NPR News: 06-03-2026 2AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Runrun. Votes are being counted in six states that had primaries Tuesday. In Iowa, Democratic State Representative Josh Turek will face Congresswoman Ashley Hinson for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Senator Joni Ernst. Hinson was endorsed by President Trump.
Earning his support and endorsement in this race is not something that I take lightly. It is an honor and a responsibility that I will carry with me these next five months into November. So thank you, President Trump, for your service to our country.
In New Jersey's 12th congressional district, Democrat Dr. Adam Hamawi will face Republican Greg Mealy in the November general election. Hamawi spoke to ABC News.
This is what people are looking for, someone who unabashedly stands up for human rights, someone who doesn't waver on their stances. And people are looking for outsiders. They're tired of the same establishment.
Votes are still being counted in California for the governor's race and mayor of Los Angeles. The Justice Department is no longer moving forward with its controversial $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that President Trump was seeking. Democrats and several Republicans said they were against the plan. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas reports while acting Attorney General Todd Blanch said the proposal was dead, another part of that settlement remains in place.
Under the settlement, neither he nor his family were to receive any money from this fund. But as part of the deal, the IRS was barred from pursuing any claims or actions, any probes against President Trump, his family, and companies over past tax issues. This is important. Bland said that part of the settlement remains in place, very much alive. And at the hearing today, Democrats expressed a lot of concern about the fact that that element still remains in place.
CBS has fired veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley Monday night. after his fiery remarks at a staff meeting held by the program's new executive producer. It's part of CBS's editor-in-chief Barry Weiss's effort to wrest control of the network's signature program. Here's NPR's David Fulfkin-Frick.
Last week, new editor-in-chief Barry Weiss fired the show's top executives and forced out two correspondents. Her pick as the new executive editor, Nick Bilton, has never worked in TV news. On Monday, Pelley told Bilton he wasn't welcome... He wasn't qualified in that editor-in-chief Weiss was murdering the program, according to three people with direct knowledge. Weiss arrived at CBS from her Views and News Center right website, The Free Press. The two correspondents whom Weiss ousted last week have accused her of interfering with the show for ideological reasons.
On Wall Street, the markets closed higher on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up, as was the S&P and the Nasdaq. From Washington, you're listening to NPR News. The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a plan supported by the Alabama Republicans to use new congressional district maps. that could give Republicans an opportunity to win an additional seat in the November election. The ruling means the 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and only one safe Democratic seat. A new report from the Colorado River Expert shows that another dry winter could bring the nation's number two largest reservoirs to the brink of devastation. From member station KJZZ, Alex Hager reports.
Lake Powell and Lake Mead are less than a third full. Anne Castle, one of the report's authors, says if they get much lower, water managers might have to send river water straight through to the other side of their dams and wouldn't be able to store for the future.
That undermines the value of the entirety of the Colorado River reservoir system, and we don't want to get there.
Castle called on state negotiators to urgently come up with a plan to keep more water in those reservoirs by cutting back on water use instead of just adding water from other reservoirs upstream.
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