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of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Pierce Tom Bowman says Driscoll went to the White
House to turn in his resignation to President Trump. He told the President a number of things, according to a person close to him. He said the U.S. is losing the Iran war. He talked about how the war is drastically reduced to stock pile of missiles. Talk to what the difficulty in getting the Pentagon budget through under defense secretary Pete Hex at, and he said modernizing the military a key focus
of Driscoll was not going forward, because Hex at is firing people who know what they're
“doing. This person said Driscoll basically laid it down. I think there was a hope Driscoll”
would stay through the midterms, but I'm told he'll leave this week. Driscoll is stepping away from the Pentagon as the U.S. and Iran are again exchanging fire. Edward is weakening the net. Hurricane Center says Edward is now a tropical depression. After making lamp all Tuesday along the Texas Louisiana border, Edward continues to pose a danger to residents, especially drivers, as Houston public media's Andrew Schneider reports.
Edward hit a maximum sustained wind speed of 50 miles per hour around 4pm central time. National Weather Service meteorologist Melody Geiger says the primary danger from the storm remains heavy rainfall and the risk of flash flooding. On the Texas side, and especially in the Houston area, the flash flood risk does persist into the overnight hours, so be very very careful when driving if you're going to be driving late at night, because flooded
“roads aren't even harder to see at night than during the day.”
Geiger says that flash flood risk could persist into the early morning hours as the storm moved slowly to the northwest and deeper into East Texas. I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston. The murder case in Utah, again, semantic used of killing, conservative activists Charlie Kirk is headed for trial. A federal judge cited Tuesday with prosecutors who say they have overwhelming evidence at Tyler Robertson, shot Kirk at Utah Valley University nearly
a year ago. German governments says it's holding Russia responsible for an attempt to drone attack at an airport near Leipzig last month, as me Nicholson reports at Berlin says it remains steadfast in its support for Ukraine despite increased hybrid attacks from Russia. Germany's Federal Interior Minister Aleksandr Dobrint says intelligence findings indicate that the individuals involved in a failed drone attack at Leipzig Halle Airport
“last month were acting on behalf of Moscow. Federal Foreign Minister Johann Widerpfuels”
says the explosive laden drone found near a Ukrainian airplane is not an isolated incident, but part of a wider campaign to stoke fear and undermine Europe. Berlin says it's closing Russia's Consulate General in Bonne and shutting down the cultural center Russian House in Berlin. Russia's Foreign Ministry says Moscow will respond to what they call Berlin's anti-Russian action. From P.I. News, I'm Azmir Nicholson in Berlin.
This is in PR. Progressives have scored another win this time in Massachusetts, according to an associate of press race called Democratic primary voters air advanced incumbent Senator Ed Marky to the November midterms, the 80-year-old Marky defeated Congressman Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old Marine Corps veteran and moderate Democrat who sought to make generational change a priority. The Trump administration has just green-lighted a plan
that could let the Navajo nation dig up more than half a billion tons of coal by extending
the life of a New Mexico mine over the next century. From Member Station KJZZ, Gabriel Pietrozio reports. The Interior Department says denying this permit would be at odds with Trump's unleashing American energy agenda and that it could also destabilize the Navajo nation economy. The Tribal-Yone Navajo-Transitional Energy Company fuels the aging four corners power plant. That lease is set to expire in 2041, but the Fed's note the next coal buyer is
unknown. The Fed's argued those financial factors out way as slew of environmental and other harms posed by the expansion, including the relocation of nearby families. For MPR News, I'm Gabriel Pietrozio. Major financial markets in Asia are tumbleing South Korea's benchmarked down more than three percent. A pan's knee case here averaged down more than two and a half percent. Stocks
are slumping in Asia, met a sell-off and bond markets renewed attacks by the U.S. and Iran are pushing oil prices higher. This is MPR News. Canada and tariffs Venezuela and oil, the war in Iran, these are big, complicated stories. And they're changing fast. To stay ahead, start your day with up first from NPR. New episodes are available each weekday when you wake up,
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