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President Trump says he is pleased that the Supreme Court has ruled in his favor to allow
the construction of his controversial $400 million white house ballroom.
And Pierce Carried Johnson reports the move drew a dissent from conservative chief justice John Roberts. The court said it was not tackling the heart of a matter whether this construction is legal for now. But the majority, five justice, is said the group suing over the ballroom project had not
suffered a direct concrete injury that would allow it to bring the case to court. The Supreme Court majority said, quote, "mear offense, disagreement, or distaste, does not qualify as an injury to get through those courthouse doors." The White House ballroom is expected to be completed in the summer of 2028. A new whistleblower report warns the U.S. Postal Services Plan for President Trump's
push to restrict mail-in voting could derail the midterm election.
“Key parts of that plan remain blocked for now by a court order, as in Pierce Hanzi”
LaWong reports.
President Trump's order calls for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail-in ballots only
to people on voter lists that the states would have to turn over to the U.S. P.S. which should know U.S. P.S. is a financial support of NPR. The Postal Service has been working on an online portal that would allow state election officials to submit voter names. A new whistleblower report claims the online system has not been properly tested and could
lead to eligible absentee voters not getting ballots in time or at all, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut submitted the report to U.S. P.S. What the disclosure reveals is that the Postal Service has designed a system that is intended to fail. The spokespeople for U.S. P.S. did not respond to questions about the whistleblower
claims on Zulu-Wong NPR News At Grand Canyon National Park, search and rescue crews have recovered
a second body following severe flash flooding over the weekend.
“Ryan Heinchus of Member Station KNAU reports the body of a 46-year-old man was found downstream”
in the Colorado River on Sunday. The flash flooding in Bright Angel Creek tore through Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon, destroying bridges and other infrastructure, more than 60 hikers and others were later evacuated by helicopter. It's common for the Grand Canyon to receive intense rainfall but not in such a steep rocky
area. Rain also fell on areas hit by last year's Dragon Bravo fire on the North Rim. Officials say that likely contributed to the severity of flooding into brief lows. Meanwhile, an estimated 40% of the water pipeline that supplies the Park South Rim has been destroyed or damaged.
After night lodging in the park has been suspended in strict water restrictions or in place, for NPR News on Ryan Heinchus in Flagstaff. Shares in Asia fell following renewed fighting in the U.S. is really war against Iran. You're listening to NPR News from New York City. It is day six of search and rescue at the border of Nepal and Tibet, where authorities
say more than 11,000 people have been rescued from last week's shocking flash floods. About 4,000 people are still missing, including nearly 600 foreign nationals. Nepal's National Disaster. Agency says the number of people who have died from the crush of mud and ice triggered by a falling glacier in the Himalayas has now surpassed 1,000 as rescue teams reach more
remote areas previously cut off.
“In Tibet and Nepal, memorial services are taking place to remember flood victims.”
The largest ever relocation of captive whales in the world is over. Dan Carbon Chuk reports the shuddered Ontario Attraction Marine Land has shipped its last six captive whales to two aquariums in the U.S. Marine Land has now shipped 30 Belugas and four dolphins to five different locations for of them in the U.S. and one in Spain.
The now-closed Niagara Falls Ontario theme parks at more than a year ago, it could no longer afford to keep the whales and, unless they were allowed to relocate them to other facilities, they would be utilized. One Beluga recently moved to the Shed Aquarium in Chicago died several weeks ago. A previous attempt to send the whales to an aquarium in China was blocked by the Canadian
government. In 2019, Ottawa banned whale and dolphin captivity but allowed those at Marine Land to stay there. Marine Land has been losing money since the COVID pandemic and was put up for sale two years ago.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Carbon Chuk in Toronto. And I'm Dolly Psych Hotel, NPR News in New York City. Hey, you know that nagging voice in your head, the one telling you to put the phone down and stop doomsgrowing while it's time. Look up!
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