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new strikes against Iran for an eighth-strait day targeting what it says were strategic,
“drone, and missile sites. The new attacks come after two U.S. service members were killed”
in Jordan on Friday from Iranian strikes, and PR's carry-con reports from Tel Aviv. "U.S. Central Command says along with the military sites, it also struck forces with
the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to quote swiftly punish Iran for the attacks in Jordan.
The brief statement by said Com did not provide more details. Early Sunday, Kuwait's military said it was intercepting incoming missiles and drones from Iran, Bahrain II has reported and coming fire from Iran. The step-up back and forth strikes show no sign of letting up, no public peace talks or negotiations are taking place. The United States has reinstated a blockade on Iranian ports as Iran continues devout to control the state of Hormuz,
shipping traffic through the vital waterway has dropped dramatically during the last week
“of strikes. Carry-con and PR News Tel Aviv." President Trump used a speech from the White”
House last week to once again raise doubts about the security of U.S. elections. He also released documents, he says, show the system is vulnerable but offered no new evidence that fraudulent votes were cast. Gabrielle Sterling is the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State's office which oversees elections there. We look back
as far as 1996. That was the first time we found the non-citizen who cast A-vote and we've
had we found one that did it in the 2026 election so far. It is exceedingly small. Trump is also urging Congress to pass the Save America Act which would require proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and a photo ID to cast a ballot. The bill doesn't not have enough votes in the Senate to pass. The President will travel to Northern New Jersey today for the World Cup Championship game, MPR's Franco or Donia's reports
Argentina will go again Spain for the title. President Trump is expected to present the trophy to the winner of the match held in New Jersey. The reception he receives will be closely watched as the U.S. President was at the center of one of the tournament's biggest controversies. When he called the FIFA Chief asking that a red card against U.S. striker fuller in Bolligan, be reviewed. Bolligan's one game suspension was later lifted. Trump
is not attended any other matches but he did attend the last summer's Club World Cup final. After presenting the trophy to the winners, the English Club Chelsea, he stayed on the podium with the players as they lifted the trophy for the first time. Franco or Donia's NPR News, the White House. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. Eastern time today. This is NPR News. Canadian wildfire smoke is pushing south across the Great Lakes and it was creating unhealthy air
in several states. Air quality alerts are an effect today from Minneapolis to Cleveland for Caster say the smoke could linger into early this week. While Mark says it's removing some bagged iceberg lettuce salad products from selected stores as a precaution amid an investigation into an outbreak of cyclopspora, the lettuce was sold at locations in more than 2,000 states. The retail giant says no illnesses have been confirmed in connection with the products.
The next person's schedule to be executed in Tennessee has won a concession in the court. Such judges ordering the state to disclose which doctor will participate in the lethal injection in August. Tony Gonzalez with member station WPLN reports the legal fight stems from a failed
“execution by the state in May. State law typically keeps execution participants secret,”
but a judge says the state essentially waved that protection when it named the physician who struggled in May. He couldn't find a vein for more than an hour before the governor halted the process. Deathrode defense attorneys had questioned the doctor's credentials in advance and described him repeatedly wounding their client. The next man scheduled for execution is asking for a reprieve and citing the botched lethal injection. His team says there's a high chance
the state will try to use the same doctor. Tennessee's governor has been pressured by his Republican peers to hire an independent reviewer but he has rejected that and isn't pausing lethal injections. For NPR News, I'm Tony Gonzalez in Nashville. This is NPR News.
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