"Live from MPR News," I'm Jial Snyder, acting attorney-general Todd Blanch wa...
Hill Wednesday facing tough questioning during his confirmation hearing even from Republicans.
“Much of the scrutiny focused on a highly controversial fund that would have funneled taxpayer”
dollars to Trump allies have been prosecuted for crimes, yours impures Jackland Diaz."
The nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was created earlier this year.
It was part of a settlement with Trump to end his lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. The fund was killed after bipartisan pushback, but Blanch still faced a ton of questions on it during his hearing. Republican Senator John Cornend pointed out that Trump has not agreed in writing to officially
kill the fund, and so the settlement is still technically an enforceable contract. Blanch confirmed that, but said no matter what, the fund is debt. "There's no fund, so the results of such litigation, whatever it would be, wouldn't be revive all of the fund." But Cornend said he is not convinced, and that he's not sure he will vote to confirm Blanch.
Jacqueline Diaz and Pyrenees.
“President Trump's choice to lead the nation's intelligence agency is also on Capitol Hill”
for his confirmation hearing. Jay Clayton repeatedly clashed with Democrats who asked him over and over about who won the 2020 election. Clayton is a U.S. attorney and man, Hatten, who issued subpoenas to three New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns about President Trump's new Air Force
One. The Times has filed a court motion to quash the subpoenas. President Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran will be defeated soon. "They want to settle so badly, they don't like what we're doing, and they do want to settle.
We'll find out whether or not we settle with them or we just finish it off." Trump's speaking at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, lawyer for an Iranian-American who's been allowed to leave Iran after a year and a half is giving
“him credit for her release, 53-year-old Dana Carrari had been accused of, but never charged”
to best be a notch. Ukraine's tech savvy defense minister stepping down in Paris, Juana Cacissus reports from Kiev on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's latest government reshuffle. "Mihail of Fedorov is 35, a reform-minded innovator, he took over the defense ministry just six months ago, announcing his departure on social media Fedorov listed more than
the 20 accomplishments, including the successful drone strike campaign against Russian logistics in occupied Crimea. Ehor Fedorko, who leads the Ukrainian Council of Defense industry, told NPR that he is sorry to see Fedorov go. "One of the feces of the modern and technological war, it's Mikhailov Fedorov."
Lawmakers from Zelensky's servant of the people party told NPR that Fedorov was removed in part because he clashed with Ukraine's old-school military chief, Oleksandr Sirsky. "You're listening to NPR news." California rescuers still searching for three people missing after a boat sank Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, the boat campsized with 20 family members and
friends on board to scatter the ashes of a loved one. 16 people were rescued but one person died after being pulled from the water. National Weather Service is warning that widespread flooding could remain a threat in the Texas Hill Country through at least Friday. Heavy downpours have been drenching the region this week, officials say, more than 40 people
have been rescued from high water, with most of the rescues in Yvaldi County. Nearly 60 Texas counties are under a flood watch. Argentina has advanced to the World Cup final after a stunning victory over England, the defending champions beat England and Atlanta, Georgia, two goals to one in Pierschasm and Garstreeport.
It was a game for the history books, with both teams playing equally hard and holding each
other off until England scored during the second half in minute 55.
Argentina then started attacking relentlessly, and as has been their style in recent games staged a last minute comeback and so Fernanda scored at minute 85 as the game was nearing the end and equalized. Then, in the final minutes of play, Lothado Martinez scored a header goal with an assist from superstar Lionel Messi.
Argentina will face Spain in the final on Sunday in New Jersey, Spain's team has had a nearly flawless track record during this tournament. Jasmine Garst and Pierre News. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16 year old left in the family's garage.
Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle, a week later he was shot and killed there. Listen to we keep us safe on the embedded podcast from NPR.
