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What did the Supreme Court decide about the Department of Education?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The US Supreme Court has handed President Trump a win. NPR Sequoia Carrillo reports the justices are allowing the administration to move ahead with plans to dismantle the Department of Education.
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.
How are search and rescue teams responding to the Texas Hill Country floods?
Sequoia Carrillo, NPR News.
In Texas Hill Country, search and rescue teams are still at work as flood watches remain in effect more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept across the region. The death toll stands at one thirty-two, with at least one hundred and sixty people still missing. Texas Public Radio's Marianne Navarro reports commissioners in Kerr County held a meeting today.
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Letha says the state and federal government have continued to provide the necessary resources and assets needed to aid search and recovery efforts.
You know, how long is it gonna take? You know, who knows? You know, I think we'll still go strong for another month or two, up to maybe six months winding down uh as uh as as we move on.
Search efforts were delayed on Sunday due to ongoing rain and a rise in river levels.
Why does President Trump celebrate the IRS rule allowing churches to endorse candidates?
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly asked for patience during the meeting, saying emergency management continues to be an ongoing process in the county. I'm Marianne Navarro in
San
Antonio.
President Trump welcomed business leaders today for a luncheon celebrating the White House faith office. NPR's Danielle Kurdsleigh reports the president celebrated a recent decision by the IRS that will allow churches to endorse political candidates.
President Trump, joined by advisors and cabinet secretaries, spoke on a wide array of topics, but he particularly lauded a decision the IRS announced last week to allow houses of worship to endorse candidates without losing their tax exempt status, a rule known as the Johnson Amendment.
Now you see people if they like somebody, they're able to talk about that somebody for office, right, Jenny? We're able to talk about a certain politician that has your values and likes your religion, it's okay.
Only one church had ever lost its tax exempt status. However, conservatives have claimed that the rule led to expensive investigations for some churches. Danielle Kurtzlaben NPR News, the White House.
At the close on Wall Street, the Dow was up eighty eight points. This is NPR News in Washington.
What caused the wildfire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim and what are the impacts?
A fast moving wildfire has destroyed a historic lodge and a number of other structures on the Grand Canyon's north rim. The fire was sparked by lightning on the fourth of July and grew rapidly because of high winds and dry conditions. The park says the north rim will be closed for the rest of the season. Nearly six in ten Americans suffer from a chronic illness like diabetes or heart disease. Now some American healthcare providers are using an unconventional approach to address these illnesses. As MPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports it's already in use in other developed countries.
Healthcare providers start by asking patients with chronic illness about things that give them joy or purpose, like dancing, music, time in nature, or community service. All known to boost physical and mental health. Then they prescribe an activity in the patient's community. This approach is called social prescribing, says journalist Julia Hotz, who's written about this in her new book, The Connection Cure, the prescriptive power of movement, nature, art and belonging.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What did the Supreme Court decide about the Department of Education?
0:00–1:00
2
How are search and rescue teams responding to the Texas Hill Country floods?
1:00–1:47
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Why does President Trump celebrate the IRS rule allowing churches to endorse candidates?
1:47–3:00
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What caused the wildfire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim and what are the impacts?
3:00–4:19
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How is ‘social prescribing’ being used to help Americans with chronic illness?
4:19–4:38