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millions of dollars in mining, including mining education. He says the investments are
“moved to ensure the U.S. doesn't have to rely on foreign countries for resources and”
PR's deeper shiver is more." Trump and members of his cabinet gathered with mining executives at the State Department and unveiled nearly $200 million in mining training and education.
Everything from advanced weaponry to automobiles, and we want these essential products to
be mind-refined and made right here in the U.S.A. with the American skill and American hands." There's been a more acute focus on mining since the A.I. race with China has intensified as many metals and rare earth materials are needed to produce critical technology. Officials say the U.S. graduates fewer than 200 mining engineers each year compared to China
graduating more than 3,000. Deepishivurum and PR News. Former President Joe Biden's son Hunter has spoken for the first time about his father's pardon for him. Republicans had spent years in political investigations into Hunter Biden's business dealings.
Biden said his father offered the pardon out of concern that he would become a target of the Trump administration. "I am the most privileged person as it relates to that that the capacity would be.
“I was one of one and I am eternally grateful for it because I think the Donald Trump”
is proven to be exactly who my dad thought he was going to be as it relates to the revenge and retribution that he would seek on his political enemies and that's the decision that my dad made. Was it good for our constitution? Was it good for the American people?
Was it good for my dad's legacy? No, on all counts." Hunter Biden was speaking with BBC. The Trump administration has signed another settlement with an energy company to not develop offshore wind.
As in Paris, Julia Simon reports, "It's the latest instance where a foreign company gets paid to develop fossil fuels in the U.S. instead of renewable energy." The settlement is between German company RWE and the Trump administration. RWE will now not develop wind projects in New York, California and Louisiana and get paid
1.2 billion dollars for it.
“RWE will shift investments to gas infrastructure which release far more planet-heating emissions”
than offshore wind. All told, the administration has paid roughly $4 billion to foreign energy companies to not develop offshore wind. The Trump administration has argued that offshore wind is unreliable, although wind paired with batteries and a well-managed grid, offshore wind is proven to be dependable.
Julia Simon and Pierre News. After weeks of wildfires in France and Spain, fires are now burning in several locations in Serbia. One place is burning near a nature preserve about 40 miles from the capital of Belgrade. Days of climate induced dry weather and scorching heat has worsened the fire risk throughout
the region. You're listening to NPR News. A court on the French Riviera has struck down a town's attempt to ban the body covering swimsuit, often worn out of modesty by Muslim women, it's called a Burkini. As NPR Sellerner Beardsley reports, the judge said the measure violated basic freedoms and
was out of touch with today's reality. The judge said the attempted ban violated people's liberty of religious belief and personal freedom to dress and common go as they please. He also said the town described a context no longer relevant today, from 10 to 14 years ago, when France was reeling from Islam as terrorist attacks, when many people considered
such garb as a provocation and signaling arise in Islam as politics. Eleanor Beardsley and Pierre News, Paris.
The Trump administration efforts to restart construction, as 400 million dollar White House
ballroom were met with another roadblock Friday, a three judge appeals court panel ruled that President Trump cannot proceed with the above-ground portion of the ballroom construction without first getting approval from Congress. That decision upholds a lower court ruling from April, Trump called the decision unjust and said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.
Bo Hossler has a one-stroke lead in the PGA Championship underway this week and in North Carolina following his second round on Friday. He dropped an 11-foot putt for a birdie in the final hole of the second round to take the lead. Ben James and Jordan Smith are tied for second and Keegan Bradley may make the cut for the FedEx cup later this month after burying three of his last six holes and finishing
right at the projected cuts. I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. This week on Whitway. Don't tell me we asked legendary Oscar and Emmy award-winning icon Sally Field if it was difficult to act opposite a CGI octopus in her latest film.
"I really not Mary Tog, I really wasn't Mary Tog, I wasn't Mary Tog, I wasn't William, I wasn't Tom, I ain't smother, this is what actors do." Don't miss our full conversation and the rest of our games. Listen to the Whitway don't tell me podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcast.
