Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, President Trump used his prime time addr...
nation tonight to revisit the 2020 election he lost a former President Joe Biden.
“And he escalated calls for Republicans to pass to save America act, which would require”
the voters show proof of citizenship here's MPR's Tamar keys. I mean, it started with four minutes and 45 seconds of a very disciplined recitation of
what he sees as his accomplishments for the second term.
And then it made a quick turn that ultimately led where we expected it to go, which was him again advocating the Congress passed the Save America Act, something that his hit a brick wall in the United States Senate. And yet he keeps coming back to it again and again and again. The multiple studies show that non-citizens casting ballots and federally elections is rare during
his speech Trump declassified intelligence that he said showed Chinese interference in U.S. elections despite an intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing altered the 2020 vote. While Trump focused on his election security claims he did mention the war with Iran saying the U.S. is winning, the U.S. military says it has completed its latest wave of attacks
that have expanded to include strikes on bridges inside Iran.
“Federal regulators investigating President Trump's long time teleprompter operator”
over-suspected insider trading. And PR's Bobby Allen reports he's accused of using the buddy the betting site Calshy to profit off the president's words. His name is Gabriel Perez, he's Trump's long time teleprompter operator. Investigators say he made around $100,000 placing bets on what the president would say
as he watched the prepared remarks roll across the screen. That's according to two people with knowledge of the investigation who weren't authorized to speak publicly. On booming prediction market sites like Calshy, bedders can put money on what someone will or won't say like whether Trump will say fake news or rigged election.
The case of Perez appears to be the first time a White House staffer has been implicated
in a prediction market scandal. White House press secretary Carolyn Levick all the incident, frankly, a disgrace and said Perez is now on unpaid administrative leave. Bobby Allen and PR news.
“With the renewed strikes in Iran, oil prices rising again and NPR's Julius Simon reports”
at some U.S. lawmakers want to tax oil company profits. Sheldon White House, Democratic Senator from the state of Rhode Island, proposed the windfall oil profit tax bill earlier this year. Here's how he says it would work. You look at the average price of a barrel of oil before the war.
You compare that to the price spikes today. You look at the resulting profits. And then you split the difference. We're actually somewhat generous about letting him keep half of the excess profits. The government would distribute the money to lower income Americans in the form of tax
freevades, about a dozen senators have signed on to the bill. Big oil companies are expected to announce higher second quarter profits later this month, Julius Simon and PR news. And you're listening to NPR news. Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirms that at least two people have been killed in the flooding
that's hit the state. And Abbott says the hardest hit areas are not yet out of danger. More rain isn't a forecast. Abbott says more than 2,000 first responders have been deployed hundreds of people have been rescued from their cars and homes.
Heavy smoke from wildfires, darkening skies from the Midwest to the northeast prompting air quality warnings. The smoke is coming from fires at our burning, mostly in Canada, but also in northern Minnesota. Officials urging vulnerable people to stay inside or wear masks when outside. Hollywood anticipation is high for the premiere of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and PR's
Bob Mondello reports that some eye-mags theaters sold every ticket for opening weekend shows a full year ago. Just putting tickets on sale a year in advance was unprecedented for a Hollywood blockbuster at the Keshe Kingdom waiting for a key. But Christopher Nolan, director of the Dark Knight Batman trilogy and Best Picture Oscar
winner, Oppenheimer, has super fans. So when the 25 North American theaters equipped to show the Odyssey in the biggest of wide screen formats, IMAX 70 millimeter first put tickets on sale for this weekend screenings back in July of last year the fans bought up every ticket. Help me go home.
Happily for general audiences considering that the Odyssey has received near unanimous critical
raves. Tickets are still available at the 450 IMAX theaters in the US that are not equipped for 70 millimeter and in more than 3,000 conventional theaters, Bob Mondello and PR news. This message comes from the NPR wine club, which is generated over $1.75 million to support NPR. Whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, learn more at NPR wineclub.org/podcast.
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