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The Supreme Court's Chief Justice is allowing President Trump to continue construction
of his at least $300 million White House Ballroom Project for now.
Trump celebrated the temporary ruling during a rally in South Carolina. I just want to thank the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice and we have a ruling that
“it's preceded when they say precede, I think that's a good thing.”
Lower courts in order to halt to the project, saying it must have congressional approval. It's the latest test of Trump's presidential power as NPR's Tamarkee reports. Even when President Obama was an office was lobbying to get a ballroom built, then when he came into office the first time he didn't actually do it, the second time President Trump's second term is all about doing whatever President Trump wants to do.
And this ballroom was at the top of his agenda and he went forth and tore down the entire east wing of the White House before anyone really even knew what was happening. NPR's Tamarkee reporting President Trump says he plans to remove tariffs on some imported beef to reduce prices as Nebraska Public Media's Macy buyers reports agriculture leaders say the move could harm some cattle producers.
Beef prices are up this year due to a smaller cattle herd, but people are still lining up at the meat counter.
“President Trump said more tariff-free low-priced imports of ground beef could help save consumers”
money and give farmers time to grow their cattle hurts. But Nebraska Farm Bureau President Mark McCarck disagrees. "We're just short cattle and try to smirk it up, but what that does is also provides added dollars into those ranchers pockets to do the expansion that is needed to actually get more supply on the market."
The White House says that suppliers have agreed to sell the duty free meat at 25 percent
below current market prices. For NPR News, I'm Macy buyers in Lincoln, Nebraska. "The Department of Education is threatening the American Bar Association's ability to acredit law schools and PR's Genaki Meta reports." In most states, a school must be ABA approved for students to take the bar exam and become licensed lawyers. The Trump administration has called out the ABA as being too progressive,
“including for its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.”
Now, the Education Department has taken its first step to strip the ABA of its power to acredit law schools. A department spokesperson told NPR that the ABA did not comply with its accreditation regulations and shared a near 500-page report that, in part, claims that the ABA is not sufficiently independent of the institution's decredits. Melissa Hart, who chairs the ABA's accreditation counsel, said quote, "The Council is confident it complies with the Higher Education
Act and with the Department's Requirements for Accreditors." A final decision to take away the ABA's accreditation power could take months. Genaki Meta and Pair News "This is NPR News from Washington." About 40,000 ratepayers in Northwest Indiana still don't have power more than a week after deadly storms, leveled trees, and knocked down power lines across the region,
most are in Lake County, including Gary next to the Illinois border, full restoration may take until next week as hundreds of polls need to be repaired or replaced. A Texas appeals court has reduced the amount of money Alex Jones has been ordered to pay to victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children in six adults from member station KUT and your Weber reports."
Jones repeatedly called the 2012 shooting "A Hoax" on his Info Wars platform and some of his supporters harassed families of the victims. Jones was ordered by a Texas court to pay $50
million in 2023 for defaming families of two children who were killed. His attorneys argued that
original award ran a foul of Texas's cap on civil lawsuit settlements and the states third court of appeals agreed, reducing the amount Jones owed to $1.5 million. The Texas decision does not affect a Connecticut ruling ordering Jones pay $1.4 billion. Jones filed for bankruptcy in 2022 and his assets, including Info Wars, are still tied up in Texas courts. Jones is yet to pay any money to Sandy Hook families. For MPR News, I'm Andrew Weber in Austin.
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