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Democrats and Maine will choose a new candidate who will go against Republican senators
“using Collins in the midterms this fall.”
The front rudder is a professional logger and politician with a populist message. Kevin Miller with Maine Public Reports, the nominated convention, gets underway later this morning." Troy Jackson campaigned several times with Maine's former Democratic nominee. Now, the grand platinum is out, Jackson says he's the best person to rally the Democrats
and independence. "We're not from the left, we're not from the right, we're from the bottom and we're rise, and I know what happens when we work on people's side that they've had enough." Jackson served six years as Maine's Senate President, with his track record on workers' rights and pledged to support single-payer health care.
He appears to have the support of the majority of delegates who will select a new nominee.
His only opponent is Sandra Pellettier, a political newcomer and bio-pharmaceutical executive. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller.
“President Trump says he'll impose what he calls a major tariff on Mexico after a”
cycle of spora outbreaks sick in people in at least nine states. The parasite can cause severe diarrhea, federal health officials have traced many of the illnesses to shredded iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico. The president has signed an executive order that takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution. It accuses the 180-year-old museum of advocating for "social justice and the radical transformation
of Americans' society," NPR's Danielle Kurt Slaven reports. In the order, the president references an administration report focusing on the National Museum of American History. The report accuses that museum of over-emphasizing troubling aspects of American history, like slavery and colonization, while under-emphasizing or being too negative about the nation's
founders. The order directs the Secretary of the Interior to install signs near the museum to correct quote inaccurate information and tell visitors that, quote, "The museum exhibits should be renovated."
“Congress set up the institution to be independent.”
A board of Regents oversees it, though government officials are on that board, including the Vice President's Supreme Court Chief Justice and bipartisan members of Congress. Danielle Kurt Slaven and PR News, oil prices fell Friday on reports that new piece talks with Iran may be moving ahead, but drivers are still paying more at the gas pump. Oil Analyst Matt Smith says the sharp drop in traffic through the state of Hormuz remains
a major problem. "This is huge, you problematic, and we're just looking at the tank of traffic going through the state of Hormuz is dropped to a trickle just because the Iranians still control the straight there and could continue to do so for months here." The national average for regular gas is now $4.11 a gallon up about 12 cents from a week
ago. This is NPR News. Officials in Canada held a ceremony on Friday for the completion of a new bridge that connects the U.S. in Canada, representatives from the U.S. did not take part in the event after President Trump imposed new tariffs on Canada.
Gregor Robinson is the Canadian Minister of Housing and Infrastructure. "Perticularly since the new tariffs kicked in, there's work to do between our officials, between the Prime Minister and President, to resolve that. We felt it's inappropriate to have a big joint celebration when we're working through those challenges."
President Trump this week announced 50 percent tariffs on a variety of Canadian products worth
about $20 billion. Paramount and Warner Brothers are hitting pause on their proposed merger. NPR's Chloe Valtman reports Paramount agreed to delay closing the deal for months, following mounting pressure from anti-trust lawsuits. Attorney General from 12 states alleged the proposed merger violates a core federal anti-trust
law. Earlier this week, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order freezing Paramount 's acquisition. Now the company has agreed not to close the $111 billion deal until June 1, 2027, or five days after law seats are resolved, which ever is earlier. In a statement to MPR, Paramount called the agreement to significant win and said going
to trial will be "the fastest and clearest way to prove that this transaction is good for competition, good for consumers and good for creators." A trial date has not yet been set. Chloe Valtman and P.R. News I'm Winterjohnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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