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Primaries are taking place in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming today, as the field of candidates
“is being narrowed for the midterm elections this fall, and PR's Larry Kaplot reports.”
"In Alaska, all the candidates run together, regardless of party, and the top four advanced to the vote in November. Democrats are hoping former Congresswoman, Mary Peltola, will be able to flip the Senate seat held by Republican Dan Sullivan, who's running for reelection." Florida voters face ballots shaken up by redistricting done by the Republican-led legislature
there, which boosted their party's chances in the fall midterms. That could lead to a drop in the number of black members of Congress from the state. In Wyoming, candidates vary to replace Republican senators Cynthia Lums, who's retiring. The primary schedule is winding down with Oklahoma next week, and just a few states, mostly
in New England, in September, Larry Kaplot and PR News.
"Meta is in federal court today to fight allegations that it intentionally designed at social media platforms to get children and teenagers addicted. Forced attorneys general are leading a bipartisan coalition against the tech giant, which
“could be forced to pay up to $1.4 trillion in change, how its platforms work.”
Kentucky's AG, Russell Coleman, argues Meta, put profit over safety." This essentially is a product that was rolled out knowingly, putting our kids at risk to monetize. It all comes down to money at the end of the day. Meta denies the allegation at argues the evidence will show it took steps to better protect
the security and privacy of young users. We should note the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic organization, co-founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is a financial supporter of NPR. U.S. envoy and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, says he is optimistic about
progress in Gaza. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, Israeli officials release mixed messages after their meeting, and Pierre Stanley Lestrin has latest from Tel Aviv.
“Kushner and Netanyahu's teams announced there would be no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and”
no reconstruction until Hamas completely disarms, but there would be sanitation projects in Gaza for public health. Kushner told Fox News that Hamas could begin disarming within three months, and if not, he hinted Israel could resume full-scale war. Progress could come quite soon, but we do need cooperation from both sides, and we're
going to hopefully get through, but we've made a lot of progress to get here. The Israeli government put out a message in English about deep and constructive discussions with Kushner. It put out another statement in Hebrew, saying the U.S. believes Hamas will disarm, while quote "deep down Israel doesn't believe it."
Daniel Lestrin and PR news Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. Disney is suing the Federal Communications Commission in Defense of its ABC stations. The Walt Disney Company accuses the administration of violating its First Amendment rights by carrying out an early license review of ABC stations and investigating the talk show
of the view. FCC Chief Brendan Carr, who launched the formal review years ahead of schedule, has said he is upholding requirements that broadcasts operate in the public interest. Home Depot says the money it has received in tariff refunds is going to ward new, unexpected costs from this year.
That's energy, and fuel, which have become more expensive, as the war in Iran is raising the price of gasoline and diesel. And PR is willing to sell you, has a latest.
Home Depot says it received $730 million in tariff refunds around the end of June.
That's the vast majority of refunds the company expects to receive, and executive say most of it is reimbursing the costs that the company previously soldered for products that had sold in the past. But finance chief Richard McFail also noted new unexpected costs. We've also experienced unplanned pressure from fuel, energy, and other product input costs
that we expect will fully offset the benefit from tariff refunds over the year. Home Depot called out the rising cost of resins, metals, and of course gasoline because of the conflict in the Middle East. Ileena selu and PR news. U.S. stocks close lower the NASDAQ down, more than 350 points at last check.
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