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his chamber early, so members can't go home and campaign.
“The move prevents lawmakers from voting on articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary”
Pete Heggsett over the war in Iran. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports that House also won't vote on legislation affecting military veterans, a measure that is languished for years. The bill would close a loophole that prevents some veterans who get VA disability benefits from also collecting full military retirement pay.
So we've heard that I was willing to give my life no problem for this country. That's Jen Nott, who saw combat in Iraq after years of waiting.
She says the votes are finally there to force a vote on the bill and Congress is going
home. It has a real world effect on myself and my family and the other veterans and their families that are involved in this. In this economy, we need our retirement. Around 50,000 veterans are affected.
“The bill has been blocked from a vote by fiscal hawks in the past, but advocates hope it”
will pass after Congress returns in November. Quill Lawrence and PR News. One measure the House did pass before adjourning was a sanctions bill against Russia. The measure is now going to President Trump for his signature. It's named for late South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, who supported Ukraine
strongly. And PR's Joanna Kikis's reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is praising the measure.
Writing on social media, Zelensky called the sanctions "an extremely powerful tool that
can stop this terrorist war and bring Russia to the point where it has to make peace." Zelensky added that the sanctions have to be powerful enough so diplomatic efforts to and the war can succeed. The bill enables the introduction of tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy shortly
“after the House of Representatives approved it, Russia launched a drone and missile attack”
throughout Ukraine. At least 20 people were injured in the Ukrainian capital cave. The bill is now on President Trump's desk awaiting his signature. Joanna Kikis's NPR News cave. A team of UN investigators says there are reasonable grounds to think.
The U.S. committed war crimes in two air strikes in Iran. This happened on February 28th when the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran. NPR's A.A. Batrawi says the strikes targeted an elementary school. There's a report out today by a UN investigative body that says there are reasonable grounds to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in air strikes on Iran at the start of that war.
They say those air strikes killed at least 178 civilians, including 120 school children at a school in Manab in Southern Iran. The Pentagon is still investigating that attack. NPR's A.A. Batrawi reporting. This is NPR.
The Senate Committee on Health has held a confirmation hearing for some of President Trump's picks for the Department of Health and Human Services that includes for U.S. urgent general and PR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports the nominee was questioned about measles and vaccines. President Trump's pick for Surgeon General is Dr. Nicole Sapphire, a radiologist and former Fox News commentator.
At the very beginning of the hearing, chair Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana who's a physician, challenged Sapphire on the MMR vaccine which protects against measles. Does it cause autism? I do not believe Dr. Cassidy then asked if parents should get their kids vaccinated against measles?
The best tool we have to combat these infections to save the most lives and to also create population herd immunity is vaccination against the MMR. Those are different positions than that of the man who will be Sapphire's boss if she's confirmed. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a longtime anti-vaccine activist, Selena Simmons Duffin
and Pianu's Washington. Missouri Republican officials are arguing one more time today for a redrawn congressional map for their state. They're appearing before a federal appeals panel, but the chances of winning may be slim. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected prior appeals to put the new map into place and
the Missouri State Supreme Court has overturned the map. It seeks to redraw Missouri congressional districts in favor of Republican candidates. I'm Corva Coleman NPR News from Washington.
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