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What did President Trump claim about the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Speaking today at the now concluded NATO summit at The Hague, President Donald Trump continued to say the US strike against Irani nuclear sites this past weekend completely and fully obliterated the country's nuclear capabilities. That's despite initial US intelligence assessment suggesting it only set back Iran's efforts by a few months, but Trump pushed back on that.
The calibre of the attack. Was it Bad. That was really bad. It was devastated. They were obliterated.
How are Congress and the White House debating cuts to $8 billion in foreign‑aid programs?
Like you can't get into the tunnels, they just put that over. That just came out. They can't there's nothing there's no way you can even get down. The whole thing is collapsed in a disaster.
Administration officials defended the President also calling the first assessment assessment preliminary, and late today there was a rare statement from CIA Director John Ratcliffe saying Iran's nuclear program was severely damaged by the U.S. airstrikes.
The White House wants Congress to take back more than $8 billion already approved for foreign aid programs. The administration says those programs are, quote, antithetical to American interests. At today's hearing, senators from both sides of the aisle expressed concern about cuts to programs for HIV AIDS and humanitarian assistance for countries like Sudan and Syria.
Why is Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara’s detention raising concerns about press freedom?
Provide medical support for malnourished children. She held up one of those treatments which had an American flag on the front of the package. The Senate has until july eighteenth to vote on the administration's precision request or not vote at all and let it die. Fat Matanis, NPR News. A
Salvadoran journalist arrested in Georgia while covering a protest is now fighting to be released on bond from a federal immigration detention center. Member Station W A B E in Atlanta Shimane Cruz reports.
Lawyers for Mario Guevara say they expect the journalist will be granted a bond hearing early next month, allowing him to be with his family and continue litigating his case. Guevara was arrested and booked into a county jail outside Atlanta on three misdemeanor charges while covering a No Kings protest. Authorities say he ignored multiple warnings to stay out of the street.
What are the latest movements on Wall Street and how might they affect investors?
Guevara was then transferred into ICE custody, though he He is authorized to work in the US. But as of last week, he faces three more misdemeanor charges in another Metro Atlanta County for traffic offenses that are unrelated to the protest. It's unclear what the new charges could mean for Guevara's immigration case. For NPR News, I'm Chemaine Cruz in Atlanta.
A mixed close on Wall Street today. The Dow was down a hundred and six points. The NASDAQ closed up sixty one points. The SP was down a fraction.
How is the federal government investigating the University of Michigan’s handling of religious‑exemption requests?
You're listening to NPR. The federal government is investigating the University of Michigan health system over how it handled a health care worker who didn't want to provide gender affirming care on religious grounds. Michigan Public Kate Wells has more.
Physician Assistant Valerie Klosterman says she was fired four years ago after she asked for a religious exemption from using transgender patients' preferred pronouns and from referring those patients for gender affirming care. She filed a discrimination suit and the health system denies the allegations. But now the US Department of Health and Human Services is opening its own investigation. Sam Baggenstoss was a department lawyer during the Biden administration.
It's definitely trying to send a message that the Trump administration is going to investigate or otherwise harass providers of gender affirming care.
The department says it's enforcing federal laws that allow healthcare workers to practice both their profession and their faith.
Why are activists protesting Jeff Bezos’s Venice wedding and what does “No Space for Bezos” demand?
For NPR News, I'm Kate Wells in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A star-started guest list of some of the world's most influential people are in Venice. They're there for a wedding that is already drawing fire from some of the people who live there. Multibillionaire Jeff Bezos is marrying Lauren Sanchez in a weekend wedding. It's drawn two hundred guests, including luminaries like Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump claim about the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?
0:00–0:37
2
How are Congress and the White House debating cuts to $8 billion in foreign‑aid programs?
0:37–1:36
3
Why is Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara’s detention raising concerns about press freedom?
1:36–2:25
4
What are the latest movements on Wall Street and how might they affect investors?
2:25–2:57
5
How is the federal government investigating the University of Michigan’s handling of religious‑exemption requests?
2:57–3:55
6
Why are activists protesting Jeff Bezos’s Venice wedding and what does “No Space for Bezos” demand?
3:55–4:39