Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held.
A trade war is upending decades of free trade between the US and Canada.
“Here's Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.”
"You're a war when you get attacked, we got attacked."
He spoke Saturday as President Trump's 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian
imports kicked in. No new trade talks are scheduled after collapsing Friday. Carney is promising in kind tariffs on US products starting September 8th. A federal judge says the Trump administration acted illegally when it stopped processing immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Brazil and Yemen,
and PR's Michael Compley reports the State Department has said applicants from those countries were likely to need public assistance if they ever came to the US. US District Judge Jeanette Vargas struck down the Trump administration's visa ban in part because she said it discriminated on the basis of nationality, in violation of federal immigration law.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, consular officers are barred from issuing visas to
“people who were unlikely to be able to support themselves in the US, but that determination”
has to be made on a case-by-case basis.
Judge Vargas said the visa ban overwrote the discretion of consular officers. The judge also set aside any visa denials that were based solely on the ban. Neither the State Department nor the White House immediately responded to a request for comment, Michael Compley and PR News. Hawaii's contending with yet another big storm, tropical storm okay is bringing heavy rainfall
to the big island today with the risk of life-threatening flooding and mudslides. It's affecting areas that are still recovering from last weekend's Hurricane Malah. Nearly 30,000 residents in Indiana still without power 12 days after a deadly storm hit, Barb Angiano reports. A newly filed class action lawsuit is alleging Nipsco failed to manage vegetation as well
as conduct adequate inspections of utility poles and power lines. In a statement, the utility says it strongly disagrees with the characterization of Nipsco's vegetation management practices.
“Ported Indiana residents, Cynthia Sanchez, is still without power following the storms.”
She says nearby power lines were knocked down by trees and that she remembers Nipsco offering to cut back trees on her property a few years ago. And we did take them up on it so they did cut down one of our trees, but there are so many trees in the neighborhood right by the lines. Nipsco estimates power to be restored in the portage area on Tuesday.
For NPR News, I'm Barb Angiano in Indianapolis. Far from gridlock at the nation's capital today dozens of race cars are set to reach speeds around 200 miles per hour, they're doing 147 laps for the freedom 250 grand pre. It's part of President Trump's push this summer for celebrations of the nation's anniversary.
The event chair says this is a one-end done event pegged to the anniversary. It's NPR News. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he believes Russia is likely to mobilize another 300,000 troops this year as it tries to complete the capture of the eastern Danets region.
Meantime Ukraine continues its drone attacks on Russian infrastructure, destroying an online retail warehouse this weekend. testimony resumes tomorrow in the trial of a Massachusetts woman charged with killing her three children. The defense has rested its case in the trial of Lindsey Clancy, Debra Becker from Member
Station W.B.U.R. has this report. The defense witnesses said Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis and a voice ordered her to kill her children and then herself. Her attorneys are seeking what's known as an insanity defense, arguing that Clancy was not in her right mind and could not control her behavior.
But medical experts for the prosecution say Clancy did not have postpartum psychosis and deliberately planned to kill the children. The trial has drawn international attention because of the focus on Clancy's attempts to get postpartum mental health care. For MPR News, I'm Debra Becker in Boston.
Americans will have some of the best seats in the celestial house during this week's near total lunar eclipse. Thursday into Friday, Earth's shadow will cover around 96 percent of the moon. And if the skies stay clear, this eclipse will be visible to billions of people across North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Much more visible than the solar eclipse seen in parts of Europe earlier this month. This is NPR News. For the past 25 years, a rare Pacific ecosystem has been undisturbed. Now the Trump administration is opening nearby waters to commercial fishing.
The Americans' fishermen have never had a better ally in the White House than Donald Trump.
This week on the Sunday story, we discuss what's at stake for this wild ecosystem.
