Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
Oil prices jumped more than 3% today past the $100 barrel threshold for the first
time since July as the Iran War escalates again. President Trump predicted today prices won't come down until after the mid-term elections determining who controls Congress. Right after the election oil prices are going to be tumbling downward. They're going to be tumbling down and we'll get them down.
“I think for gasoline we'll get them below $2 a gallon.”
Initially Trump said the war would last a matter of weeks it's now in its seventh month. President Trump is expected to speak at the Republican National Committee's mid-term convention in Dallas tonight and PR Stephen Fowler reports. The first day of the unprecedented convention features Congressional candidates locked in competitive races, members of Trump's cabinet touting the administration's agenda, and
will end with a president delivering a keynote address all in hopes of boosting Republican turnout.
The first balance is sent out across the country, poll show more voters say they want Democrats
and Republicans to represent them in Congress. Stephen Fowler and PR News Dallas. Missouri's Republican Secretary of State is set to appear before the state's Supreme Court tomorrow morning over contempt charges, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports it's the latest in the state's chaotic legal battle over a congressional map backed by
President Trump to help Republicans hold control of the U.S. House.
“The Missouri Supreme Court had ruled last week that a referendum on the map could go on”
the ballot, meaning the plan couldn't be used this year. But a federal judge issued a temporary order Tuesday stating that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins could only use the GOP leaning map lawmakers approved in 2025, which an appeals court lets stand for now. Hoskins then told local election officials to use the Trump back map, and the Missouri
Supreme Court ordered him to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt. Redistricting opponents contend the Missouri Supreme Court's order still bars Hoskins from forcing election officials to use the 2025 map, and are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the temporary order. For MPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum and St. Louis.
Canada's U.S. Trade Minister is pushing back after the latest escalation in the trade war between the longtime allies, as Dan Carpentruck reports President Trump banned several Canadian-made products after Canada's countermeasures kicked in yesterday. The president says he's banning the importing of Canadian alcohol, motorcycles, as well as some dairy, paper, furniture, and aluminum products.
Ottawa's Canada U.S. Trade Minister Dominic Leblanc says the new bans are unjustified, and the Canadian government is assessing the impact. Canadian negotiators walked away from trade talks a few weeks ago with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying the U.S. offer was "un-economic" and designed to make Canada even more reliant on the U.S.
Japan PR News M. Dan Carpentruck in Toronto. Major U.S. Stock Index is fell today as the price of crude rose, and S&P 500 lost nearly half a percent, it's NPR. Ukrainian President Volodymer Zelensky is criticizing the international community for not taking a tougher stance against Russia's attacks on civilian areas, Russia recently launched
“heavy bombardments on key, the most intense attacks since the full-scale invasion began”
in 2022, Ukrainian officials say these strikes aimed to weaken civilian morale. Drinking very hot beverages regularly could raise the risk of developing a soft-a-geal cancer.
That's according to a large new study of nearly a million people in the U.K. and Piers Maria
Gadoy has more. The study followed T and coffee drinkers over 14 years. The researchers found that people who regularly drank very hot beverages had three times the risk of a soft-a-geal cancer compared to those who sit their drinks warm. The findings are in line with prior studies in Asia, South America and the Middle East.
The international agency for research on cancer classifies drinks hotter than 149 degrees Fahrenheit, as probably carcinogenic to humans. Drinking very hot liquids can damage the cells lining the esophagus, and repeated injuries can raise the risk of cancer over time. Experts say it's best to let hot drinks cool for a few minutes before taking a sip.
The findings appear in the International Journal of Cancer. Maria Gadoy and Pianias. A cemetery in northern Hungary held a grave digging contest last weekend. The two-man team of Robert Nagy and Laslo kiss one by digging a grave in one hour in 21 minutes.
They followed contest specifications for depth, length, and width. The winners shared a cash prize of $200,000 Hungarian forance for about $640. This is NPR. This week on sources and methods behind closed doors at the highest levels of the intelligence community on 9/11.
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