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planned talks with Iran are the last chance for Tehran to forge a deal and avoid
“another escalation of strikes on the country. It's the latest deadline Trump has set”
to end the conflict." "We're talking about the straight, the opening of the straight, having it open literally by tomorrow. Completely open. And that stays one, and phase two is then we'll talk about the nuclear capacity." Meanwhile, U.S. munitions stockpiles are diminishing and the war has grown
increasingly unpopular among voters ahead of the midterm elections. 25 states sued the Trump administration today over its latest tariffs calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February. President Trump last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries in the European Union saying they had not done enough to crack down on imports produced by forced labor.
The new tariffs took effect just as the clock ran out on the temporary tariffs. Trump had turned to after the Supreme Court ruling. Fire managers in Spokane, Washington say at least 700 structures have been burned by three out-of-control wildfires burned in and around the forested city.
“And appears a Kirk Siggler reports authorities say close to 67,000 people have been”
evacuated. John Simpson evacuated as the old trail's fire blew into the towering ponderosa pines and jumped the Spokane River. He's standing at a police roadblock on the northwest of the city with a crowd of his anxious neighbors. "I have to admit, going around the corner you see the devastation. I collapsed. I started crying.
And then I came around farther and I saw my apartment complex and they were all gone." Simpson helped evacuate a nursing home next to his apartment in his pickup, which he's also spent the last two nights sleeping in. Kirk Siggler and PR News, Spokane Washington. "The House Ethics Committee is recommending that North Carolina Republican
Congressman Chuck Edwards be censured because of inappropriate conduct. As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, as censures the strongest punishment the panel can suggest short of expulsion." The Ethics Committee has been investigating the North Carolina Republican for months. Their investigation found he had persistent on professional and inappropriate conduct
towards two young female staffers. It did not find evidence that he engaged in sexual activity with them. The investigation found he showered these staffers with lavish gifts, including jewelry, purses, shoes, guns, and vacations. The report says both women tend to communicate their discomfort
with their bosses behavior, and that ultimately a senior staffer spoke
to Edwards on their behalf. The House is on a long recess, so the censure itself would not take place until at least September. Barbara Sprunt and PR News, Washington. Major U.S. stock indexes rallied today to the edge of their all-time highs after easing oil prices helped call Wall Street's worries
that inflation could get even worse. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Maryland lawmakers have opened a special session to consider a first step towards drawing a new congressional map that could help Democrats pick up an additional congressional seat by 2028. The proposed constitutional amendment
would give Democrats greater latitude to draw congressional maps favoring their party. Democrats currently represent seven of the state's eight U.S. House districts. EU countries plan to meet tomorrow over the crisis that unfolded in Seyuta Spain when tens of thousands of migrants rushed in from Morocco. The incident has exacerbated deep divisions on migration and travel privileges
among EU governments as Terry Schultz reports. EU ambassadors will hold a video conference as the block grapples with deep differences of opinion on how to respond to the sudden surge of migrants rushing through the land and sea borders between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Seyuta. 22 prime ministers asked for the meeting of ministers
in a letter to EU leaders calling for a strengthening of resolve and measures to combat what they termed uncontrolled mass crossings and the instrumentalization of migration. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has written Brussels a letter of his own criticizing those who called for Spain to be suspended from the EU agreement on passport free travel. Sanchez noted it not one of the unauthorized
migrants made it through Spain and almost all were quickly returned. For MPR news, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels. And AI experiment at the annual Wagner festival in Germany drew booze from the audience. AI assisted projections included former German Chancellor Helmet Cole and the World Trade Center towers after the September 11 attacks.
The festival website said that every performance will be unique to more performances are scheduled. This is NPR News. The midterms are coming and if you think the news cycle feels intense now
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