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time speech to the nation at this hour, the White House pressed networks to air it live, NBC, ABC, and CNN are not running it on their main channels, and PR's Franco or Donia's reports." President Trump is expected to use the coveted time to speak about the 2020 election. An election that he refused to acknowledge he'd lost. Critics worry that a speech rehashing
old claims about foreign interference and voting machines could so distrust of the election system ahead of the upcoming mid-terms. Press Secretary Caroline Levent was asked about concerns from some Republicans that Trump is focusing too much on the past and not enough on current kitchen table issues like the economy ahead of the mid-terms.
“"I think the American people will be relieved to hear what they are hearing from the president”
of the United States and his commitment to transparency and the focus on the integrity of our elections tonight." Levent said Trump will likely also talk about the economy as well as Iran. Franco or Donia's NPR News. Federal transportation officials have removed a set of road safety recommendations from a key government website, and PR's Joel Rose reports safety advocates warned that change
could make roads less safe. The federal highway administration has quietly cut its list of proven safety countermeasures,
basically a collection of best practices that have been shown to make roads safer.
Gone are bike lanes, speed cameras, and several other strategies to make drivers slow down. The federal highway administration says it's getting back to basics and putting safety first. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was more blunt. In a post on X last week, Duffy wrote that the Biden administration, "used your money for DEI bike lanes and climate change," unquote, and said that would stop.
“Safety advocates say the administration is undercutting proven strategies to reduce crashes”
and save lives. Joel Rose and PR News The dismissal of Ukraine's tech-savvy defense minister has sparked protests around the country that are expected to continue on Friday. And PR's Joannica Kisses reports from Kiev the outgoing defense minister's tenure coincided with a dramatic shift in Ukraine's favor on the battlefield.
Mikhailo Fedorov, who's 35, had been in the defense job just six months, speaking to reporters, Fedorov said he struggled to work with Ukraine's old-school military chief, Oksandr Sirsky. Fedorov said Sirsky blocked the temps at innovation. "Isanistoroshop?" Instead of figuring out how to defeat Russia asymmetrically Fedorov said,
"The commander of Ukraine's forces has figured out how to divide the country." Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky removed Fedorov from the post as part of a government reshuffle.
“"The dismissal sparked demonstrations in Ukrainian cities,”
protesters demand that Fedorov be reinstated. Joannica Kisses and PR News, Kiev." "This is NPR News." A Japanese parliamentary committee approved revisions to a law governing who can become emperor, and PR's Anthony Cune reports that the country faces a succession crisis with only one
young heir to the throne remaining. A special committee of Japan's upper House of Parliament approved revisions to the Imperial House Law. The revisions include allowing princesses to remain in the Imperial family after marriage, and allowing male descendants from former branches of the Imperial family to be adopted
back into the family. Critics note that the revisions leave out the possibility of female emperors.
But polls show 60 to 90 percent of Japanese like that idea,
especially if the female emperor could be princess Iko, Emperor Nathuhito's 24-year-old daughter. Japan's constitution says that the Emperor's authority derives from the will of the people. The ruling coalition is pushing to have the upper House pass the revisions by Friday. Anthony Cune and PR News. US Aviation experts have taken over the investigation into what caused a window to dislodge
on a Ryan air flight going from Greece to Germany last Friday. A man was partially sucked out of the plane before his wife and other passengers pulled him back inside. The US Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Trump's face for America's 250th birthday.
Federal law prohibits depicting a living president on US currency, though the Treasury Secretary has the authority to change that in some instances, and the Treasury Department says this gold-colored coin is allowed because it's celebrating the nation's 250th birthday. It will be released in the fall.
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