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President Trump used a prime time oval office address tonight to focus on his unsubstantiated
“claims of voter fraud, specifically in the 2020 presidential election that he lost.”
He repeated false claims that mail-in ballots are "inherently corrupt." The people's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data.
The history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.
A federal intelligence report from 2021 concluded that there were no indications of any foreign interference in the voting process. Trump called on Congress tonight to pass legislation, tightening voter ID standards, and limit mail-in ballots. Democrats have warned that Trump could create mistrust in the nation's election integrity
in order to cast out on the results of the upcoming midterm elections. Trump also lashed out at the TV networks that chose not to air his speech live on their main channels and threatened to revoke their licenses. The Trump administration has announced a new round of 25 percent tariffs on some products
“from Brazil, as Katherine Osborne reports, the decision followed a year-long trade investigation.”
The Trump administration put heavy tariffs on Brazil last year, using an emergency legal
authority that has since been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Now it's used a different pathway based on a probe of what it calls unfair trade practices. Brazil's government rejects that characterization, and has been in talks with Washington to try to head off the duties. Thousands of products will have exemptions.
The tariffs have become a major issue in Brazil's presidential election. A prominent right-wing Brazilian politician defended the tariffs last year, but when they arrived at its left-wing president, who's running for reelection saw a popularity bump as he fought them. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Osborne in Rio de Janeiro.
Four years since the launch of the 98/8 suicide in crisis line, a new poll finds that one in 10 Americans say they have contacted the number. But as NPR has reto-chattergy reports, young adults are more likely to reach out to 98/8 compared to adults 65 years and older. With the new poll by the national alliance on mental illness and episodes found that nearly
three-quarters of respondents know about 98/8, up by 21% since the launch of the number in 2021.
“And the vast majority of those who know about the number remember where they first learned”
about it. Either through social media or TV, in news articles in online media or in a healthcare setting. Of the people who contacted the number for themselves or someone they know, 75% said they'd received some or all of the help they were looking for.
More than half of the respondents said that the president and Congress have done too little to address the state of mental health in the country. Re-to-chattergy and PR News. You're listening to NPR News live in Washington. Taiwanese Chip Juggernaut, TSMC, has reported another quarter of stellar earnings and the company
announced a new and large investment in chipmaking in the United States. NPR's John Ruich reports. TSMC is the world leader in production of advanced microchips and its latest quarter shows no signs of a pullback in demand for chips, as tech companies pour unprecedented sums into computing power and data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
TSMC says its revenues rose by 36% year-on-year during the latest quarter, while net income or profits sort 77% prompting it to raise its full year revenue projection.
The company also says it'll spend another $100 billion to build chipmaking facilities
in the United States that comes on top of $165 billion it's already pledged for chipfabs in Arizona. The Commerce Department lauded the new investment, saying it'll bring advanced semiconductor manufacturing back to America, John Ruich and PR News. After years of debate, France's National Assembly has given final approval to a bill
allowing a assisted dying, this week's vote to allow adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication does not mean the bill immediately becomes law, first there will be a review to see if it complies with the French constitution. Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing dangerously poor air quality from millions of Americans.
Today, it brought hazy smokey skies that stretch from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. Officials are urging residents and affected cities to stay inside or wear masks outside and keep windows closed overnight, it's NPR News in Washington. Of all the protests in the summer of 2020, for a moment there, it was Utopia. One took a unique turn.
This is the story of how violence came to occupy an anti-violence occupation in Seattle. Listen to we keep us safe, a new true crime series on the Embedded Podcast from NPR.
