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$40 trillion in Pierscott, Horsesley reports his covering the interest payments, is now
“the government's second largest expense.”
The government is spending more than a trillion dollars just paying interest on the death this year. That's more than it spends on defense or Medicare and trails only social security. The federal debt has doubled since 2017, and it's expected to grow by more than $2 trillion this year alone. My, again, us, who had the committee for a responsible federal budget, says that's remarkable at a time of low unemployment and no pressing government crisis.
We used to borrow during bad times, but now we borrow during bad times and good times. People who lend money to the government are demanding higher interest rates, which is also
driving up the cost of private borrow, and for things like mortgages. Scott Horsesley and Piers News,
Washington. He is Rayleigh military has announced a rare criminal investigation into two high profile attacks during the Gaza war, including one investigation in which a five-year-old
“Palestinian girl was killed. A film about her death was nominated for an Academy Award”
in Piers' Daniel Lester reports. The film is called The Voice of Hind Rajab. She was the sole survivor of her family, who was killed by Israeli fire as they fled Gaza City. She called Palestinian paramedics for help in this recorded call. As the paramedics tried to rescue her, they too were killed by Israeli fire. Later, the girl's body was found. Now, more than two years later, the Israeli military announced a criminal investigation into that incident,
and into last year's killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers in a single attack, soldiers crushed their vehicles and buried the dead in a mass grave. Israel says it will not open criminal probes into three other attacks that killed aid workers from world central kitchen and doctors without borders. Daniel Lester and Piers News, Tel Aviv. "Modernum, one of the major forces behind the COVID vaccine is announcing ground-breaking work
against skin cancer. And Piers Sydney Lupkin has more." "Modernah has been studying a treatment for the deadly skin cancer melanoma. It combines Moderna's mRNA-based cancer therapy with Ketruda, an existing drug made by Merck. The treatment improved outcomes for melanoma patients who have already had surgery to remove their cancer. The Moderna therapy is a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine that uses
the patient's own tumor cells to train the patient's immune system to fight their cancer. Moderna says adding the vaccine increased survival time for patients without the cancer returning or spreading to other organs. That's compared to patients treated with Ketruda alone. The mRNA-based therapy has not yet been improved or evaluated by the food and drug administration. The new results have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal.
Sydney Lupkin and Piers News." "Modernah shares surge following Wednesday's announcement. This is NPR News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet with his Canadian counterpart
“at the White House tomorrow. As a trade deal, seems to be in the works. Key terms of the agreement”
that would have hurt President Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian imports remain unclear. However, President Trump said Wednesday the deal is very fair to both sides. Trump postponed the tariffs negotiators now face a Saturday deadline to finalize the agreement. The government of Liberium is accepting 12-hundred immigrant detainees over the next year. And Piers Vanessa Romo reports deportations to the African nation or set to start as early as tomorrow.
Liberian officials say the government has made the necessary preparations to receive the first
batch of 20 individuals later this week, and that it will welcome the detainees not as criminals, but as guests. It added they'll be free to leave the country or remain and apply for asylum. The deal between Liberia and the U.S. is one of more than 30 such exchange agreements that the Trump administration has struck in its second term, according to human rights first, a non-profit group that tracks deportations. The Liberian government said it's not a quid pro quo.
It hasn't received any compensation and exchange for participating in the program, but it will receive support to help manage the program and strengthen its migration system. Vanessa Romo and PR news. Forecasters warning Hawaii residents of the potential for more rough weather after Hurricane Lala left two people dead over the weekend. National Hurricane Center says conditions appear right
for a tropical depression to form in the coming days. Forecasters say too early to tell the storms that track, but it could approach Hawaii by the weekend. This is in PR. Okay, so you're driving to work or you're on a walk or you're at the gym or whatever, and you just need to clear your head. That's the perfect time to hit the play button on NPR's all songs considered. It's not the news, it's not work, or whatever else is weighing you down.
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