Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Kivone.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to continue with construction on a
“White House ballroom for now, and PR's Kerry Johnson reports the more than $300 million”
project represents a top priority for President Trump. The Supreme Court did not address the underlying issue, whether the demolition of the East Wing in construction of a new ballroom is legal. Rather, the court majority says the national trust for historic preservation likely hasn't suffered a concrete injury that would allow it to sue to stop the project.
Leaders of the CIA, the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence, filed court papers arguing any delay could hurt national security and make it harder to protect the president. Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, along with the court's three liberal justices, Roberts wrote the construction is likely unlawful because Congress has not approved it.
He noted the White House is not just any building, Kerry Johnson and PR News. The House of Representatives is back in Washington after its five week summer break, funding the government is among the top agenda items, and PR's Eric McDaniel has more.
“As of this moment, the deadline for the funding to lapse is the end of September, but”
the funding vote this week would be a stop gap continuing government funding until December. It would avoid a shutdown during the midterm elections, which seems to be a bipartisan wish. The package has already passed the Senate, so this vote is the last stop before it heads to the president's desk for a signature.
We've already seen two record-setting federal government shutdowns in the second Trump administration.
The House might also vote on a central resolution targeted at Chuck Edwards and North Carolina Republican, who dropped his reelection bid after the House Ethics Committee found that Edwards may have created or fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment. He denies wrongdoing Eric McDaniel and PR News, Washington. Former Congressman George Santos has been banned from the prediction market site Couchie
for life, as NPR's Bobby Allen reports the betting side announced several enforcement actions. Couchie says George Santos received a lifetime ban after he failed to cooperate with its investigation.
“The company found that Santos shared social media post about how excited he was to attend”
Trump's state of the union earlier this year. And at the same time, he was placing bets on Couchie that he would not attend. In response, Santos posted on X, thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform. Let's see how much longer you guys are around. Couchie also announced actions against North Carolina congressional candidate Lori Buckout,
who wagered on her own campaign, and against Billionaire Stephen Klubeck, who bet on his now abandoned run for governor of California. The crackdown comes as election integrity experts fear that prediction markets could create chaos this coming November, Bobby Allen and PR News. Rescue crews searching the Grand Canyon have found at least two bodies, and more than it
does in others remain missing after a Saturday flash flood event near Bright Angel Canyon, dozens of people were evacuated from the site. The Dow was off 374, the S&P 500 off 25, this is NPR.
A Massachusetts jury has gone home for the day after concluding a third day of deliberation
in the case of Lindsey Clancy. The 36-year-old Massachusetts mother who admits to killing her three children, her attorneys argue she was suffering post-partum psychosis and not guilty of first or second degree murder or manslaughter deliberations continued tomorrow. There are lots of changes we expect as we get older, but some like dry eyes can surprise
us, and PR is Maria Gadoi reports. Symptoms can include red or gritty feeling eyes, blurred vision, and increased late sensitivity. Obtomitrous Lauren Gormley with Johns Hopkins University says, while men get dry eyes too, large-scale studies have shown that the rate of dry and women over 50 is double the rate of dry and men over 50.
Hormonal changes during menopause can contribute to dry eyes, so can lots of other factors, including wearing contacts, staring at screens for too long, and taking common medications like blood pressure drugs. After the counter-eye drops, and warm compresses can help. If home remedies don't work, Gormley says CNI Dr. Maria Gadoi and PR News.
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi says he's retiring from international play this after the World Cup Finals when Messi's team Argentina lost to Spain. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled a nine-month exhibition of the designs of John Galliano, Galliano has drawn fire for years for his anti-Semitic rhetoric, met donors threatened to withdraw support for the museum.
I'm Louise Kivone and PR News, Washington. This season on Planet Money Summer School, we have drilled for oil in Norway, we've smuggled products in the North Korea, and now we make it to our seventh continent, Antarctica. That's right. Big for me.
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