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How is the Supreme Court's ruling affecting the Trump administration's plan to dismantle the Department of Education?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The US Supreme Court is clearing the way for the Trump administration's dismantling of the Department of Education. As NPR Sakura Carillo reports, the ruling is only temporary.
The court ruled to stay an injunction put in place last month by a federal judge in Massachusetts that had halted much of the Trump administration's moves to gut the department. The prior ruling had directed the administration to reinstate many of the nearly fourteen hundred workers it had laid off. This new order would allow those employees to be fired once again. Although this is only a temporary stay, it's a serious blow to the states and school districts who had filed the suit. Many advocates worry without an injunction, the department will be unsalvageable by the time a final ruling comes through. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued only Congress has the authority to abolish the department.
Sequoia Carrillo, NPR News.
What new weapons sales to NATO are being announced for Ukraine and why is this a shift in Trump's policy?
President Trump says the United States will sell American arms to NATO countries for use by Ukraine. NPR's Greg Myrie reports that it's a shift away from Trump's long held position. Із лонгел опозицію до костю адишну армисту Україні.
Президент Трамп се зденив аранжмент вон кости ЮС анітин. Зеверий біг діл. Ви мене з Billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to be purchased from the United States going to NATO. The President says the weapons will include Patriot air defense systems that Ukraine desperately needs to guard against Russian missiles. Ukraine is believed to have fewer than 10 Patriot systems currently and has been pleading for more. Ukraine.
How are Texas flood survivors coping with loss and what personal stories emerged from Kerrville?
Greg Myrie, MPR News, Washington.
Fewer than a hundred people are still missing from the catastrophic flooding that's claimed at least one hundred and thirty two lives in central Texas. As Steve Futterman reports From Kerrville, there have been some occasionally touching moments amid the loss of life and destruction.
Gil Rowe grew up here in Kerrville, and now that he is retired, he is back. His home overlooking the Guadalupe River is almost a total loss. But as the cleanup crews were removing debris from his home, they found something.
We found a s a stack of napkins.
These were not ordinary napkins.
My wife and I have been married sixty-two years. And on the bottom it said, when we were married, December twenty-seventh, nineteen sixty-two. So one of the really young volunteers brought up this stack of napkins. Says, is this important to you?
The crew also found the sweater his wife wore when she was a cheerleader in the early nineteen sixties at Kerrville's only high school. Two treasured mementos amidst the rubble. For MPR News, I'm Steve Fetterman in Kerrville, Texas.
Why is Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs urging a federal probe into the Grand Canyon wildfire response?
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is calling for a federal investigation to the National Park Service's response to a wildfire burning in the Grand Canyon. The lightning spark dragon bravo blaze. Race through a historic town in the canyon. was supposed to have been a controlled burn. There have been reports of injuries. Which is the fi from the fire which is burning along the canyon's north rim and is not frequented by visitors.
How does high‑quality sleep influence brain health and aging, according to sleep neurologists?
Over forty six hundred acres have been consumed, the blaze is zero percent contained. Scientists say getting high quality sleep. Can help the brain stay youthful. and pairs John Hamilton reports on a meeting about brain aging sponsored by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation.
Speakers at the meeting in Miami said people whose brains perform at the level of a much younger person tend to report better sleep. Dr. Christian Agudello is a sleep neurologist at the University of Miami. The better you sleep, the better your brain health is going to be both structurally and functionally. Agudello says high quality sleep is when the brain is able to cycle through all the sleep stages. He says it's the kind of sleep that leaves a person feeling refreshed when they wake up.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How is the Supreme Court's ruling affecting the Trump administration's plan to dismantle the Department of Education?
0:01–1:02
2
What new weapons sales to NATO are being announced for Ukraine and why is this a shift in Trump's policy?
1:02–1:50
3
How are Texas flood survivors coping with loss and what personal stories emerged from Kerrville?
1:50–2:57
4
Why is Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs urging a federal probe into the Grand Canyon wildfire response?
2:57–3:26
5
How does high‑quality sleep influence brain health and aging, according to sleep neurologists?
3:26–4:16
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What actions are the FDA and dairy companies taking to remove artificial dyes from food products?
4:16–4:39