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following U.S. attacks on Iranian rocket launcher positions in the straight of her
moves.
“President Trump insisted Monday that Iran is a failed nation.”
They've got 350 percent inflation, they have no currency, they're not paying the soldiers, then leaders are largely dead, their Navy has gone, their efforts has gone, their surveillance equipment is almost entirely gone. That doesn't mean we won't smack him. Trump's speaking at the White House Monday, Brent Crew, the International Standard, is trading
above $91 a barrel. You have Supreme Court allowing the White House to continue work on President Trump's ballroom project, the Justice's intervene Monday, allowing the project to go forward while the lawsuit plays out, lower court's found construction must stop, because the project does not have congressional approval.
Trump administration says it's asking countries to voluntarily cut off business with
Iran to squeeze its economy further, but the most critical country the U.S. needs
to get on board, China has already said it will not cooperate, yours and PR's Emily Fang. Previous efforts dating back to the Obama administration to get China on board with unilateral American sanctions on Iran have failed, and China has said it resolutely opposes the U.S. Treasury Department's latest calls for economic pressure tactics.
Retrid nephew of former sanctions coordinator at the State Department says China may ask for something in return when President Xi Jinping visits Washington next month. My expectation is that the Chinese will say, "Well, listen, if you're going to grant us concessions on U.S.-China trade issues, or you're going to agree not to use X-Fork controls, then China might be interested."
“Yet Chinese support is crucial because China buys most of Iran's oil, Emily Fang and”
Peer News Washington. U.S. Postal Service asking an appeals court to lift a block on its plan for an order by President Trump that order seeks to restrict mail in voting for the mid-term election. In Paris, Hanxi Lomong reports a move is setting up another likely Supreme Court review. Testing about by mail is still an option for eligible voters right now, but the U.S. Postal
Service is appealing the latest major legal hurdle to carry out its plan for President Trump's post to restrict mail in voting. The plan involves delivering mail in ballots only to people on voter lists that the states would have to turn over to the mailing agency. A federal judge in Boston found that plan is likely illegal because U.S. P.S. has no authority
to control voting by mail. We should note U.S. P.S. is a financial supporter of NPR. So far, the Supreme Court has not weighed in on whether Trump's order is legal, and the
“postal services knew request for a review at the first U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”
is setting the stage for another Supreme Court battle. There's little time left for the order to be fully carried out. North Carolina starts mailing out its ballots for the mid-terms this Friday. On Zilawong, NPR News. This is NPR News.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly, says that Driscoll is resigning a reason for Driscoll's departure after 18 months on the job is not clear, but his resignation marks the latest in a series of shake-ups and military leadership, and comes amid widely reported tension with Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth. Police in New York City fatally shot a woman Monday after she stabbed two people in Times
Square. Both stabbing victims were taken to a hospital, authority say one died in the others in stable condition. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says a woman killed by officers had what she said was a documented mental health history with the NYPD, but no arrest, but no arrest history.
Parker Greatly and our messy retiring from international soccer, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as John Barley reports. Messy retirees as Argentine's most cat player, the country's top scorer, and a world cup winner with the national team in the 2022 tournament in Qatar. He originally retired from international soccer in 2016, before reversing his decision
and continuing to play for La Albi Celeste, as Argentina's national team and known, and descended to near immortal status in his home country when he lifted the world cup six years
later, Argentina's first title since 1986.
Messy won the ball on door, soccer's most coveted individual honour, a record eight times, as well as dozens of trophies during his club career with Spanish Giants Barcelona and French champions Paris San Germain. 39-year-old Messy will continue to play for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer. This season on Planet Money Summer School, we have drilled for oil in Norway, we've smuggled
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