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President Trump is headed to Michigan today for an event on the economy.
“The visit comes with fewer than 100 days left until the congressional midterm elections.”
And here's Mar-alice and reports on where things stand for Democrats and Republicans." When a majority in the House of Representatives Democrats need a net pick-up of three seats, to win a majority in the Senate, Democrats need a net pick-up of four seats. Republicans are facing strong headwinds, President Trump's approval rating is under 40%. Voters are sour on the economy, and they blame the Iran War and Trump's tariffs for
keeping prices high at the pump in the grocery store. But Republicans have some structural advantages too. They've raised much more money than Democrats. Democrats have the advantage of enthusiasm. Democratic voters have been turning out in larger numbers than Republicans in primaries and
special elections this year.
Mar-alice and NPR news. The U.S. military has paused air strikes against Iran as both sides try to negotiate
“and enter nearly five months of hostilities.”
Suzanne Maloney and Iran expert with Brookings Institution, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., response to whether this pause and fighting might be able to accomplish what previous pauses could not. The president and his administration here in Washington seemed to have rightly decided that there was no military value to continuing additional air strikes on Iran.
The president had been threatening to strike civilian targets. That was likely to lead to an escalation, not just by Iran, but by the Houthis who have sought to target traffic in the Red Sea, the Babel Mendeb, as well as Saudi oil infrastructure. Before American service members, most recently killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll, according
to the Associated Press, their names as well as dozens believed to be wounded during the conflict have been shifted to a new category called overseas operations. It's been added to the Defense casualty analysis system's website.
“More than a million acres of mostly range land has now burned in Oregon, NPR's curricular,”
reports more than two dozen fires are stretching resources and causing thousands of people to evacuate. The wildfires have closed highways across central and eastern Oregon, including stretches of interstate 84 that links Boise, Idaho to Portland, Oregon. Most are burning in remote federal range land and on private ranches and are causing
major headaches for ranchers who are having to move cattle away from the flames with sometimes no warning. Oregon is coming off its driest and warmest winter on record with very little snowpack and now extremely dry fuels, including invasive grasses. The governor has declared states of emergency and multiple counties in the state is now
considered the top federal firefighting priority in the country. Kirk Sigler and PR News, Boise. Here listening to NPR News. Wildfires are also raging in Spain and France were hundreds of thousands of people were forced to evacuate, the countries are preparing for an extended heat wave with higher temperatures
for a cast later this week. A recent study shows one in five teens and young adults turns to AI chatbots for mental health advice that's a 40% jump over last year according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. NPR's retouchaturgy reports mental health experts caution chatbots can pose risks to vulnerable individuals.
General use chatbots like chatchipity and Gemini, one designed for mental health support, but people are turning to them anyway. Even in the midst of serious mental health crises, there have been several cases where vulnerable individuals have died by suicide after prolonged interactions with chatbots. While chatbots are a convenience source of support, connection to other humans is what protects
people from suicide, says psychologists Ursula Whiteside. She runs a suicide prevention on profit called now matters now. If I'm with other people, I'm less likely to kill myself. If I'm building a relationship, I'm less likely to kill myself. Be the chatty and PR news.
Two theaters in the Brazilian Amazon are the newest additions to UNESCO's World Heritage List. The UN Cultural Entity says the 19th century the Athro Dabas and Belém and the Athro Amazonas in Manau were symbols of political and urban ambition. They combine local materials and symbols with European architectural influences.
They join landmarks such as the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal and the Statue of Liberty on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This is NPR.
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