>> Live from NPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, Virginia Democratic Congressman James...
Shaw says the Trump administration has taken its eye off the ball, saying Americans are
“struggling as President Trump seeks a huge increase in defense spending amid the conflict”
with Iran. >> They can't afford health care because the Republican cuts, they can't afford groceries because of Trump's tariffs, they can't afford gas because of Trump's war in Iran. We need to be focusing our time or energy and our resources on solving the problems of the American people, not continuing this reckless failed war in Iran that, as we speak,
is raging once again. >> After two days of retaliatory strikes between the U.S. and Iran said the late Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hamanay, was laid to rest, following a week of funeral processions, rallies and morning ceremonies, huge crowds gathered for Hamanay's funeral in Northeast Iran.
He was killed in the opening strikes of the war, launched by the U.S. and Israel.
>> Trump administration has removed the remaining leadership at the Election Assistance Commission.
The move leaves the independent agency and a precarious position heading into potentially contentious midterm elections, here's Emperors Ashley Lopez.
“>> The White House says it has removed the last few commissioners of the Election Assistance”
Commission. This is 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. Trump also removed members of the Federal Election Commission, another independent agency that oversees elections.
Ashley Lopez and PR news. The main Democratic party says it's working on a plan to replace Graham Platner as the U.S. Senate nominee. The party has released a statement saying it will host a nominating convention. The party has less than three weeks to register a new nominee with the main secretary
of state. PepsiCo says rising gas prices are forcing shoppers to tighten their budgets more than anticipated as a food giant sales in the U.S. were far worse than the rest of the world. It appears in Linus Celio Creports. The quarter between March and June saw big swings and gas prices because of the U.S.
war in Iran and PepsiCo executives say the impact has been "meaningful." It's especially hurt sales at gas stations and convenience stores where people are no longer grabbing that snack or drink like the used to when they fill up. Globally, PepsiCo is still selling more food in beverages. Its brands include Gatorade, Laze, Cheetos, and Doritos.
But in North America, food sales were stagnant and drinks actually declined. And that's a big disappointment for Pepsi, which last quarter won back inflation weary shoppers by cutting some of its prices. Now, PepsiCo hopes that strategy will hold for the rest of the year and that gas prices will come down.
This is MPR News. A political outsider with a large social media following has won the Colorado Republican primary for governor, according to an Associated Press Race Call. Colorado Public Radio's Alejandro Lanzogalva reports on Marine Corps of Bedrand Victor Marx, who has received interest from the Maga Wing of the Party.
Marx defeated two state lawmakers and was up by only 2,515 votes when the race was called. He thanked supporters in a video Thursday.
“Colorado is not the way our founding fathers envisioned it 150 years ago, life is too expensive,”
housing is out of reach, and too many communities fill less safe. Marx calls himself a high-risk humanitarian. He's claimed to have saved hostages abroad and involvement in a homicide as a child. Opponents have accused him of lying about his background. Still face state attorney general Phil Wiser in the general election in the Democratic
Leading State. For MPR News, I'm Alejandro Alonso Galva, in Denver. Well, Shpub star Bonnie Tyler has died. She was 75, a family statement says Tyler died in a hospital in Portugal, where she was being treated poor in illness.
She's best known for 1980s, including totally clips of the heart. US soccer federations had some American star Christian Policic suffered a micro-fractor and bone bruised to his right leg during the US World Cup lost a bell. Jumping the federations says that diagnosis was made Tuesday after an X-ray and M.R.I. Policic expected to be able to resume training before returning to AC Milan.
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