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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
What recent immigration enforcement funding bill did President Trump sign?
A protracted political fight over immigration enforcement funding ended a short time ago with President Trump's signature to a bill. He signed the $70 billion package this morning.
I'm thrilled to sign the Secure America Act to immediately and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of my term.
It caps months of wrangling between the GOP and Democrats who aggressively campaigned for sweeping enforcement changes after two federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. President Trump says Iran is taking too long to negotiate a peace deal with the U.S. and warns on social media the Islamic Republic will pay the price. Trump separately told Fox News he might order new strikes on Iran's power plants and bridges. The U.S. military had attacked Iranian targets following the crash of an Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. The pilots were rescued. Iran retaliated. It targeted U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain in response to the American airstrikes. The strikes followed, again, the downing of a U.S.
attack helicopter. NPR's Jana Raff has details.
Jordan says it shot down five Iranian missiles fired toward Uzraq in eastern Jordan on The U.S. military has a major presence in a Jordanian airbase in the desert there. Jordan said shrapnel from the interceptions caused no damage or casualties. Iran said it destroyed U.S. fighter jet hangars and a command and control center at the base. The U.S. military did not comment. Iran also targeted a U.S. airbase in Kuwait. And in Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, sirens sounded while the government urged residents to seek shelter. Jaina Raff, NPR News, Beirut.
A wartime spike in gasoline prices has pushed inflation to its highest level in more than three years. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the latest cost of living data from the Labor Department out today.
Consumer prices in May were up 4.2 percent from a year ago. That's the biggest annual increase since April of 2023. Prices rose by half a percent between April and May, with energy costs accounting for more than 60 percent of that monthly increase. Stripping out volatile food and energy costs, so-called core inflation was 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in May, a slightly larger annual increase than the previous month. Gasoline prices have moderated in recent days, but are still about $1.17 a gallon higher than they were before the U.S.
How is the U.S. responding to Iran's military actions?
and Israel launched their war on Iran. AAA says the average price of regular gas is about $4.15 a gallon. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
And on Wall Street, investors are reacting with the Dow down 581 points. It's NPR News. Primary races were called in more states yesterday, including in a closely watched contest in Maine. U.S. Senate candidate Graham Plattner secured the Democratic nomination, withstanding a withering blitz of unflattering revelations and ongoing attempts by Republicans and some Democratic operatives to weaken his candidacy. Plattner, a combat veteran and oyster farmer, clinched the nomination with approximately 75 percent of the vote, with 10 percent of votes counted so far. or as of last night, according to a race call by the Associated Press. His victory earned him the right to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins this November in a closely watched contest that could determine control of the U.S.
Senate during the final two years of President Trump's time in office. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new sunscreen ingredient for the first time in decades. In the United States, sunscreen is regulated as an over-the-counter drug, not as a cosmetic. NPR's Sydney Lepkin reports that can make new approvals tricky.
Phenotrezinol has long been an active ingredient in sunscreens sold in Europe and Asia. And for the last 20 years, a company called DSM Nutritional Products LLC has been trying to get it approved in the U.S. The FDA announced this week that it added memotrezinol to the list of permitted sunscreen ingredients.
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