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"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

President Trump spoke in Michigan today after visiting a general motor site he touted

Republican policies in the swing state just over three months ahead of the mid-terms as NPR's

Daniel Kurtz-lavin reports." The White House had promoted Trump's visit as related to his trade agenda and manufacturing in particular. However, his speech did not focus on those topics, but was instead wide-ranging. He spent significant time criticizing Democrats and at one point took aim at cities led by Democrats.

"When they take something over, it's always duty.

The sidewalks of dirty, the people are, I hate to say this, not clean, okay?" Republican Congress members from Michigan also addressed the crowd. "Ahead of the mid-terms poll show voters modestly prefer Democrats in this year's congressional elections. Then y'all Kurtz-lavin and PR news."

Trump's visit came a week before Michigan's primary in the U.S. Senate-Race Democrats face another ideological battle. Congresswoman Haley Stevens is running against public health official Abdul-Siyad, who's more left-leaning, Trump has endorsed former Congressman Mike Rogers in the Republican primary.

Temporary protected status is expected to end today for at least 300,000 Haitians living

in the U.S. thousands more people from other countries also stand be affected in the coming days, and appears he menabustio reports. Temporary protected status offers legal status that is not permanent, but does lift the threat of deportation. It is granted to individuals from countries that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines

our two dangers for people to go home to, but the Trump administration has canceled TPS for several countries, including Haiti. That means that after this expected expiration, thousands of people may lose legal status and could be targeted for removal. The administration has encouraged people to move back to Haiti, but immigration advocates

say the changes and moving deadlines have made life uncertain for TPS holders, their families, and their employers. He menabustio and Pyrenees, Washington. Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell released another photo of himself today as he faces continued questions about his ability to serve.

Kentucky Public Radio's Sylvia Goodman says the 84-year-old has given no news interviews

since he was hospitalized more than a month ago. McConnell has missed 38-year-old call votes since he was hospitalized after falling and losing consciousness at his Washington D.C. home. He says he is still undergoing vigorous rehabilitation and will have to miss this weekend's annual fancier farm picnic.

A major political event in the state he's attended for decades. In a statement, McConnell says he is working hard to return to the Senate. Calls for more information on McConnell's health are ramping up, including from Kentucky's Democratic Governor Andy Beshear. The office of the attending physician says congressional doctors are visiting McConnell

daily, and he is completing daily fiscal therapy sessions to minimize his future risk of falls. From PR News, I'm Sylvia Goodman, in Louisville, Kentucky. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. ICE plans to keep one of its largest detention facilities open for at least another year

that decision comes despite reports of human rights abuses. ICE plans to extend the no-bid contract of the firm running camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas through September, 2027.

This could cost taxpayers an additional $776 million.

One in five teams and young adults turn to AI chat bots for mental health advice. That's a 40% jump over last year, according to a study in JAMA, Pediatrics, as NPR's re-to-chattergy reports mental health experts caution chat bots can pose risks to vulnerable individuals. General use chat bots like chatGPT and Gemini, one design 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 chat bots. While chat bots are a convenience source of support, connection to other humans is what protects people from suicide, sex psychologists Ursula White's side. 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 chatGPT and PR news.

A wildfire in Southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm,

generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires. The so-called Pyro-Cumulo Nimbus also generated violent erratic winds that could drive the flames and new directions. The inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather around it, it began creating its own.

This is NPR News. Nobody can freehand a pinstripe. I'm Jesse Thorne, on Bullseye, the legendary artist due to Chicago gives me the business for asking her about painting freehand. Revenge over her to a masking tape, 16th inch, and masking tape, oh my god.

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