Live from NPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, Democratic primary voters in Florida hav...
progressive state lawmaker Angie Dixon to run for the U.S. Senate seat one-tailed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Thank you for your tireless work. For the many nights, the two often thankless work, you embody the state's name, organized, organized, organized, organized.”
Dixon's speaking to reporters Tuesday night, she will run against Republican Ashley Moody, who was appointed to fill the vacancy when Rubio was asked to lead the state department. General or the primary voters have also picked their Republican Democratic nominees and the governor's raised Douglas Sol from member station WUSF reports. Governor Ron DeSantis is term-limited and will leave office in January. The two major party options to replace him are GOP U.S. representative Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly.
Donalds has president Trump's endorsement and a massive campaign war chest. DeSantis didn't endorse a candidate.
The second-place GOP candidate was his lieutenant governor, Jay Collins. Jolly meanwhile, didn't have a major primary challenger.
He's a former Republican U.S. representative who says he left the party because of Trump. There hasn't been a Democratic governor in Florida for nearly three decades. For NPR News, I'm Douglas Sol in Tampa. I'm Mary Voters also went to the polls Tuesday and Alaska. They've narrowed down the candidates for a competitive U.S. Senate seat.
“The top four vote getters advanced to November. According to the latest AP race call,”
incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltolo made the cut. In West Texas, ahead of customs and border protection met with local officials Tuesday, after pausing his agency's border security plans in a sprawling national park along the U.S. Mexico border Carlos Morales reports. CBP Commission of Rodney Scott took a tour of the Big Bend area where he got to look at the regions terrain and the imposing canyon walls that stretch above the Rio Grande. Scott also met with local
officials like Rodney Dodson. He's the top law enforcement officer in Broussor County, which is home to Big Bend National Park. Dodson said he feels like Scott heard his concerns. He's going to stop the project right now so that he can go back and take some of our ideas and look at him, but I do feel better. It's unclear just how long the pause and construction within Big Bend National Park will remain in effect. The federal government is still planning to
construct 30 foot tall border fences in West Texas counties outside of the National Park. For NPR News, I'm Carlos Morales in Marfa, Texas. Last minute trade deal between the U.S. and Canada, President Trump has announced a three-day pause on the 50% tariffs on Canadian imports that have been said to a take effect Wednesday and a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said more work is still left to be done. This is NPR. ABC is suing the Trump administration's federal
communications commission. The lawsuit filed Tuesday, alleges the FCC has violated ABC's first amendment rights. ABC says the Trump administration is trying to punish the network, calling the FCC's review of eight ABC-owned broadcast licenses and extraordinary assault on free speech. President Trump has repeatedly urged broadcasters to drop comedy or news programs he dislikes
or have been critical of him. Nebraska's largest school district guest city officials Tuesday
to no longer give school resource officer's electric shock gloves. The Omaha City Council proved the purchase of 40 pair last year. Nebraska Public Media's Jolie Peel reports. Omaha Public School Superintendent Matthew Ray is requesting electric shock gloves no longer be used by school resource officers effective immediately. He sent a letter to state a city in police officials in Omaha and Bellevue. The news comes after parents, students, and community members
denounce the use of electric shock gloves at the district's board meeting Monday night, including Nora Wessel, a senior at Central High School. These are adults we're supposed to be able to trust. But these weapons create a barrier for students to turn to resource officers when needed. The gloves were used twice in OPS last school year. Mayor John Newings says the city will respect the request. For NPR News, I'm Jolie Peel. The major financial markets in Asia sharply
lower in Wednesday trading South Korea's benchmark leading the way down 5.5%.
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