>> Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
President Trump is declining to say whether Ohio Republican Congressman Max Miller should
resign from office.
“>> Well, I'm not going to get involved in that's a very sad situation, and I know Max very”
well, but it's very, very sad that a situation like that takes place. Miller's ex-wife has accused him of assaulting her and abusing their two-year-old daughter. Miller denies the allegations and says he will not end his reelection campaign, several Republicans are urging him to leave Congress and withdraw from the race. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was discharged from a rehab facility on Thursday
and will continue recovering from his home. Pennsylvania Goodman from Kentucky Public Radio reports McConnell has been on medical leave for nearly two months.
In a short statement, McConnell says he will continue a "intensive regimen of physical therapy
from home" on the advice of his doctors. Speculation and conspiracy theories about the 84-year-old Senator's health have crowded social media.
“Public officials, including Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, have repeatedly”
called on him to be more transparent about his fitness to serve. McConnell has not made any public appearances since his June hospitalization and has missed more than 50 Senate roll call votes. He said he was hospitalized after falling and developed a mild case of pneumonia in the hospital. From PR News, I'm Sylvia Goodman, in Louisville, Kentucky.
"The evacuation orders around Spokane, Washington could remain an effect for weeks as crews battle wildfires across the region. County Sheriff John Null says toxic fumes and hazardous materials could keep residents from returning home." "And I'll send an expectation right now going forward for us to get those burned and
be the effect of areas safer people to come in is going to be weeks." The fires have destroyed more than 850 buildings.
“The Labor Department will release its job support for July this morning and PR Scott Horsley”
reports for Caster's Expectancy, a modest uptick. Earlier this spring, the US job market appeared to be picking up steam, but hiring slowed sharply in June, a economist will be watching today's report to see if that was a temporary downturn or the start of a more troubling trend. The unemployment rate has remained low by historical standards and layoffs remain relatively
rare. Still, many workers are reluctant to quit their jobs and seek better opportunities. That means there are fewer openings for people trying to get a foothold in the job market. A separate report from the Labor Department shows workers wages rose 3.2% for the 12 months ending in June, that's not enough to keep pace with rising prices, so workers' real
purchasing power has been losing ground. Scott Horsley, in PR News, Washington. This is NPR News.
According to New Mexico, has ordered meta to pay $567 million to address harm to young people
from Facebook and Instagram. The order follows the second phase of a landmark case met a lost in March. The judge says $420 million will fund treatment services with the res going to our prevention, screening and other programs, meta says it disagrees with the ruling and will appeal. Cases of cyclos, barriacists have now been reported in nearly every state.
Two people have died and Michigan alone has recorded more than 12,000 cases. Made health officials say the lettuce linked to the outbreak is no longer being sold. Kate Wells of KFF Health News reports. Michigan Health officials now believe that most of the exposures happened between late June and early July.
They're basing that on falling case counts and a drop in ER visits, and given that they think most of the contaminated product is no longer available and that Michiganers can return to, quote, routine guidance for lettuce and salad greens, but consumers in other states are still confused about what is safe to eat because iceberg lettuce grown in Mexico and distributed by Taylor Farms was shipped to 27 states before it was recalled.
That's Kate Wells from KFF Health News reporting. Authorities and Puerto Rico will begin rationing water today as an intense drought gripped the island. The governor says it's unclear how long the restrictions will remain in place. I'm Windsor-Johnston and PR News in Washington.
This week on here and now any time, a family escapes the Spokane wildfires just in time. The garage door opened at 2503 and we have a video of the house on fire at 350. And contractors in New Mexico have stopped drilling new wells, but they're still pumping ground water to build Trump's border wall. All that and more on here and now any time on the NPR app and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
