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Ukrainian President Zelensky is meeting with President Trump at the White House this hour,
“the two are expected to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine.”
Later this morning, Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, both mentoring in Washington today for funeral services for Senator Lindsey Graham, a memorial service is taking place at the U.S. Capitol this hour with the funeral service at the National Cathedral this afternoon. And here's Franco Ordonus has more.
Senator Graham was one of the most tenacious active supporters of both Ukraine and Israel. Richard Fontaine from the Center for a New American Security says there is likely no political leader who is likely to step in to advocate like Graham did for the two countries, especially not someone who had the President's ear as a senior senator from South Carolina did. This kind of puts even more weight on those two to articulate the case for where they come
from directly to the President. Zelensky is expected to try and build a bit more support for Ukraine by bringing intelligence that shows Russia cooperating with Iran, and Netanyahu will be seeking to smooth over what's been a rocky relationship with Trump over the last several months. Franco Ordonus and Pierre News.
“President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow the administration to carry out key parts”
of his executive order calling for restricting voting by mail, and Pierre Sontila Wong reports. Trump's order so far has not directly affected mail-in voting. It calls for the U.S. Postal Service to come up with lists of eligible voters and deliver mail-in ballots only to people on those lists. U.S.P.S. has financial support of NPR.
Federal Judging Boston found Trump's directives overstep his authority under the Constitution, which gives power to state legislatures and Congress to set federal election rules. The Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to pause the judge's ruling. The administration argues it's likely to win this legal fight because 23 mailing-democratic let states challenge Trump's order before the order was fully carried out, making it
too early for courts to weigh in. The Supreme Court is not expected to rule on the administration's emergency request until next week. On Zila Wong and Pierre News.
“Stocks up in mix this morning as Boeing reported better than expected quarterly sales,”
and Pierre Scott Horsley reports.
Boeing, which is part of the Dow index, logged more than $24 billion in sales during the
most recent quarter, slightly more than four casters had expected. The jetmaker delivered 171 commercial aircraft during the quarter, and continues to gain altitude. Johnson & Johnson's offered to pay $5.5 billion to settle lawsuits, alleging Tauke and the company's baby powder was contaminated with cancer causing a spestus. James J. has reformulated its baby powder and no longer uses Tauke.
Stocks in Asia plummeted overnight driven by a cell-off in semi-conductor shares, investors are worried about whether heavy spending on artificial intelligence will be sustainable. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. On Wall Street that I was up 361 points NASDAQ down, 290. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
In Wisconsin, early in person, voting is underway in the swing states' Democratic primary for governor. This says a Democratic socialist tries to overcome the incumbent governor's pick. Democrats are hoping to retain control of that office and flip both chambers of
the legislature to get full control of the state government for the first time since 2010.
But they have failed to pick one candidate to rally around in the primary that the candidates meet for their only debate tonight. The primary will be held August 11th. The Chinese government says it will take "all necessary measures" if the U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese AI companies. The U.S. alleges Chinese companies misuse American AI models to train their own systems, if yours John Ruich has more.
China's Ministry of Commerce accuses the United States of disregarding facts and engaging in AI hegemony. It issued a warning that for any action that substantially harms China's interests, China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. After the release earlier this month of a new and powerful Chinese AI model called Kimi K3 senior U.S. officials alleged that it had been trained by distilling cutting-edge
U.S. models and threatened to possible sanctions against Chinese firms that steal American intellectual property. Dangerous and extreme heat is hitting much of the central U.S. to the east coast this week. The National Weather Service says the high temperatures in the southwest will reach the upper 90s to low 100s in several places that along with high humidity. I'm Janine Herbst,
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