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President Trump remembered Senator Lindsey Graham as a great politician and skilled dealmaker
in an appearance on NBC's Meet The Press this morning. The South Carolina Republican died last night at the age of 71 from an aortic dissection according to the Washington D.C. medical examiner. And here's Eric McDaniel, has more. Trump City spoke to Graham by phone Saturday night after the Senator returned from a trip
abroad.
“Remember the South Carolinian as a loyal ally who fiercely advocated for the president's”
agenda, despite in acrimonious 2016 Republican primary fight. Here's Trump speaking to NBC's Kristen Wolker this morning. This man was a great politician, he really got it. Graham's temporary replacement will be appointed by South Carolina's Republican governor
and serve for the rest of the year.
A new Republican nominee will be elected in August and will compete for a six year term in November's general election against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews in the Ruby Red State, Eric McDaniel and Pierre News Republican Senator Mitch McConnell released a statement on his health today saying he won't be returning to the Senate yet on the advice of his doctors after he was hospitalized for falling in sustaining minor injuries.
He says he later developed pneumonia and is now out of the hospital. McConnell didn't say when he would return to the Senate, his condition has been the subject of much concern after there was no statement from his office since he was hospitalized last month. He included a photo of him and his wife, Elaine Choke, in the statement, Kentucky
Governor Andy Bashir has called on McConnell to update constituents on his condition. The U.S. is launching more strikes against Tehran this evening. This after a Ron fired warning shots at a tanker attempting to transit through a different route on the state of Hormuzia's today, which Tehran says is a violation of the memorandum of understanding and Iran says the street is now closed.
He was ambassador to the U.N. Mike Wallace says Iran is trying to hold the world hostage to come to a deal.
“"I think Iran is still very much of the mindset that it can use the global economy as some”
type of leverage." Speaking there on ABCs this week. Federal health authorities say an outbreak of a food-borne illness that causes diarrhea, nausea and fatigue is now being detected in 31 states. And Piers Jo Hernandez reports the source of the outbreak, though, is still under investigation.
Cyclosporiasis is a gastrointestinal disease caused by the Parasite Cyclospora, which can contaminate food and water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's still trying to figure out what caused the spike in infections and that the total number of cases could rise. Previous outbreaks in the U.S. have been linked to raspberries, basil, cilantro, snow peas,
and lettuce. Cyclosporiasis is not typically fatal and no deaths have been reported, but federal health officials say there have been 86 hospitalizations. Jo Hernandez and PR News. This is NPR News.
“European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen created an expert panel last year to come”
up with recommendations on how to limit harm done to children by exposure to the digital world. European Union could block children under 16 from using social media. To results reports, that's one of the options under consideration as a new study is released Monday and Brussels.
The group's findings will be presented Monday and Vonderland is expected to use their opinions to form her own legislative proposal by September. The Commission chief has expressed her personal concerns, blaming social media's business models for treating children's attention as a commodity and exploiting addictive design. These believe to favor an EU-wide ban on access for youth up to age 16.
That model has enforcement problems in Australia, the first country to try it, but some EU governments are forging ahead anyway, including Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, and Spain. For impere news, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. At the weekend box office, Disney's live action, Moana, took the top spot with an estimated $43 million in ticket sales.
Globally, it made 95 million against a reported production budget of $250 million.
In second place, millions and monsters with $20 million and Toy Story 5 was close behind
at third place with a $18 million globally so far. That films made nearly $880 million. In fourth place, the horror film evil, dead, burned, debuted with $13 million. In fifth place, Angel Studio's George Washington movie young Washington was 6 million. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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