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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What is the House of Representatives voting on regarding Iran?
The House of Representatives is set to hold a vote this afternoon on a war powers resolution that would halt U.S. attacks on Iran without congressional approval. Yesterday, the Senate voted down a similar measure, mostly along party lines. One of the lawmakers who voted against was Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He spoke with host Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition.
Chapter 3: What did Senator Ron Johnson say about public opinion and war?
I think the primary restraint on any president of the United States is public opinion. What you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress is hold a vote that shows us divided. That would not be good in a war effort, not be good for our troops, would not be good for, you know, success in the operations.
Did it with the Iraq war, both Iraq wars.
We're
Well, there was overwhelming support for those. Probably shouldn't have gone to war at that point in time.
Are you saying we should avoid a vote because the country is not behind the war?
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Chapter 4: How is the EU responding to the Iran war in relation to the Gulf Cooperation Council?
What I'm saying is right now, somebody's got to make the decision. That's the commander in chief.
Senator Johnson speaking with NPR's Steve Inscape. Foreign ministers in the European Union held an emergency meeting today in Brussels with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council about the Iran war.
Chapter 5: What announcement did Senator Steve Daines make about his re-election?
Here's NPR's Rob Schmitz.
European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Kaya Khalid said the two sides discussed the significant damage drones and missiles from Iran have caused to civilian and petrochemical infrastructure in the Gulf.
Iran is exporting the war, trying to expand it to as many countries as they can to sow chaos. And we are calling for stability and seeing what we can do together.
Kala said the same type of drones attacking the Middle East have, for years, attacked Ukraine. She said the EU is putting Gulf countries in touch with Ukraine's leadership to share notes on how to defend themselves from Iranian drone strikes. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines has announced he will not seek re-election. He withdrew his bid yesterday just before Montana's deadline for candidates to file for the November midterm election. Montana Public Radio's Shaili Rager has more.
Daines, who was heavily favored to win re-election, said in a statement that he's been wrestling with the decision for months.
Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career.
Montana Republican U.S. Attorney Kurt Almey filed to run for U.S.
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Chapter 6: What legal action is being taken against President Trump regarding TikTok?
Senate just as Daines dropped out, minutes before the candidate filing period closed. Danes immediately endorsed Almey. President Donald Trump appointed Almey the state's U.S. attorney twice and endorsed his candidacy on Truth Social. Almey has not run for office before. For NPR News, I'm Shaley Riker in Helena.
Earlier, NPR misidentified U.S. Attorney Almey as the state's Attorney General. The state AG is actually Austin Knutson. At last, check on Wall Street.
Chapter 7: What changes are being made to transgender laws in Oklahoma?
The Dow is down nearly 1,000 points. It's NPR. A new nonpartisan firm launched to fight public corruption is suing President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi for allowing the sale of TikTok's U.S. assets to White House allies. The Public Integrity Project alleges flouted a law enacted to block China from using ByteDance's companies for mass data collection or promoting propaganda.
The suit was filed on behalf of two U.S. retail investors and rival social media companies. There was no immediate comment from the White House or Justice Department, but President Trump has said the deal met the terms of the U.S. 's divestiture law. Republican states are pushing broader limits for transgender individuals with new momentum.
From member station KOSU, Sierra Pfeiffer tells us Oklahoma lawmakers have removed rules that allow people to change their sex marker on state driver's licenses.
Administrative rules allowed Oklahomans to change their gender marker on their driver's licenses. Now those rules have been removed by a House joint resolution signed by the governor. Attorney Josh Payton says he's been able to legally help more than 300 transgender Oklahomans amend their name and gender on official documents.
It should be an inherent right for people to change their their
Payton argues the resolution differs from federal law. Laws, he says, the previous rules were added to comply with. For NPR News, I'm Sierra Pfeiffer in Oklahoma City.
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