Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duahli Psycho-Tao.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded an order for $1.8 billion anti-weaponization
fund.
“And Pierce Clyde Guzales reports the fund was formed to compensate President Trump's”
allies and rioters at the January 6th attack. Blanche rescinded the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund in writing to address concerns holding up President Trump's nominee for Attorney General before a Senate panel. Two Republican senators in their final terms, John Corne, of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina, wanted written assurances the fund was dead before moving forward with Blanche's
nomination on the Senate Judiciary Committee. With the rescindment, Blanche said he was formalizing in writing his testimony before the committee that the fund would not move forward. He said no members were appointed to direct the fund, no funds were transferred, and no claims were paid.
The rescindment could clear the way to advance Blanche's nomination to the Senate floor.
Claudio Dicelis, in PR News. In Michigan, voters will soon be choosing between four term congresswoman Haley Stevens a moderate and Dr. Abdul Alcide, a progressive candidate and former public health official.
“And Pierce Tamer Key reports on the closely watched Democratic race in the Purple”
State. Through swing state and Democrats really need to hang on to that seat, currently held by a retiring Democrat if they want a chance of gaining control of the Senate. The primary matchup really reflects something Democrats have been wrestling with, at least since 2016, who can win a populist progressive or a moderate favored by the Democratic
establishment? Establishment Democrats say for swing voters nominating Elcide is too much of a risk because
some of the positions that he's taken could be painted as extreme, but those in the
insurgent wing of the party say playing at safe is the real electability problem. Japan's currency, the young jumped against the dollar after a rare joint intervention by the U.S. and Japan last Friday, and Pierce Anthony King reports. Finance Minister Satsuki Karayama said that the U.S. and Japan worked together to sell dollars and buy yen last Friday to curb volatility in financial markets.
The move helped the yen to bounce back from its lowest level against the dollar in nearly 40 years. President Trump told reporters that the U.S. was sending a signal of friendship as Japan wanted U.S. help. A stronger yen helps Japan by making imported food and fuel less expensive and helps the
U.S. by using pressure on Japan to sell U.S. dollar assets, which could indirectly affect U.S. interest rates. Trump equipped that Japan has been good to the U.S. with the exception of its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Anthony King and PR News. Stocks in Europe climbed after attacks by U.S. forces were called off this weekend.
This is NPR News. The federal government has released a new plan for managing the Colorado River. It sets a 10-year framework for sharing the shrinking water supply as Alex Hager of Member Station KJZZ reports. After long failed negotiations, the new plan would force policymakers back to the table
every two years to adjust the rules. Some water experts say that could make it hard to create long-lasting changes that are needed in response to drought and climate change. Elizabeth Kobley researchers the river at the University of Nevada Reno. I'm not very confident that there's a lot in here that would get us beyond the sort of
calendar we've seen over the last couple of years, and this pattern of managing crisis to crisis that the basin has really been in lately. Kobley says the 10-year plan adds some predictability to river management, and negotiators could use it as an opportunity to find new agreement. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
Tens of thousands of migrants have now returned to Morocco from the Spanish territory of Sayuta. The Spanish government called in the military on Saturday when some 50-60,000 migrants overwhelmed border security in just days. Many swam using inflatable tires and upon arrival, some told local media they had hoped
to find jobs and better living conditions in Europe. Spanish health officials said they had treated more than 1,000 migrants injured along the coast, and at the weekend the Spanish civil guard said it was working to identify at least 72 bodies found so far. I'm Dua Haley Psycho Tell, NPR News in New York City.
“Have you ever been so upset that you can't even think straight?”
When we're distressed and in high anxiety we tend to breathe from our chest, which is actually more hyperventilating and is the opposite of relaxing. So we want to breathe from our belly area. This week on LifeKit podcast, tips for those painful, stressful moments.
