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Pratt has pledged to aggressively deal with that issue as well as crime and drug use.

He also criticized Bass's reaction to the destructive 2025 wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in Southern California.

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President Trump suggests that the ceasefire with Iran is holding.

As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, this follows another set of airstrikes by U.S.

forces and retaliatory strikes by Iran.

President Trump has issued an executive order turning some 8,000 federal workers into at-will employees, citing the need for greater accountability.

Critics say it's an unlawful attempt to politicize the civil service.

NPR's Andrea Hsu reports.

Copper prices are near an all-time high, in part because of AI data center in the construction.

This means copper wire theft is on the rise.

NPR's John Rewich reports.

All three stock market indexes closed lower on Wall Street in trading on Wednesday.

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Four House Republicans joined every Democrat Wednesday to pass for the first time a war powers resolution that would halt U.S.

military action in Iran.

The House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show mounting opposition to the war.

The next steps in the legislation are uncertain.