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What recent Supreme Court decision impacted the Voting Rights Act?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The U.S. Supreme Court weakened a portion of the Voting Rights Act that protected minority-majority congressional districts today. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports on how the decision could have huge implications, especially in the South.
The court ruled 6-3 that a congressional map that gave Louisiana a second black majority district was unconstitutional. Eddie Grime is a Kansas City-based attorney who successfully argued that case to the high court. He says the decision lays the groundwork to either legally challenge minority-majority districts or for state legislatures to get rid of them.
That's Jason Rosenbaum from St. Louis Public Radio reporting.
The Supreme Court's decision could make it easier for Southern states to convert Democratic-leaning congressional districts with majority Black populations into whiter, more Republican-leaning seats. For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum in St. Louis.
Iran's national rial currency has hit a record low of $1.8 million as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel holds. Experts warn the fall of the rial is likely to further fuel inflation. Many imported goods from food and medicine to electronics and raw materials are affected by the dollar rate. The war is now in a ceasefire, but a U.S. naval blockade has continued to increase pressure on Iran's already battered economy, as NPR's Tom Bowman explains.
The U.S. has prevented more than three dozen ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports. And meanwhile, Iran is harassing shipping entering the Strait of Hormuz and that narrow waterway leading to the Arabian Sea, of course. So as a result, the flow of oil tankers, other ships has dropped to a trickle. And that shipping clog has led to higher prices on things like fertilizer, liquefied natural gas and oil.
NPR's Tom Bowman reporting. President Trump held a rare phone call today with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, As NPR's Charles Maines reports, Russia says the talks focused heavily on current global conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.
According to Kremlin advisor Yuri Shikov, Putin weighed in on the U.S. and Israel's war against Russia's ally Iran, saying he supported Trump's recent decision to prolong a ceasefire with Tehran. Yet that Russian advice did not apply closer to home. After Trump suggested a deal to end the war in Ukraine was within reach, Putin insisted Kyiv was prolonging the conflict by failing to accept Russian territorial demands. Putin did propose a temporary ceasefire when both Russia and Ukraine hold events commemorating the end of World War II in early May. Yet Putin said Russian troops would ultimately achieve their objectives in Ukraine, a position Putin has held since he ordered the full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
Charles Mainz, NPR News.
The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates on hold. There were some divisions amidst uncertainty created by the war with Iran. One Fed board member voted to cut rates. Three others voted to hold them. It's NPR. Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available. More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in state houses across the nation. Momentum is growing. Even as a new E. coli outbreak sickens U.S. children, health officials have long warned that raw milk can contain potentially deadly germs. A London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita is coming to New York, starring Rachel Ziegler, who played Maria in the remake of West Side Story.
Jeff London reports.
The production, directed by Jamie Lloyd, who similarly reconceived Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, was a smash hit in London. Rachel Ziegler picked up an Olivier for her portrayal of Eva Peron and sang Don't Cry for Me Argentina outside on a theater balcony to passers-by below with the audience watching on a big screen inside.
Don't cry for me Argentina
That won't be happening in New York for practical and safety considerations. Lloyd promises he's excited to explore a new staging idea for Broadway.
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