Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyan.
The Democratic Party is shaking up how the general election primaries are conducted in
“2028, and PR is more or less and has the details.”
They're now moving to put states higher up in the lineup that are more diverse, that represent not just the Democratic Party more fully, but maybe the general electorate. So in South Carolina is going to be number one, there are more black voters there. Nevada will be number two, a lot of Hispanic voters there and a lot of union voters. And this is the Democratic Party's attempt to get the primary calendar more in line with
the general electorate. That's NPR's more or less.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says President Trump will never ask him to do something on
ethical or illegal. He also tells NBC's meet the press, he will not pledge to act independently from the White House. No, I'm not going to pledge that. No attorney general should ever pledge that.
“The president, I mean, if I were to pledge, I will be independent of the White House.”
What that means is that if President Trump says I want the Department of Justice to go after every violent criminal in this country, which is what he has said, what you're saying to me is I just saying no sir, not going to do it. So there's I will act with integrity. Blanche also said the so-called anti-weaponization fund is dead, although the president
still strongly believes those who feel they were wrongly treated by the Department of Justice deserve to be compensated. The Attorney General's confirmation by the full Senate had been stalled for some time when Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke out against the president's anti-weaponization fund, especially when it came to provisions to compensate January 6 protesters who were convicted
of assaulting police. Floating remains a major threat in Indiana after severe storms at parts of the Midwest, among the Horton of Member Station W. FYI, reports at least six people have been killed including a four-year-old boy.
“The White River continued to swell Saturday as more rain came pouring down.”
Projections indicate water could rise more than 20 feet in some areas. The city of Indianapolis erected floodgates to try to contain the water, but for some communities, prevention was futile. Lisa Lamont has lived in her house near the White River for more than 40 years. She said as the water crept up to her house, that this is the worst she has ever experienced.
We've never been flooded out before, usually it came up maybe to our driveway.
President Trump approved federal aid to assist in the emergency response efforts. Friend Pyrenees, I'm Samantha Horton, an Indianapolis. Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia have recovered six more bodies after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, bringing the death toll to at least 53, thousands of people of a displaced and are living in temporary shelters.
Residents fled in panic as tsunami warnings were issued on later, lifted. You're listening to NPR. Hollywood is about to set some fresh box office milestones, and Pyrenees Bob Mondello takes a look at some of the biggest box office hits. Sometime before Labor Day, Spider-Man brand new day is expected to join the very exclusive
$2 billion club. Only 7 films in history have ever reached that number in worldwide ticket sales. The Odyssey Meanwhile has become filmmaker Christopher Nolan's biggest box office hit
at about 1.2 billion worldwide, and Toy Story 5 has passed all previous Toy Stories to
take in just over 1.1 billion. Combined with the Michael Jackson Biopic Michael and the animated Super Mario Galaxy movie, that means that even before Avengers doomsday and doon 3 arrive in December, 2026 has already produced $5 billion more than any year since the pandemic, Bob Mondello and PR news. Italian authorities have recovered three stolen artworks by a run-wall, says on, and
that in Matisse, worth millions of euros. Police say the artworks were taken earlier this year from a private museum near Parma. Five suspects have been arrested. The heist occurred at the McNani Raga Foundation, where thieves are said to have forced open the entrance, grabbed the masterpieces, and then escaped, in less than 3 minutes.
The museum officials, they are say they believe the heist, was not a brand of act, but was in fact the work of organized gangs. I'm Linda Kenya, and PR news in Washington. One a is named for the first amendment, which protects the freedom of the press, and your freedom to speak out are weekly series if you can keep it tackles the big political stories
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