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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
Who is Darlene Graham and why is she being sworn in as U.S. Senator?
Darlene Graham is expected to be sworn in as a U.S. Senator Tuesday afternoon. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appointed Graham Monday as her late brother Lindsey Graham's temporary replacement.
Lindsey took care of his little sister and years long departed. It's my honor to ask his little sister, Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now.
What details are announced about the special primary and Lindsey Graham's replacement term?
Darlene Graham is President Trump's preferred choice and will serve the remaining months of her brother's term, which ends in January. A special primary election to determine a new Republican nominee to contest the seat in November has been scheduled for August 11th. U.S. military says it has completed a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, saying the attacks on military targets across the country lasted five hours. Iran, meanwhile, has claimed an attack on two tankers at the United Arab Emirates, says killed a person and wounded eight others.
How have U.S.-Iran strikes and President Trump's Strait of Hormuz comments affected markets?
Stocks retreated and oil surged after President Trump said the U.S. would reimpose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, as NPR's Rafael Nam reports.
Once again, financial markets are at the mercy of developments in Iran. Brent crude futures, the benchmark for prices globally, jumped more than 9%. The Dow fell more than 100 points as the continued tensions in the region revive fears about the fate of this vital passageway for oil. Trump's threat to also impose a toll on all cargo traveling through the strait added to the concerns. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq slumped by more than 1.5% as chipmakers retreated amid the seemingly perennial worries about whether the AI trade has been overdone. Rafael Nam in PR News.
Federal immigration agents fatally shot a driver in Maine early Monday morning while attempting to carry out an arrest warrant. But Kevin Miller with Maine Public reports that one of Maine's senators now says the 26-year-old Colombian man was not the person ICE agents were looking for.
Independent Senator Angus King says Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen initially told him that federal agents were seeking the man because he had been ordered to leave the country. But King's office said Mullen subsequently informed the senator that the man had, in fact, not been the target of that arrest warrant. Other details about the incident remain murky. King said Mullen told him the man had, quote, weaponized the car before he was shot. And the office of Maine's attorney general said the man reportedly drove in the direction of the officer. But an ICE spokesperson now says the officer was, quote, fearing for public safety when they fired at the fleeing vehicle.
What happened in the fatal ICE shooting in Maine and what questions remain?
For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller in Augusta, Maine.
A shooting in Maine came less than a week after an ICE agent shot and killed a man at a traffic stop during a deportation crackdown in Houston, Texas. Multiple people have been killed during immigration enforcement operations. This is NPR News. Minnesota prosecutors say they have obtained key evidence in their investigation into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Preddy. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says her office now has hard drives with statements, police body camera video, and other evidence previously withheld by federal officials. Investigators also have Good's damaged car. A federal judge says the lawsuit President Trump filed against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an improper purpose.
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What new evidence have Minnesota prosecutors obtained in the Renee Good and Alex Preddy investigation?
District Judge Kathleen Williams found Monday that Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he filed to extract personal benefits from the government he oversees. Recycling electric vehicle batteries can be a win-win scenario. It's good for the environment and it's good for business, but that's only true if the math works out. And as NPR's Camila Dominovsky reports, the math does not always work out.
When an EV battery finally reaches the end of its life, which takes a long time, sometimes the minerals inside are worth enough to more than cover the cost of recycling them. But not always. Brian Bichant of Westover Salvage Yard in Massachusetts has got an old Tesla battery on his hands, and if he sends it to a recycler?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
Who is Darlene Graham and why is she being sworn in as U.S. Senator?
0:04–0:30
3
What details are announced about the special primary and Lindsey Graham's replacement term?
0:30–1:03
4
How have U.S.-Iran strikes and President Trump's Strait of Hormuz comments affected markets?
1:03–2:40
5
What happened in the fatal ICE shooting in Maine and what questions remain?
2:40–3:32
6
What new evidence have Minnesota prosecutors obtained in the Renee Good and Alex Preddy investigation?
3:32–4:22
7
How are EV battery recycling economics changing and what policy solutions are being tried?
4:22–5:04