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President Trump's convene to cabinet meeting at Camp David, where he gave pointed responses to reporters' questions to date.
“He blasted GOP holdouts, including outgoing Senator John Cornean, for failing to advance”
Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General. Has to do in part with Trump's settlement with the IRS that included a controversial $1.7
billion compensation fund.
On the U.S. war with Iran-Trump expressed frustration with Tehran's negotiators. Losing faith in them, because they do lie, and do the new Mr. President, well, the other day to five missiles we shot, we knocked them down. But we were in the midst of the negotiation. I mean, I'm waiting for Steve to call me House of Negotiation going.
And Senator got a call from Pete, that they just shot five missiles at one of our bases in Jordan. Trump faces low public approval ratings in part over the war. The federal plan for addressing a water crisis affecting seven Western states is now public.
“It seeks to curb usage and the Bureau of Reclamation says the plan would be updated every”
two years.
Colorado River provides water to tens of millions of people, but it's facing dire drought
conditions. Three lower-based and state-seffected Arizona California Nevada could face dramatic cuts in their water use over the next couple of years. Sarah Porter lives in Phoenix, one of the major cities that relies on the Colorado. She's a director of the Cloud Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University.
A federal government through the US Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the reservoirs and other infrastructure, has issued what they're calling a 10-year decision framework. And it's basically a statement of the Bureau's idea of its full authority to respond to conditions on the reservoirs as they develop. Whatever is thrown out it, it's what the Bureau believes it has authority to do.
Porter, speaking with NPRs, here and now, the Trump administration wants taxpayers to pay millions in reimbursements for security around its 250th Anniversary celebrations, and PR's racial treatment has details.
The Department of the Interior is asking Congress for $10 million to cover what it says
are elevated security costs for three events on the National Mall. A prayer event in May, the Great American State Fair, and the Fourth of July fireworks. Congress already allocated $150 million to events celebrating America's milestone birthday. Most of that money went to freedom to 50. The White House backed group behind the high profile events in DC. The group has not disclosed how much money it raised from donors.
Pat, say, freedom to 50, not taxpayers should cover the additional costs. The group has more events planned for August, including in Indie Car Race near the National Mall. Rachel Treesman and PR News. From Washington, this is NPR. Hundreds of shelters, classrooms, and vehicles in southwestern Japan are filled today with
earthquakes survivors. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake that hit earlier this week was a magnitude 6.8 Japan put at a 7.1. The number of people killed now stands at 34. dozens more people were injured. It's still unknown how many individuals are missing. Authorities estimate more than 9,000 people have been displaced after the earthquake leveled homes and hobbled basic government services, mainly in southern Kuma Motop. The rail systems
damage, though some trains are operating across the region. Artificial intelligence has become closely associated with layoffs, but a recent study suggests some companies may cut workers too quickly. And PR's Windsor Johnson reports many are expected to bring people back. A recent study by the business management group, Gartner, predicts that by 2027, half of the
companies that cut customer service jobs because of AI will hire people back in similar roles. Researchers say many businesses misjudged the transition. At the Ross is a vice president analyst at Gartner.
“I think in some cases, we've overestimated how easy it might be for AI to automate entire”
roles. And it's continuing to evolve, but not at the pace to where it can actually thrive complete role elimination. The study also found only 20% of customer service leaders have actually reduced staffing because of AI. Windsor Johnson and PR news. This is our glass of the American life.
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