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Why are Senate Democrats delaying President Trump's tax and spending bill?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The US Senate has been in session for nearly nineteen hours as lawmakers wrangle over a massive tax and spending plan sought by President Trump. Democrats are dragging out the process by reading the nearly one thousand page proposal out loud and introducing amendments, all of which have been defeated. Whitehouse press secretary Caroline Levit says Trump is pressing Republicans to keep fighting.
The White House and the president are adamant that this bill is passed and that this bill makes its way to his desk. Republicans need to stay tough and unified during the home stretch, and we are counting on them to get the job done.
Левіт says the president still wants a final bill on his desk by Friday.
What are the Justice Department's allegations against Los Angeles over its sanctuary policies?
The Justice Department is suing Los Angeles and its mayor, Karen Bass, over so called sanctuary city policies. As Steve Futterman reports, DOJ alleges The city is thwarting the Constitution by hindering federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Los Angeles bars city resources from being used for immigration enforcement and local departments from cooperating with federal immigration officials. During the past month, Southern California has been the focal point of efforts to detain those in the U.S. without legal status. The lawsuit says LA's policies have led to lawlessness, rioting, looting, and vandalism. Mayor Bass has been critical of the ICE raids. When you raid Home Depots and workplaces, you're not trying to keep anyone safe.
How is the Trump administration planning to sell TikTok and what role might Oracle play?
You're trying to cause fear and panic. The lawsuit says LA is quote picking and choosing which federal laws will be enforced. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
The Trump administration's opening a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says it'll house 5,000 migrants and will be informally called Alligator Alcatraz. Levitt calls it the most efficient way to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. President Trump says a new buyer for Chinese owned video app TikTok will be announced in the next two weeks. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the focus is now on securing the approval
Why did blue‑collar workers in Philadelphia walk off the job and what are their wage demands?
of regulators in Beijing.
President Trump said on Fox News on Sunday that he was confident China will accept a TikTok deal the White House has been putting together. Trump would not comment on what investors are involved, but a source close to the talks tells MPR that software giant Oracle will be taking a sizable stake. The proposal under discussion for months would have Oracle overseeing TikTok's data practices and algorithm, but TikTok owner ByteDance would still control the algorithm. Under federal law, TikTok was supposed to shed its Chinese ownership. In January, but Trump has repeatedly pushed off enforcing the law.
How is torrential rain causing massive flooding in southwestern China and what evacuations are underway?
The law requires TikTok to not be operationally controlled by a Beijing company, and whether the New Deal clears that bar remains unknown. Bobby Allen and PR News.
On Wall Street US futures are flat and after hours trading on Asia Pacific markets. Shares are mixed. This is NPR. Blue collar workers in Philadelphia walked off their jobs at midnight in a dispute over pay and work rules. Local thirty-three of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees is demanding a roughly thirty percent wage hike over four years plus work rule changes. The city is offering a seven percent wage hike over three years.
What is the current status of U.S. futures and market activity after the day's headlines?
City officials say that trash pickup and other services will be affected by the strike, but that nine one one emergency call centers will remain operational. State and federal prosecutors have charged more than three hundred twenty people allegedly involved in health care fraud schemes. The Justice Department says the schemes resulted in fifteen billion dollars worth of false claims. For a second week, torrential rain has inundated southwestern China, causing massive flooding that's claimed at least six lives. NPR's Emily Fang reports that tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why are Senate Democrats delaying President Trump's tax and spending bill?
0:01–0:45
2
What are the Justice Department's allegations against Los Angeles over its sanctuary policies?
0:45–1:29
3
How is the Trump administration planning to sell TikTok and what role might Oracle play?
1:29–2:11
4
Why did blue‑collar workers in Philadelphia walk off the job and what are their wage demands?
2:11–2:42
5
How is torrential rain causing massive flooding in southwestern China and what evacuations are underway?
2:42–3:21
6
What is the current status of U.S. futures and market activity after the day's headlines?
3:21–4:39