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The U.S. State Department is urging American citizens to leave the Middle East saying
“a significant escalation of attacks with involving Iran and its allies is expected across”
the region in the coming days." NPR's Frank Langford reports from Tel Aviv. "The State Department said Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah and Lebanon and the Houthis and Yemen, are expected to attack U.S. personnel and facilities. The security alert said, quote, "All citizen should depart now when flights are available
." Earlier this week, President Trump threatened to hit Iran very hard after Iran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. base in Jordan. Trump's threatened military escalation in the past but not followed through. Ebrahim Rezae is a spokesman for Iran's national security and foreign policy committee
and parliament.
He wrote on X that Iran would respond to U.S. strikes with devastating counterattacks on American
facilities in the region. Don't like it, NPR News. Tel Aviv."
“President Trump's social media platform Truth Social has begun selling a controversial”
news service for a fee of up to $100,000 a month. Truth Social's offering early access to posts, including major announcements from the President and others about global affairs and the economy. As NPR's Bobby Allen tells us, this is raising legal and ethical questions. "I talked to lawyers who formerly worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission and they
said the service looks like it violates insider trading laws against misusing public information to give certain investors in upper hand. Say, the President post about the straight of her moves. Senator Trader uses that to make money on oil futures. Democrats too have taken notice.
They've been criticizing this. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff wrote a letter to the SEC demanding and investigation." NPR's Bobby Allen, a heat dome, is hovering over much of the West.
As at least a dozen states, nearly 50 million people are under heat alerts and PR's
Kirk Sigler reports.
“Oregon is already in the grips of one of its biggest wildfire seasons in history, and now”
the National Weather Service has implemented new red flag warnings for extreme wildfire risk this weekend across the central and eastern parts of the state and into Idaho, Washington State and Montana. Parts of the Northwest got a lot of rain earlier this summer in spring and now the high grasses and brush are turning to brittle as triple-digit heat bakes the land.
A cold front relatively speaking is blowing in this weekend, which is not expected to bring any rain, but there is a possibility of dry lightning strikes that could ignite more fires. And fire crews are more concerned about the winds causing existing out-of-control wildfires to spread.
Kirk Sigler and PR News, Boisey. In southern Europe, containment of one wildfire threat has allowed about 200,000 people to return home in southwestern France. Emergency crews have managed to pull back on fire threats in Spain and Portugal as well, but fires persist elsewhere in France and also in Greece.
This is NPR News in Washington. The new chair of the National Governor's Association says he is concerned about possible Trump administration efforts to influence upcoming mid-term elections. Governor Westmore, a Maryland Democrat, pointed to the President's efforts to restrict voting by mail, and said he was also concerned the President might deploy federal troops
or agents to polling places. Plans by the United States to reduce the number of locations that service visa operations in several African countries is taking effect, Michael Coloki has details. U.S. embassies and correlates in over 20 African cities are realigning their routine visa services.
The affected locations include Usaka, Inzambia, Namibia's capital Rindhook and the South African city of Durban, residents of those areas who wish to apply for U.S. visa will be required to apply through one of 20 designated visa locations, such as Gannas, Capital, Accra, and Nairobi in Kenya. According to the State Department, the changes aim to strengthen national security by promoting
more uniform screening, vetting and education standards, as well as improving efficiency. The department adds that realigning visa services to designated hubs has previously been carried out successfully in several African nations and in Europe as well. For impairing news, Michael Coloki in Nairobi. FIFA has scrapped a controversial plan to sell world cup stakes to private investors under
proposal from FIFA President Gianni and Ventino, the soccer body would have created a separate company to handle all commercial operations involving the world cup and other tournaments as well as sell stakes to minority investors. European members had vowed to boycott FIFA competitions. This week on Consider This, stay ahead of the latest news about AI.
We unpack the wild story of two models that hacked into another company, why some experts say it's a warning sign, and people with depression or anxiety are looking for help from chatbots, but that's not what they were designed for. We look at the risks. This week on Consider This, listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
