Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Norah Rom.
The U.S. did not attack Iran last night for a second night.
Tehran says it's halted strikes.
“It's not clear when negotiations may resume.”
Republican Mike Turner is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. He says there's a growing concern in Congress on how the war is going. There's bipartisan frustration on Capitol Hill. You're seeing it. You know, Republicans Democrats that are showing their frustration with how this war is being
this conflict is being prosecuted. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, says the war is using resources that may be needed elsewhere. We have depleted our interceptors, which are the weapons we use to intercept incoming Iranian attacks, which are obviously necessary to protect American troops.
And so we are depleting these everyday, despite the fact that we could face other potential
conflicts around the world. Both men were interviewed on ABCs this week. It is now 100 days until the midterm elections. Democrats in Maine yesterday made their choice to try to take the seat of Republicans, Senator Susan Collins.
“They selected Troy Jackson, a fifth generation longer from rural northern Maine, who”
is served as the president of the State Senate. He's expected to campaign on affordability among other issues. Steve Misler from Member Station, Maine Public, has more. Democrats are really trying to draw this contrast between the Trump administration's coziness with wealthy interests and the conditions of ordinary Americans.
And it's a direct play into the affordability case Democrats want to make during the midterms amid rising gas prices, inflation, you name it. And Jackson can incredibly talk about those struggles because he comes from a poor rural family. That's struggle to get by it.
Steve Misler reporting, new wildfires in Oregon and Washington are blanketing parts of the northwest in dense smoke. The fires are prompting a renewed round of air quality and health advisories and PR's Kirk Sigler reports. It's been smoky for weeks in eastern Oregon where massive range fires have black and tens
of thousands of acres, Jenny Moe owns a popular bakery and has been doing what she can to keep replacing air filters and her swamp coolers to keep the smoke out. You've got a lot of our elder community that cannot go out. You know, I've got a family friend that he's on oxygen and he hasn't been able to leave his house now for two weeks in the southwest.
Some recent rains have helped clear the air, been wagners with the incident command team on the Aspen Acres Fire, which has destroyed hundreds of homes near Pueblo, Colorado. The rain has given us a reprieve and will take it. It's a win. But that reprieve may be short-lived, most of the west has forecast a bacon heat for
at least the next week. Kirk Sigler and pure news, Boise. This is NPR News in Washington. More than 200,000 people have been forced from their homes in France by growing wildfires. A huge blaze is now nearing the historic French city of Bordeaux at the heart of the
wine region. It's been burning out of control for days. Wildfires and neighboring Spain have also prompted evacuations affecting at least 75,000 people. Dozens of Federal Advisory Committees have been frozen or dismissed under President Trump
during the past year. These are groups of experts who volunteer their time to help advise the Federal Government on complex issues. NPR's KTR Riddell reports. It's impossible to quantify science that did not happen, but research and advocacy groups say
that terminating these advisory groups will have consequences for decades. Michael Abrams is a health researcher at the advocacy group, public citizen. Federal Advisory Committees is being really a way for us to harness the best and brightest
“volunteers at the highest level for some of the most important questions.”
Committees that are no longer meeting include among others, those on Alzheimer's Research, rural health, and NASA priorities. KTR Riddell and Pair News. Happy Birthday Punch. The monkey was born in a zoo in Japan one year ago today.
He was rejected by his mother so zookeepers gave him a stuffed animal in a rangotent, pictures of him clutching it when viral. Since then, punch no longer needs the toy, as he's made monkey friends. But he still has human fans. Zookeepers say he has received thousands of birthday cards from around the world.
I'm Noraram, NPR News in Washington
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