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Robert Federaci of ProPublica says the deal was initiated by an aide to President Trump.
He spoke to NPR's All Things Considered.
The Pentagon says no company gets special treatment.
The White House says the president's team is working with private industry to secure the nation's critical mineral supply chain.
A spokesman for Donald Trump Jr.
says he does not discuss companies that he is invested in with federal government officials, and he has no knowledge of how this deal came together.
A spokesman for his venture capital firm also says it played no role in obtaining the loan for Vulcan Elements.
A court in Kenya has temporarily blocked a new quarantine facility for Ebola patients.
and Kenya had announced they were building the facility.
The Trump administration says it won't let any Americans with the disease return to the United States.
That's even though prior time they were repatriated for treatment.
The high court in Kenya says the order will block the plans for the quarantine facility and that the order will stay in place until the case is finalized.
California's attorney general is suing the company formerly known as 23andMe.
He claims the DNA testing firm failed to protect sensitive user data.
From member station KQED, Rachel Miro reports.
It's still hot in the northern U.S.
The National Weather Service says it will feel like 100 degrees in parts of northern Montana today.