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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.
How will the new bipartisan housing bill become law without the president's signature?
Starting at midnight, a massive bipartisan housing bill is set to become law. That's despite President Trump saying earlier today he wouldn't sign it out of protest. NPR's Stephen Basaja has more.
This housing bill is about bringing housing costs down by making it easier for developers to build more homes.
What key changes does the housing bill propose to lower housing costs and limit investor purchases?
It overhauls regulations, incentivizes banks to invest more in housing, and prohibits investors from buying more than 350 homes. But in a social media post today, Trump said he would not sign the bill because Congress had not first passed a voting overhaul measure. But a bill can become a law without a presidential signature. Once a president receives a bill from Congress, he has 10 days to sign or veto the measure or becomes law automatically.
How could proposed OMB rules let officials deny or cancel federal grants to research projects?
So long as Trump doesn't veto the bill before midnight, the largest housing bill in decades will become law. Stephen Masaha, NPR News.
Proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget could give bureaucrats the power to deny or cancel grants that are so-called anti-American or don't align with the president's agenda.
Why are Congo Ebola response workers striking and what risks does that pose to outbreak control?
Bianca Garcia has more.
Here in Massachusetts, research and development is a cornerstone of the economy. Scientists have said without reliable grants, industry, innovation, and the next generation of scientists will suffer. Nancy Krieger is a professor of social epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She's been encouraging her community to leave comments on the proposed rule before the deadline on Monday.
What does the administration's narrowed definition of 'harm' mean for the Endangered Species Act?
Once the comments are in, people in Congress can speak up even more about what their concerns are about the rule. So it's really important that people hear from their constituents, members of Congress, both Senate and House.
The Office of Management and Budget must respond to all substantial comments before finalizing the rule in October. For NPR News, I'm Bianca Garcia in Boston.
Why did the White House remove members of the Election Assistance Commission and what are the implications for voting oversight?
Government and health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo say they haven't been paid and they're walking off the job in protest. More than 600 people have died in the outbreak, according to the country's health ministry. And Piers Dury-Buscarin has more.
The hardest hit area in this outbreak is Bunia in the Ituri province. Onesfor Bengenza is the Ebola response team leader for Mercy Corps there. He says the strike is concentrated among government employees working in disease surveillance and people who handle bodies for burial. But most are still working while they negotiate with Congo's government.
Those are people who are in front, in front.
If they can't make a deal, Bengenza says, the outbreak could spread out of control. He fears more people would lose their lives as a result. The World Health Organization says four out of five new Ebola cases in the DRC have no known link to an existing patient, a sign that the true scale of the outbreak is already larger than the official numbers suggest. Dari Bouskaran, NPR News, Washington.
Wall Street higher by the closing bell. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Trump administration is making a big shift in how the Endangered Species Act will be implemented and enforced by rescinding what it calls an outdated definition of the word harm. In Paris, Ari Daniel has more.
For decades, federal agencies have defined harm broadly to encompass the alteration or degradation of habitats, actions that might interfere with an organism's feeding or reproduction, say. But the Department of the Interior has just narrowed its interpretation of the word, saying that harm refers only to the direct injury or killing of a member of an endangered species. Secretary Doug Burgum says, quote, this action restores common sense, respects private property, provides much needed certainty for landowners, and follows the statute Congress actually passed. But environmental groups worry the move could destroy wild places that endangered species depend on, undermining the protections that have helped sustain them.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:04
2
How will the new bipartisan housing bill become law without the president's signature?
0:04–0:22
3
What key changes does the housing bill propose to lower housing costs and limit investor purchases?
0:22–0:49
4
How could proposed OMB rules let officials deny or cancel federal grants to research projects?
0:49–1:09
5
Why are Congo Ebola response workers striking and what risks does that pose to outbreak control?
1:09–1:32
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What does the administration's narrowed definition of 'harm' mean for the Endangered Species Act?
1:32–1:53
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Why did the White House remove members of the Election Assistance Commission and what are the implications for voting oversight?
1:53–5:03