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What recent Supreme Court cases are affecting the Voting Rights Act?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The U.S. Supreme Court is planning to discuss this week how it will handle a set of cases linked to the landmark Federal Voting Rights Act. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports a court's conference comes after last month's ruling that limited the law's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting.
For decades, legal protections for racial minority voters under what's known as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act have been mainly enforced through lawsuits by voters and advocacy groups. But Republican officials in North Dakota, Mississippi and Alabama have made a novel argument that only the Justice Department can sue. The Supreme Court is set to discuss this Thursday how it will handle three redistricting cases that question whether private individuals and groups can keep suing under Section 2. Last month, the court made it harder to use that part of the Voting Rights Act to claim that maps of certain voting districts discriminate against minority voters of color.
What actions is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taking regarding military legal offices?
The three redistricting cases now on the court's conference schedule could end up further weakening the landmark law from the civil rights movement. Anzila Wong, NPR News.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's ordered what he's calling a ruthless, no excuses review of military legal offices.
In a great power competition or with any threat that we face, commanders need agile, independent, dead-on legal advice that enables decisive action, not endless process.
What details emerged about the assassination attempt on President Trump?
or turf wars.
Speaking in a social media video saying military lawyers are sometimes stuck doing civilian side work when they need to be advising commanders. President Trump is preparing for a trip to China. He is to leave Tuesday afternoon for a summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. On Monday, Trump told reporters at the White House that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is on life support after rejecting Iran's latest proposal to end the war. A man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month has pleaded not guilty.
What were the circumstances surrounding the deaths found in a shipping container in Texas?
31-year-old Cole Allen appeared in federal court for his arraignment Monday. Meanwhile, NPR's Odette Youssef says a survey shows many are skeptical that this and two other assassination attempts were all real.
The NewsGuard YouGov poll surveyed 1,000 Americans. It asked about the incident at the dinner, as well as incidents at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and on golf grounds in West Palm Beach, Florida. 30% of respondents thought at least one of those was staged. Sophia Rubinson is with NewsGuard. She says that previously, uptake of conspiracy theories has been a feature of the political right in the U.S.,
What health concerns arose from the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship?
But this is really one area where the political left seems to be very susceptible for, you know, believing this types of baseless narratives.
Across all three events, Democrats were most skeptical of the Butler incident, with 42 percent saying they thought it was staged. Odette Youssef, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. In Laredo, Texas, six people were found dead inside a Union Pacific shipping container Sunday. From Texas Public Radio, Marianne Navarro reports.
The Laredo Police Department says the bodies were discovered during a routine rail car inspection by train employees. The Webb County Medical Examiner's Office says the individuals included five males and one female. The office positively identified a 29-year-old Mexican woman and a 24-year-old male from Honduras. The female victim is determined to have succumbed to hyperthermia, an extreme overheating of the body. While examinations for the remaining five individuals are still pending, it's highly probable that this was the cause of death for the entire group. Temperatures in Laredo reached the upper 90s on Sunday. I'm Marianne Navarro in San Antonio.
The Americans who disembarked from that cruise ship hit by that hantavirus outbreak are back on home soil. The group includes a British national who lives in the U.S.
What insights does Dr. Eric Topol provide about aging and health?
Federal health officials say at least one American tested positive and another is showing mild symptoms.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent Supreme Court cases are affecting the Voting Rights Act?
0:00–0:56
2
What actions is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taking regarding military legal offices?
0:56–1:24
3
What details emerged about the assassination attempt on President Trump?
1:24–2:00
4
What were the circumstances surrounding the deaths found in a shipping container in Texas?
2:00–2:37
5
What health concerns arose from the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship?
2:37–3:59
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What insights does Dr. Eric Topol provide about aging and health?
3:59–5:04