Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth was on C...
Tuesday asking Congress for tens of billions of dollars to fund the Iran war.
It was the first public hearing on the war since the ceasefire collapsed, your MPR's
quail Lawrence. Straight from their opening statements, I have to say that neither General Cain nor Secretary Heggseth mentioned Iran at all, and they're opening. And Secretary Heggseth, I didn't hear him mention the casualties over the weekend. The senators who opened the hearing, and General Cain did offer their condolences.
When the questions started, they were pretty bluntly dodged by the Secretary and even the Chairman. Democrat Patty Murray passed Heggseth about President Trump's proposed toll on traffic through the state of Hormuz asking who talked to President out of it, and Heggseth's answer was that the U.S. is blocking Iran's ports.
“Murray quoted Heggseth himself saying if you must go that Iran's missiles were destroyed,”
and Heggseth's answer to that was that Iran is at its weakest point in 47 years. So they were fairly well-talking past each other. The U.S. military says it has identified the remains of a third service member killed in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan. The confirmation brings a death toll to 18 since the Iran war began.
The Trump administration is pausing $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota
and California over alleged fraud concerns. Federal officials say they'll withhold payments until the state's verify that certain Medicaid claims meet federal requirements. Eric Azurik from members out from Minnesota Public Radio reports. Minnesota officials say the $200 million federal officials are withholding makes this the
third-time payments have been delayed over alleged fraud in health programs. In a written statement, Minnesota Department of Human Services Temporary Commissioner John Connelly says federal officials haven't provided an explanation on how the deferral amount was calculated.
“The state says it has cooperated with the federal government to prevent the misuse of”
health funds. California's governor Gavin Newsom posted on ex that the state is being targeted for political reasons, and not because of fraud. For NPR News, I'm Eric Azurik in St. Paul federal appeals court has overturned a ruling that free to Columbia University graduate and Pope pro palestinian activist from immigration
detention, Arya Sunder of a member station WNIC report.
The second circuit court of appeals says a lower court lacks jurisdiction to decide
Mahadawi's case last year. They say the matter should have gone before an immigration judge instead. Mahadawi has been a permanent U.S. resident for more than a decade. And he was arrested by ice agents in April of last year during a citizenship interview. He says the appeals court ruling is, quote, "graves setback for constitutional freedoms."
The federal government says Mahadawi's continued presence in the country is a threat to U.S. foreign policy. For NPR News, I'm Arya Sunderam in New York. This is NPR.
“Arizona voters have set up a couple of key house races heading into the November mid-term”
elections, and Tuesday's primary voters advance President Trump's preferred nominees and Arizona's sixth congressional district, GOP voters stuck with incumbent Vans' commanding. He will face Democrat to Adam and Does of this fall. Former NFL Playskicker J. Feeley won the GOP nomination and Arizona's first congressional
district. The Democratic race remains too close to call both races being closely watched as key to Democratic efforts to regain control of the house. As the school day goes on, kids have a hard time controlling their physical movements. It appears to Naki Meta reports on a new study.
"Suggestes may say something about students' long-term success in school." As each hour of the school day ticks by, kids tend to get squirmier. Ask any teacher, and that might not be surprised to them. But a new study in the journal developmental psychology tracked children from around the country for decades, from birth until age 26.
As the school day war on, students started getting more mentally exhausted and tended to move around as a result. The kids that got the squirmiest throughout the day tended to have lower academic scores later down the line. While those who were able to self-regulate and sit still throughout the day tended to do
better over the course of their academic career. In fact, kids with more self-control were 20% more likely to finish a four-year degree. But the study also notes, not all physical movement is a sign of distraction. Sometimes, the Wiggles help kids process and learn. Jnaki Meta and Pyrenees.
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 he would not make me cry. Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle. A week later, he was shot and killed there.
I need some arithmetic, just as for my son.
