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What recent election overhaul failed in the Senate?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be Congress's top priority has failed in the Senate. Republicans tried to tack the bill onto an immigration funding package, as NPR's Miles Parks reports.
The act would have required all new voters to show a document proving their U.S. citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate, when they registered to vote. It's already illegal for noncitizens to vote, and countless audits and investigations have found that noncitizen voting is not a major problem in American elections. But it's an issue President Trump is fixated on, and he threatened not to sign any other legislation if the SAVE Act didn't pass. Still, it's been clear for months that there was not enough support in the Senate to pass it. Now, experts worry that if Republicans underperform in the midterms, Trump will use the failure as a reason to question the legitimacy of the results.
Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.
The House passed a bill tonight providing Ukraine with more than a billion dollars in security and reconstruction aid and making another $8 billion in loans available. The vote is a sign of impatience with President Trump's approach to the Russia-Ukraine war. It's the House's second foreign policy break this week with Trump after approving a resolution to halt the U.S. war in Iran. President Trump announced a $700 million investment in coal today. The Mountain West News Bureau's Hannah Merzbach reports.
U.S. coal production has declined by more than half in the past two decades. Now, Trump says he'll extend the life of 13 coal plants nationwide, plus open two new ones, restart another, and open a terminal in Oakland, California. That could export coal from Western states such as Wyoming, whose Governor Mark Gordon says that'll help access the Asian market.
So to be able to open that Oakland port is absolutely essential for the lifeblood of our state and for our coal mines.
Supporters say Trump's latest coal investment will help keep electricity prices down, while the Environmental Defense Fund says it'll do the opposite and increase pollution. It comes as the administration blocks further development of wind and solar. For NPR News, I'm Hannah Merzbach in Jackson, Wyoming.
New York City officials say they're ready for World Cup soccer crowds later this month. NPR's Brian Mann reports.
Governor Kathy Hochul says New York City's bus, subway and train system will boost service to move up to 100,000 extra people. Many going to the New York, New Jersey stadium where World Cup matches will take place. State and local officials are also stepping up anti-terrorism measures.
So you'll see more of a police presence. but also know that behind the scenes that our cyber analysts and experts are focused on this with every fiber in their being.
Mayor Zoran Bamdani says there may be even bigger crowds if a World Cup soccer game falls on the same day as a possible Nick Spurs NBA Finals home game.
This is a moment that we've been preparing for, we've been hoping for, and we feel fully prepared for.
The first World Cup match in the New York, New Jersey area is June 13th. Brian Mann, NPR News.
This is NPR. A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog. The study finds that between 2003 and 2015, the U.S. national average smog level dropped by 11 percent, but since 2015, it's increased by 4 percent. Scientists fear that a dozen years of progress will be wiped out in about 20 years as a warmer world makes larger wildfires. Ebola keeps spreading in East Central Africa. As NPR's Ping Huang reports, it'll take a lot to end the outbreak.
The World Health Organization, Africa's CDC, and governments in affected countries have made big improvements to testing and contact tracing. But Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, says U.S. leadership is missing.
We have never seen a previous Ebola outbreak contained with the U.S.
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