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Court order issued Friday, that order temporarily allows a massive ballroom project of
“the White House to continue. The project will cost at least $400 million. The administration”
has been arguing the project is for national security, and will be built with defense fortifications, as NPR's Emily Fang reports." On his social media site true social Trump claimed without details that the military wanted such changes for the last 100 years. A nonprofit charted by Congress to protect American historic buildings has sued to stop
the ballroom for which the historic east wing of the White House was torn down last year. The lawsuit argues that Trump, by himself, does not have the authority to make such big, structural changes. And two courts ruled the ballroom was likely illegal because Congress did not give it approval. But the short Supreme Court order issued Friday afternoon allows the ballroom to continue to be built for now. Trump said construction was
"a head of schedule." Emily Fang and Pernu's Washington
“The federal government announced Friday, a water usage plan for the Colorado River”
seven states rely on the river for farming and more. But the river's water is dwindling in part because of climate change and drought. KJZZ's Alex Hager says details of the government's plan have now been made public. He found out exactly how much water will get cut and who is going to get less. Arizona, California, and Nevada will take about 20% less water from the river over the next two years.
Arizona will shoulder the largest portion of those cuts. The plan does not force cuts for the upstream states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico because the federal government doesn't think it has the authority to do that. The Trump administration has announced summer is ending early, at least when it comes to gasoline blends. It's now allowing the sale of winter blends of gas about two weeks ahead of schedule.
And Pernu's will are urban as more.
“Refineries make two kinds of gasoline, one for summer, one for winter, and it helps”
to do with how fast gasoline evaporates in warmer temperatures. The summer blend evaporates less quickly in the heat, so it produces less smog, but it's a bit more expensive to make. Usually a switch to the winter blend happens on September 15th, but the environmental protection agency and the Department of Energy say this year, it'll happen on September 1st. It's a small maneuver that the administration hopes will boost the fuel supply and help ease
prices at the pump, which have been hovering just over $4 a gallon on average this summer. Willa Rubin and Pernu's. Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada have now broken down with Canada calling its representatives
back to Ottawa. The U.S. began imposing new 50% tariffs on 20 billion dollars of Canadian
goods late Friday night. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match those new tariffs dollar for dollar. You're listening to NPR news. At least 15 people were killed Friday when several Russian drones hit a shopping center in Central Ukraine. Officials say more than 130 other people were wounded, including 22 children. 29 people are listed in serious condition, including five children Russia has recently been
escalating its air war on Ukraine. Some farmers across the country may be getting a little relief from poor weather, and the high costs for fertilizer and diesel related to the war with Iran. As Nebraska Public Media's Macy Buyers reports, corn future prices hit $5 a bushel for the first time in 18 months. The price shot up Thursday following yield surveys showing U.S. supply would be down about
6% nationwide, according to USDA estimates. That boost could help Midwest corn farm ers recover in this tough year of high input costs and dry weather. But Agaconomist Abigail Peterson with Nebraska Farm Bureau says she still expects many farmers will operate at a loss this year. "It might help margins a little bit, just kind of depends on how hard that land has been
hit by drought, you know, high temperatures, things like that. Hopefully with all those factors combined, maybe the losses we're looking at won't be as severe." Demand for U.S. corn exports is expected to stay high. For NPR news, I'm Macy Buyers, In Lincoln. The nation's capital is preparing for an indie car race around the mall. The main event takes place Sunday afternoon. The Grand Prix will take place on a 1.7 mile
track with seven turns. It will run along Pennsylvania Avenue across the national mall and past a number of other tourist sites. The event is being staged by President Trump as part of nation's 250th birthday celebration. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.
For the first time, U.S. government debt has surpassed $40 trillion a massive number
that affects your bottom line. This week on Consider This, we connect the dots between the national debt and your car payment, your mortgage, your small business loan, and so much more. Listen to Consider This. The Daily afternoon News Podcast from NPR.
