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President Trump says he has no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanch's nomination
for Attorney General.
“An official media post, a president, said if Republican senators Tom Tillis and John”
Kornin won't vote to confirm Blanch, he could wait and re-nominate the acting AG after the Senator's leave office. And Piers Ryan Lucas reports on what's behind the GOP holdouts. A spokesperson said senators John Kornin of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina, both Republicans, won written assurances from the Justice Department, related to President Trump's settlement
to end his IRS lawsuit over his leaked tax returns. Blanch needs the support of every committee Republican for his nomination to advance. Kornin and Tillis have both said they won't support Blanch without the written guarantees they are seeking from the Justice Department, Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. The war between the US and Iran threatens to draw in more countries in the Middle East.
Egypt might be the latest. Local authorities say an unidentified drone cause and explosion at a port yesterday amplifying risks to the crucially vital Suez Canal trading route. Kuwait and Jordan, where US military installations are located, have been repeatedly targeted.
“Yesterday, Saudi Arabia disclosed for the first time that it is now directly involved.”
As a few days ago, the US and Iran appear to pause their attacks to give cease-fire discussions a chance. As in Pierce, Janna Raff reports on what's happened since. Sincam says it launched a heavy wave of strikes against Iran overnight. It said the targets included military command centers and missile facilities.
And that is in retaliation for what the US military called a surprise Iranian attack on Wednesday. That attack hit the Muafat-Vasalty Air Base in the Jordanian Desert where the US has a major military presence. And where three US soldiers were killed in Iranian attack this month. NPR's Janna Raff reporting.
Chinese-founded Xi'an, the massive fast-fashioned online retailer says it's operations in the US are under the investigation of the Federal Trade Commission, more from NPR's Alina Seliyu. Xi'an over the years has faced numerous inquiries in the US and in Europe. Often focused on its supply chain and workplace conditions.
Last year, for example, Xi'an told British lawmakers that it had found two cases of child labor at its factories. At the time, Xi'an was aiming to list its shares in London, which did not work out. Xi'an also had tried and failed to do an IPO in New York. Now it's going for Hong Kong.
And its financial disclosures had to report the new investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission. If to see confirmed to the probe to NPR, but its focus and timing are unclear. Xi'an says the result could mean significant fines. Alina Seliyu and Bernus.
This is NPR. The Commerce Department is reporting today that in the second quarter the US economy expanded at a 1.5% pace. Gross domestic product growth in that period was lower than the 2.1% recorded in the first three months of this year.
President Trump says he wants to spend more than $20 billion dollars to redesign Washington
Dallas International Airport. And Piers D. Pashivaram says many voters appear underwhelmed by such projects. A new poll from CNN shows that Americans disapprove of Trump's various construction projects, like the White House ballroom and the reflecting pool on the national mall. 58% say they feel dissatisfied or angry about them.
The same poll shows that 73% say that Trump hasn't paid attention to the country's most important problems. Still, Trump is forging ahead with trying to reconstruct Washington Dallas International Airport.
“In the end, you can end up with, I think, maybe the best airport.”
And one of the biggest airports anywhere in the world. And it's going to be a great thing for Washington DC. Trump says he might need approvals from Congress, but he thinks construction could begin next spring. Deepish Ivaram and PR news the White House.
Thousands of firefighters are spending another day trying to contain active wildfires burning across parts of Europe, fueled by extreme heat flames have forced massive evacuations. So, over today in France, about 84,000 evacuees were given the all clear to return home after being forced out by wildfire described as four times the size of Paris.
Firefighters are also battling claims in Spain, Germany, the UK, Greece, and Turkey. This is NPR.
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