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The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on whether President Trump can continue construction
“of his ballroom, and Piers D. Perchivaram reports the President states the building of the”
ballroom will serve multiple purposes. The Trump administration is arguing that the ballroom was needed to create a, quote, integrated military complex that houses medical care, a drone port, and bomb shelters on the other hand, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is saying that the executive branch doesn't have the authority to transform the White House like this, even for national security
purposes. The President had the entire east wing of the White House knocked down to make room for construction of the ballroom, exposing the existence of underground military and medical facilities. The President of Guatemala says his country has accepted more than 2,000 Mexican deportees from the U.S. this year. K.J. Z. Z. Nina Krizinski reports from Ermiceo, Mexico.
Guatemala and President, Bernardo Outrevalo, says the Mexican nationals deported there stayed in the country for less than 24 hours. It's not immediately clear why exactly the U.S. would deport Mexican nationals to Guatemala
“typically third country deportations occur when the country of origin has strained diplomatic”
relations with the U.S. and refuses to accept deportation flights. Mexico has accepted tens of thousands of its own citizens who have been deported since President Trump took office last year, as well as citizens from other countries. A DHS spokesperson said the Trump administration is utilizing all lawful options in its deportation strategy.
For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinski, and I'm Erdmosio, Mexico. Doctors without borders is calling for an independent investigation after Israel's decision not to open a criminal probe into Israeli air strikes on a shelter and convoy that killed four people in Gaza, and PRs Jena Raff has details. The Nobel Peace Prize winning group said the Israeli refusal showed there was no accountability
within Israel's justice system. Israeli air strikes hit a doctors without borders convoy three years ago, and one of its shelters in 2024. Israel also refused to open a criminal investigation into the killing of seven humanitarian workers.
At the U.S.-based World Central Kitchen in Gaza two years ago, Israel Wednesday said
it would conduct a criminal investigation after acknowledging for the first time that it
killed five-year-old girl, Andresheb, and six of her relatives in 2024. Two paramedics who tried to rescue her were also killed. Israel had denied for two years that its forces were within firing range. Jena Raff and PR News, Aman. President Trump will travel to South Carolina later today to support Senator Darlene Graham,
presently she's serving on an interim basis replacing her late brother Senator Lindsey Graham.
“She's running for a full Senate term, but first you must win a runoff election on Tuesday.”
You're listening to NPR. A new report issued by Los Angeles County says the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery would cost thousands of film and TV jobs over three years. NPR is Mandalay de Barco reports. Film and TV production in Los Angeles has already been on the downturn for years, but
could get worse if the two major studios Paramount and Warner Brothers consolidate. That's the warning of a new report prepared for the LA County Board of Supervisors. The finding suggests that the combined company would be pressured to reduce costs and that could mean cutting local jobs and moving production out of Los Angeles.
Paramount counters that its $111 billion deal is needed to prevent more decline in production
and jobs. The merger is for now on hold, at least until March when the proposed deal will be the subject of an anti-trust lawsuit filed by 12th State Attorney General. Mandalay de Barco and PR news, Los Angeles. Representative Joyce Bady is asking a federal court to block the Kennedy Center from
adding President Trump's name to the building. The Board appointed by the President as voted again to inscribe the President's name on the building, but this time crediting him for renovations of the facility rather than renaming the entire center after him. A court previously ruled adding Trump's name to the facade was illegal and ordered that
it be removed. The Kennedy Center has said it will not engrave Trump's name before September 8th in order to allow for legal arguments to continue. The Kennedy Center was named for the late President Kennedy in 1964. I'm Lyndick Kenyan and be our news in Washington.
This week on the MPR Politics podcast, the Trump administration is taking credit for a major drop in violent crime, murder, robbery, assault, all down in big cities and small towns. We're going to dig into the numbers and unpack whether this is really as simple as the President claims it is on the MPR Politics podcast.
