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Three of the candidates President Trump endorsed ended up losing in yesterday's Republican primaries in Florida and Wyoming.
“NPR's Tamarky reports there may be some cracks emerging in the President's grip on”
the Republican Party." The win rate for candidates President Trump has endorsed remains well over 90%, but in the crowded primary field for Florida's 19th congressional district, Trump endorsed late
and his pick came in second.
Skandal pledged Congressman Corey Mills failed in his bid for reelection in Florida's 7th congressional district. Trump had endorsed him early, but in and after the fact social media post, the President claimed he had told Mills to drop out. In Wyoming's Republican-Goobinatorial primary, Trump's endorsed candidate also lost to a
more moderate Republican, and it wasn't even close. Tamarky and PR News President Trump confirms on social media today that he is nominating Dr. Heidi Overton for Food and Drug Administration Commissioner. Overton is a White House adviser and is regularly briefed the President on health policy issues.
“She was present when Trump recently issued an executive order to reduce the number of childhood”
vaccinations a move that has been widely criticized by public health experts in the U.S. President Trump says the U.S. and Canada reached a last-minute deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs
on $20 billion worth of Canadian products.
The tariffs will be non-existent for our farmers. Our farmers were paying tremendous tariffs into Canada, and those tariffs aren't going to be totally misread down to zero. The sanctions were due to take effect after midnight this morning. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says there was significant progress in negotiations
with the Americans, adding there is more work to do. Ukraine launched another swarm of hundreds of drones deep into Russia overnight. The attack comes amid a wider Ukrainian campaign targeting Russian energy and logistics hubs from Moscow and PR's Charles Mains has the latest. This time, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and damaged a residential building in
the Republic of Bush, Kortostan.
“The region's governor, Rady Kabirov, confirmed the Ukrainian attack and said the drones had”
caused a fired and oil facility already undergoing maintenance from previous Ukrainian strikes. Sustained Ukrainian attacks across Russia's energy and logistics sectors have caused rolling
gas shortages across much of Russia this summer, with just a third of gas stations nationwide
currently offering petrol for sale. Management-long lines for drivers and government-imposed caps on how much gas can be purchased once Russians actually reach the pump. Charles Mains and Pernyus Moscow. You're listening to NPR News.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaiichi leveled a rare, though mild-reduke against the United States. She says it's "very unfortunate". The Trump administration opted to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court and its Japanese President, Judge Tomoko Akanep yesterday.
Washington has sought to undermine the ICC for issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and investigating U.S. troops in Afghanistan. A massive emergency responses underway near John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, where a tanker truck overturned in spill-about 3,000 gallons of gasoline. There's been no immediate word of injuries.
Nebraska's largest school district-ass city officials to no longer give school resource officers electric shock-lives. The Omaha City Council had approved the purchase of 40 pairs last year for school resource officers. 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 city and police officials in Omaha and Bellevue. The news comes after parents, students, and community members denounced the use of electric shot 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 Ewing says the city will respect the request.
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