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What recent political developments were highlighted in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A protracted political fight over immigration enforcement funding ended today when President Trump signed a $70 billion package this morning. However, a resolution to the U.S.-Iran war continues to elude the president. He's threatening to bomb Iran again, but also predicts once again the conflict will wind down soon. And Pierre Sipa-Shivarum has more.
Trump says Iran downed a U.S. Army helicopter earlier this week. Both pilots were unharmed. On Tuesday, the U.S. resumed strikes on Iran to retaliate, and Trump said more strikes would follow.
We'll see what happens, but we hit them hard yesterday, and we're going to hit them again hard today.
The renewed conflict likely means the war with Iran that Trump and Israel started will go on even longer. contrary to the president's repeated claims that it would be short and that an end is in sight. Trump also claimed that a peace deal has been fully negotiated with Iran, but Iran just needs to sign it. Negotiations have been going on for weeks, with little signs of a deal being reached soon.
How are the recent primary elections impacting the political landscape?
Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
Both parties are taking stock after yesterday's primary elections in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina. NPR's Sage Miller reports that includes a key Senate race in Maine and two gubernatorial races in South Carolina and Nevada.
Democrats want to take control of the Senate, which likely depends in part on flipping Maine's Senate seat blue. Voters there looked past a litany of claims about character and alleged behavior to pick Graham Plattner as their nominee. He will face longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins. In South Carolina, Trump's opinion still matters. Two Trump-supporting candidates are heading to a runoff election in the governor's race, but only one of them, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evatt, is endorsed by the president. Nevada Democrats hope their nominee, State Attorney General Aaron Ford, can win the governor's office. Ford be a more left-wing challenger and will take on Republican Governor Joe Lombardo.
The race is seen as a signal of what kind of Democratic candidate can win and swing states nationally. Sage Miller, NPR News.
Just a matter of hours before the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins. Largest in history, 48 teams participating in games across the U.S., Mexico and Canada over the next month. NPR's Becky Sullivan's in Los Angeles, where Team USA plays its first match Friday night against Paraguay.
What can we expect from the upcoming FIFA World Cup?
There is this sort of generation of players who are now in their prime. And so the sort of stars, the focal points of the team, I would say, are this core group of, you know, you have forward Christian Pulisic, He's probably the biggest star on the team. He's a forward. He plays in the front left. He's the active leading scorer for the U.S. men's national team. Plus you have these midfielders, Tyler Adams and Weston McKinney. All three of these guys are 27 years old. They're the faces of the team. They've been playing for the U.S. together since they were teenagers.
It's NPR. Inflation pushed up last month to its highest level in three years, fueled by gas prices sharply elevated by the oil shipment disruptions in the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The Labor Department reports today that May's consumer prices were 4.2 percent higher than the year before.
How is inflation affecting consumer prices currently?
A new report shows younger students in the U.S. are making gains in reading and math. NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports on the findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Every few years, thousands of 9- and 13-year-old students around the country sit down to take a pencil and paper exam. Many of the questions have been the same since the tests started in the 1970s. The Federal Trend Report looks at achievement in two key subject areas, and this release had some good news.
Seeing some really encouraging signs for our nine-year-olds. They're making progress both in reading and in mathematics.
The 13-year-olds aren't so lucky, still stagnating where they were last assessment.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent political developments were highlighted in this episode?
0:01–1:10
2
How are the recent primary elections impacting the political landscape?
1:10–2:31
3
What can we expect from the upcoming FIFA World Cup?
2:31–3:19
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How is inflation affecting consumer prices currently?
3:19–4:03
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What progress are younger students making in reading and math?
4:03–4:53
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What discoveries were made about ancient whale graves?
4:53–5:04