Live from NPR News in Washington, on to Iran.
Democrats in Maine nominated Troy Jackson, a longer and former legislative leader to take
“on Republican Senator Susan Collins, in one of the nation's most closely-watched congressional”
races, Kevin Miller with Maine Public Radio reports. Jackson received all but five of the 571 votes cast by Democratic delegates during a special convention. He replaces Graham Platner, an oysterman and Marine Corps veteran who withdrew earlier this month.
Like Platner, Jackson pledged to work toward universal health care, to protect abortion rights, and to stand up to the Trump administration. "And are you ready to defeat Susan Collins?" "Well, unless you night this party, let's build the largest working class movement Maine has ever seen, unless win this fight."
Jackson will now face Collins, a 30-year Senate veteran who is the only Republican member of Congress from New England. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller.
“The White House Correspondence Association held its annual dinner last night.”
The event had been interrupted in April when a man tried to force his way through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the ballroom, where President Trump was to speak. Trump spoke last night, saying he had scrapped the most biting parts of the remarks he was going to give last time, however, during his hour-long speech, he spent time insulting various people, including singer Bruce Springsteen, former President Barack Obama, and his
own speech writers. NPR's Ron Elving has more. President complained about his script, wondered who could have written some parts of it. Near the end of the speech, after he had insulted a number of correspondence, he did
essentially repeat the ritual tribute to the freedom of the press and the first amendment.
Then, he was also wearing, by the end of the speech, a Trump in 2028 hat. NPR's Ron Elving tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran. Even after the U.S. said it ended its attacks for the first time in two weeks. NPR's Emily Fang reports Trump said this week he got in reports Iran moved uranium refining centrifuges deep under a huge mountain called pickaxe mountain.
And so the U.S. was likely to strike the mountain, quote, "very heavily." And Ron, hardliners have been pushing for increased military action against the U.S. and its allies, while rhetoric from senior leaders calling for negotiation has been dampened. This week, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France withdrew their diplomats from Tehran as a precaution in case the war with Iran takes up a notch.
And across Israel, municipalities reopened public shelters, citing an increased risk of bombing from Iran in the coming days. While the Fang and Pyrenees tell a piece.
"You and Secretary General Antonio Gatera's and Damascus is the first visit to Syria by
a UN chief in 17 years since before the Civil War. This is NPR News in Washington." Colorado officials say five firefighters have died during the state's wildfire season. The latest was a 43-year-old man from Nebraska who died of injuries he sustained last month, and caught by a fire near the Utah border.
The largest fires in Colorado have subsided, but the state remains in a serious drought and new fires are emerging. Basketball superstar LeBron James says he will join the Philadelphia 76ers. Nick Harayuki of member station W. H. Y. Y. spoke with Philadelphia's about the big news. "Let's go!"
H. Earl Jordan Daily was excited to hear the news that King James has chosen the city of brotherly love.
“"We're going to like probably when, I think. We're going to probably when the whole thing."”
63-year-old Michael Belania compared the news to some of the great Philly sports moments of the past. "This reminds me of when we finally won the last championship in '83 when they got Moses. Because Daryl Tockens was good, but he was no Moses. He only played good against Boston. Moses basically finished that team off." Sports media outlets say the NBA's all-time leading score is signing an $8 million to your contract.
LeBron James, a four-time NBA champion who will turn 42 in December, says he hopes to bring a championship to Philly before he retires. "For NPR news, I'm Nick Harayuki in Philadelphia." "And women's basketball, the WNBA All-Star game will be held in tonight in Chicago. At the United Center, where the NBA Chicago Bulls play, this is the league's 30th season.
I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington."
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