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Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wain Mullen is warning state and local election officials
“they could face prison time if they do not comply with President Trump's demands to change”
election policies. Mullen's escalation attempts by the Trump administration, defederalized elections, comes a day after the President delivered a prime time address accusing China of interfering in the 2020 election. NPR White House Correspondent Franco Erdonia's report some Republicans were concerned about the tone of the President's address.
There were a lot of concerns actually ahead of the speech that this could hurt Republicans and make them look at a touch. I mean, many Republicans have been clamoring for a while now that Trump should focus on the economy, especially those Republicans who are running for reelection and swing districts. The Trump has not really heated those requests, even announcing he would not sign a very popular
bill to lower housing costs out of protests actually for the party not doing more on this issue. President Trump's nominee for Attorney General Todd Blanche met with victims of the late
“sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hours after a key Republican Senator demanded Blanche do so”
as a condition to support his nomination NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. The ultimatum that Blanche meet with Epstein survivors came from North Carolina Republican
Senator Tom Tillis, who's vote is critical for Blanche's nomination to advance.
Hours later, Blanche found time to sit down with a group of Epstein's victims who had been trying for months to arrange just such a meeting. Afterwards, Tillis commended Blanche for sitting down with the women and his quote willingness to directly engage and listen to them and quote, "But Epstein survivors who were in the meeting say Blanche treated it as a check the box exercise."
One survivor, Annie Farmer, said Blanche was abrasive, condescending and intentionally non-committal in the meeting, and she, like other Epstein victims, urged senators to reject Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department, Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. Monday will be a big day in London with the election of a new Prime Minister NPR's Lorne Frazier reports.
Burnham succeeds caretaker Prime Minister Starmer, whom polls showed failed to convince voters that change was coming and mid-rising costs of living and slow growth.
In his first speech as ruling party leader Burnham said the UK has quote, "turned its
back on working class communities that were once the center left labor party's base."
“"That's what we're going to do, everybody. We're going to give them hope back."”
He promised to unite his party, reverse the privatization of various industries, and devolve power away from the capital to municipal and regional authorities. Burnham's expected to meet the king and get sworn in as Prime Minister on Monday, Lauren Frazier and PR News London. And for Washington, you're listening to NPR.
Beginning next week, the aircraft manufacturer Boeing will be allowed to self-certify the safety of its 737 MAX and 787 jets. The FAA said Friday, "It is determined that Boeing's final safety checks are adequate to ensure the airplanes are airworthy." An air quality health alert is an effect ahead of this weekend's World Cup Final NPR's
William Jones reports with a thick haze blanketing the New York Region officials have been urging residents to stay indoors if they can. That didn't stop the Spanish team from training outdoors on Thursday, they'll play Argentina on Sunday afternoon at the New York New Jersey Stadium, which is an open air facility. The poor air quality, which is caused by Canadian wildfire smoke sweeping south, has already
had an impact on other games in New York this week. A record crowd watched Gotham F.C. play Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League despite the orange haze, players took two breaks each half because of the air quality index. Some rain however is forecasted, which could help to spur some of the smoke ahead of the World Cup Final One Sunday.
William Jones and PR news. The rooted fighting between the United States and Iran is impacting Americans at the gas pump. Triple A says the average price for unlettered regular jump 10 cents in the last week, to 398 a week ago, the price of diesel the main fuel in the trucking industry is also
surging diesel is up 20 cents in the last week to 485 a gallon to 505 now its NPR news. Support for it. 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. He told me you've no make me cry.
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.
