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What are families doing to honor victims of the Texas flooding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Vigils across Texas are honoring the lives of those who died in catastrophic flooding. In Houston last night, campers from an all-girls Christian summer camp that lost twenty-seven children and counselors remembered their friends.
Tell me why the sky's so blue. Tell me can't mistake just why we love you.
The death toll has surpassed one hundred in central Texas, and there are people still missing. Deborah Garza attended a vigil in San Antonio.
My heart breaks for the families. Sorry.
How will the loss of Temporary Protected Status affect Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants?
To be honest, we looked at it and we were like I I was like great.
I mean I think if it was my grandkids. That's what I think about. I don't know about what make it.
It is day five since torrential rain swelled the Guadalupe River. The water rose twenty-six feet in forty-five minutes. Thousands of migrants from Honduras and Nicaragua face possible deportation. MPR's Juliana Kim reports they're the latest migrants to lose temporary protected status.
About four thousand people from Nicaragua and seventy two thousand people from Honduras had been covered by temporary protected status or TPS.
Why is the Trump administration reopening coal leasing in the Powder River Basin?
The program allows people from countries hit by war or disaster to live and work legally in the US. Honduras and Nicaragua were granted TPS in nineteen ninety nine following Hurricane Mitch. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security said the two countries have recovered enough for TPS recipients to return. The protections are slated to end in September. The Trump administration has sought to end TPS for thousands of migrants, including those from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Haiti, and Venezuela. Juliana Kim, NPR News.
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to reverse a Biden era ban on new coal leasing in the Powder River basin of Wyoming and Montana. MPR's Kirk Siegler reports conservationists are calling the move misguided.
What legal challenges are facing the CDC over COVID‑19 vaccine policy changes?
The Biden administration had cited slagging demand for coal and the climate crisis when it moved to halt any new leasing in the Powder River basin, which now accounts for more than two thirds of the nation's entire coal production. Montana and Wyoming sued to stop that. Now the Trump White House, per an executive order to quote, unleash American energy, is moving to reopen the basin to new development. Federal land managers have begun a short public comment period with a final decision expected later this summer. The move is being cheered in Wyoming, the nation's largest coal producer, but it is yet unclear whether demand for coal still is high enough. The companies will be eager to bid for new leases or expand production there.
Kirk Ziggler, NPR News, Boise.
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How is the Veterans Affairs department reshaping its workforce and what TSA security changes are being discussed?
Kennedy Jr. is standing by his reforms at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as NPR's Will Stone reports several medical groups are suing Kennedy over his vaccine policy.
The lawsuit takes aim at Secretary Kennedy for removing healthy children and pregnant women from the COVID nineteen vaccine schedule. More broadly, the suit critiques what it describes as his efforts to undermine trust in vaccines. The groups behind the lawsuit include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and the American Public Health Association. as well as a pregnant physician who says they've been unable to get a COVID shot because of Kennedy's actions. The suit also cites Kennedy's removal of a panel of experts on a federal vaccine committee. It asks for the court to reverse Kennedy's changes to the COVID vaccine schedule. Will Stone, NPR News.
What is causing the trash pile‑up in Philadelphia and how are city workers responding?
The Department of Veterans Affairs is walking back plans to reduce its workforce. It says it'll cut staff by about thirty thousand employees. The Department was initially looking at cutting about eighty thousand jobs. There's word this morning that you may not have to keep taking off your shoes at security at some airports. Multiple reports say the TSA is ending the requirement. The agency, though, hasn't made an official announcement just yet. Mounds of trash are piling up in Philadelphia.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are families doing to honor victims of the Texas flooding?
0:01–0:48
2
How will the loss of Temporary Protected Status affect Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants?
0:48–1:28
3
Why is the Trump administration reopening coal leasing in the Powder River Basin?
1:28–2:14
4
What legal challenges are facing the CDC over COVID‑19 vaccine policy changes?
2:14–3:01
5
How is the Veterans Affairs department reshaping its workforce and what TSA security changes are being discussed?
3:01–3:48
6
What is causing the trash pile‑up in Philadelphia and how are city workers responding?
3:48–4:39