ukraine lacks interceptors to thwart Russian ballistic missiles, which have killed dozens in Keef in the last week. Ukraine is building its own anti-missile system, and President Trump said he would grant Ukraine licenses to produce air defense missiles for the U.S. made Patriot system.
Zelensky said European allies will provide more Patriot missiles in the short term. Joanna Kikis's NPR News Keef.
A powerful typhoon is moving toward China's eastern coast, after other severe storms
killed 50 people across the country this week. Typhoon Bobby is expected to pass north of Taiwan, bringing heavy brain from tonight into Saturday. Schools are closed in Taipei and many flights have been cancelled. Chinese authorities have evacuated more than 17,000 people and suspended ferry service.
Earlier this week, thunderstorms and tornadoes killed 11 people in central China, where flooding from a tropical storm killed 39 in the south. I'm Mr. Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Listen to the NPR politics podcast every afternoon to stay a step ahead of all the latest
