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bureau report that President Trump says shows widespread illegal voting by non-US citizens
“has ties to a Trump-aligned think tank, as NPR's Honsi-low-wong reports data and election”
experts say the reports conclusions are questionable. In a social media post, President Trump claimed the Census Bureau's initial analysis
somewhere than 128 million voter records from 2020, "proves that over 24,000 non-citizens
voted illegally." Trump said the federal number will quote "explode after the bureau checks more records. Many past studies and audits, however, show illegal voting by non-US citizens is incredibly rare." The Census Bureau's report lists no authors and gives little explanation about how it
analyzed records. NPR has learned that analysis was not done by career-civil servants, and the team behind it included individuals affiliated with America's first policy institute. A think tank started by officials from Trump's first administration, as is going to a bureau employee who NPR agreed not to name because they fear retaliation at work, spoke to people
for the bureau and the think tank did not respond to requests for comment. On Z-Lawong, NPR News. President Trump says he doesn't think the Supreme Court will stop construction of his new
“White House ballroom, the high court is expected to weigh in this week on whether or not”
the president needs congressional approval in PR's Deepa Shiver on reports. Trump showed off his construction projects to members of the press on the White House South line. Nearby is another construction project that's been in the works for more than a year. The new White House ballroom that would also have a hospital and a drone port the White
House says, "In the coming days, the Supreme Court will decide on the next steps for the ballroom. Trump thinks the court will rule in his favor."
And it's a lawsuit that should have never been even allowed to be brought.
Trump has been tied up in several politically unpopular construction projects at the White House and around DC. It's as the war with Iran also drags down the president's approval ratings. Deepa Shiver on and PR news the White House. The federal government offers financial aid to low-income families that need help paying
for child care, but as NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, in the third of U.S. states, those families may have to join a wait list.
“There were an estimated 400,000 children on wait list for child care assistance programs”
across the U.S. in the second half of last year, that's according to a report by the National Women's Law Center. That number has more than tripled since 2024, the group said. Childcare advocates say Congress has never appropriated enough money for the child care and development fund, which helps subsidize care for low-income working families.
But in recent years, wait lists have grown for other reasons. Pandemic relief money that helps support the National Child Care System recently ran out. And advocates say more families are now applying for aid. It comes at a time when U.S. child care prices are soaring.
In some cases, rivaling the cost of a mortgage or college tuition. Joe Hernandez and PR news. Major U.S. stock indexes rose slightly today. This is and PR news. About 75,000 rate payers in northwest Indiana still don't have power more than a week after
deadly storms, levelled trees, and knocked down power lines across the region. Most are in Lake County next to the Illinois border. Full restoration may take until next week. More than Indiana public services hundreds of polls need to be repaired or replaced. In Oregon, new research offers a largely favorable picture of the state's legalized psychedelic
program. Most people who took the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, thought they benefited as NPR's will stone reports. The study is significant because it looks at the real-world implications of regulated psilocybin, nearly three years since Oregon launched its program.
The researchers followed about 350 people who took the drug for reasons like mental health and self-improvement. More than half-ranked among the most meaningful experiences of their life. Only a very small number had what were known as serious adverse reactions and none of those were related to physical health.
Dr. Todd Cortis led the study based at Oregon Health and Science University. "The big picture is that these results are very reassuring."
In 2020, Oregon became the first state to approve a non-medical model for psilocybin,
meaning most people over 21 can take the drug at one of the state's designated centers. Willstone and PR News. Only three governors in U.S. history have been black all Democrats, but that could change this year. After yesterday's primaries, there are eight black major party nominees for governor this
year. Maryland's Westmore is the only black governor now in East seeking reelection in November. Listening to "NPR News," from Washington. Hey, you know that nagging voice in your head, the one telling you to put the phone down and stop doomsgrowing while it's time.
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