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President Trump is facing growing pressure to bring down gas prices with the midterm elections
just two months away.
“NPR's Franco-Radonia's reports, the White House, is looking to U.S. producers and Venezuela”
for relief, but neither is expected to lower prices quickly. Venezuela's oil reserves are so messed up that it'll likely take years before oil production meaningfully ramps up to make a difference. A U.S. official will not authorize to discuss this deal publicly admitted to reporters that the oil industry has been devastated by corruption and lack of investment and that it
also needs to be rebuilt. I ask when we could reasonably see that and he did not answer, stating that there was no time table. But again, experts say that this could take years. That's NPR's Franco-Radonia's reporting, President Trump met with oil and gas executives
yesterday to discuss boosting production. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant says the artificial intelligence boom will give a boost
“to the U.S. economy, but his NPR's Scott Horsley reports Bessant says industry leaders”
have done a horrendous job of making that case. "Bessant spoke in a gathering of global finance ministers who got an update from industrial companies, drug makers, and farm equipment manufacturers about how they're actually using artificial intelligence in the workplace. Treasury Secretary says the technology can be transformative, but he cautioned backers have
a challenge in persuading a skeptical American public." "They are going to have to convince the American people that all the benefits will not accrue to a small group." Bessant argues the spread of AI could also contribute to a boom and start up businesses by making it easier for firms to find their footing with just a small number of people.
Scott Horsley, in PR News, Washington. The president of Ukraine is warning that Russian airspace will soon be de facto close because
“it will be filled with Ukrainian drones until the war ends.”
NPR's Joanna Kikis's reports, the latest move, could compromise air travel in the region. In a video message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned airlines insurers and foreign governments that Russian skies are becoming unsafe. "Ukrainna Nizagroje." Ukraine does not threaten civilian aviation Zelensky said that there will simply be drones
in Russia skies on a scale that has to be taken into account. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the remark "a declaration of state terrorism." Ukraine's long-range drones have repeatedly struck Russian logistics and energy sites this year. Russia is using missiles and jet-powered drones for deadly strikes on Ukrainian cities.
Joanna Kikis's NPR News live Ukraine. This is NPR News in Washington. The State Department says about 75 Americans remain missing a week after catastrophic flooding in landslides devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet. Among them are 22 Americans with an organization that teaches yoga and meditation.
The group had reached an immigration center near the Nepalese border just minutes before a wall of water mud in debris swept through the area. A week after meta and a group of states settled at landmark lawsuit over children's addiction to social media and new study is shifting the focus to adults. It finds grown-ups also struggle with how much time they spend on their phones, NPR's
genre which reports. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, more than half of adults in America say they spend too much time on their smartphones. For 18 to 29 year olds, it's 70% - about 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. say they're on their smartphones almost constantly.
Many appear to recognize that time spent on smartphones isn't always a good thing.
45% of adults surveyed report trying to cut back on their smartphone use in the past year, but about the same numbers say they haven't. Overall, most American adults think smartphones help them stay informed and connected to others. But many around 40% think it hurts the amount of sleep they get.
John Roo, HNPR News ProGoffer Tiger Woods is doing court today to change his now guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from an accident and florted this year, police say wood showed signs of impairment and was carrying hydrocodone, a breath test found no alcohol. This is NPR 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
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