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Chapter 1: What were the latest job market updates reported by NPR?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Restaurants, bars, construction, health care, local governments all account for the steady source of job gains and a much stronger than predicted jobs report for the month of May. The Labor Department revealed today that the economy added 172,000 jobs, not so much in the financial sector where banks and insurance companies lost jobs.
A federal judge in Rhode Island has struck down several policies that limited legal immigration. NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports it's the latest legal setback for efforts to slow down the processing of applications from people already in the U.S.
In his opinion, Judge John McConnell Jr. says recent policy changes place the lives of, quote, countless individuals on hold solely by virtue of their countries of birth. About six months ago, the administration paused the processing of any immigration application from citizens of the 39 countries with travel restrictions to the U.S.
This includes work permit renewals, visas, green cards, and citizenship applications. The administration has justified its policies by saying more vetting needs to be done. Other federal judges have ordered the administration to process the applications for a select group of immigrants who have joined various lawsuits. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News.
Palestinian authorities are expressing alarm over the Israeli parliament's decision to give tax breaks to residents of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Noha Musleh has more from Ramallah.
The new law gives residents of dozens of settlements tax breaks of several thousand dollars a year. Although it is illegal under international law, Israel is encouraging settlement on occupied Palestinian property. Palestinian Authority official Amir Odeh told NPR the move was a step towards illegally annexing the West Bank.
Earlier this year, the Israeli government extended controls over the territory and allowed Jewish Israelis to buy West Bank land directly. Attacks by Israeli settlers have also increased in an attempt to drive Palestinian families from the West Bank, according to a report by UN experts this week. For NPR News, I'm Noha Musleh in Ramallah.
Today, we are remembering our colleagues, award-winning NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and Afghan interpreter for NPR and photojournalist Zabiullah Tamana. They were targeted and killed in Afghanistan covering the war 10 years ago today. Gilkey covered many stories for NPR, including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
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Chapter 2: What legal challenges are affecting immigration policies in the U.S.?
David Gilkey and Zabit Tamana are the only NPR journalists to have been killed in the line of duty. From Washington, this is NPR News. Graham Plattner, the leading Democratic candidate in Maine's competitive Senate race, tells Member Station Maine Public the latest allegations against him are, quote, not true.
He is accused of using physicality with a female partner, according to yesterday's New York Times article. Britain's public spending watchdog says King Charles' disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, was making money off royal properties while living rent-free.
Andrew was evicted from a royal lodge earlier this year as police investigate his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
Until April, Andrew earned rental income from three Windsor estate cottages he was subletting while he lived for free in another one. He also charged rent to his staff. And his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who are not working royals, were nevertheless living in royal palaces with their rent paid by their uncle, King Charles.
This is all from the public spending watchdog's first report on royal residences in 20 years. Buckingham Palace says the report is in line with its commitment to transparency. Andrew denies wrongdoing in his friendship with Epstein, but is still under police investigation for allegedly passing him secrets. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
U.S. stocks have ended the day sharply lower. The Nasdaq closed down more than 1,100 points, or more than 4%, to end at 25,709. The Dow closed down nearly 700 points. The S&P was down 200. It's NPR News.
This week on Consider This, the drama at CBS News. Some of the most respected journalists in America say their corporate ownership is bowing to political pressure. It's intimidation. They've created a climate of fear to make the news organization unwilling to tackle the problem and report the news. Longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Croft, this week on Consider This.
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