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How is President Trump promoting AI and multi‑billion‑dollar tech investments in Pennsylvania?

Shea Stephens 0:02
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. President Trump touted the growth of artificial intelligence today during a visit to Pittsburgh. As Reed Frazier reports, Trump was there. To announce several multi-billion dollar investments in Pennsylvania.
Reed Frazier 0:17
Tech companies are looking at using Pennsylvania's natural gas to power big, energy hungry data centers. Trump spoke before a conference of tech, oil and gas, and finance executives about a raft of recent AI-related investments in the state. Those include data centers, power plants, and electric transmission lines.
Donald Trump 0:38
This afternoon, twenty leading technology and energy companies are announcing more than ninety-two billion dollars of investments in Pennsylvania.
Reed Frazier 0:46
But recent studies show the AI build-out will likely increase planet warming carbon dioxide emissions and drive up electricity rates. For NPR News, I'm Reed Frazier in Pittsburgh.
Shea Stephens 1:03
After being pushed out for adding a journalist to a sensitive group chat on Yemen. As NPR's Michelle Kellaman reports, that revelation was made during a hearing

What controversy surrounds Ambassador‑designate Waltz’s use of Signal and the Yemen chat?

Shea Stephens 1:12
For the next possible job for Waltz, which is ambassador to the UN.
Michelle Kellerman 1:17
Several Democrats pressed Waltz on his use of Signal to share information with top officials about U.S. military strikes on Yemen. He says the Biden administration cyber experts permitted the use of signal, and he says he didn't face any consequences for mistakenly adding a journalist. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker says Waltz should own up to and learn from his mistakes.
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Інстаю до семья креатив, Байден.
Michelle Kellerman 1:46
Вал Бокерсан, репус, а супing Waltz's candidacy to become the next US ambassador to the United Nations. Michelle Kellaman, NPR News, the State Department.
Shea Stephens 1:58
The man accused of murdering a Minnesota state lawmaker and her spouse has been indicted by a federal grand jury. As Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports, investigators

Who is accused of murdering a Minnesota lawmaker and what are the alleged political motives?

Shea Stephens 2:08
Are releasing details on what they say was the gunman's political
Matt Sepik 2:11
motivation. Vance Belter is charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Prosecutors say Belter likely acted alone. They also released a letter that Belter allegedly wrote to the FBI in which he claimed that Governor Tim Walls wanted him to kill Minnesota's two Democratic U.S. Senators.
Shea Stephens 2:33
Matt Sepik reporting, Vance Belter is also charged with shooting and injuring another Minnesota State lawmaker and his wife. The Trump administration is ending its deployment of two thousand National Guard troops. The forces were dispatched to Los Angeles last month. To protect immigration enforcement agents from protesters during massive raids.

Why is the Trump administration ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles?

Shea Stephens 2:56
You're listening. to NPR. Inflation rose three tenths of a percent in June for the largest increase since February. Overall consumer prices were up two point seven percent last month. Compared to the same period a year earlier. The report comes at a time when President Trump is pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Although inflation remains above the Fed's two percent target. The science fiction thriller Severance has picked up the most Emmy Award nominations this year. NPR's Mandalite Del Barco has details on the list of contenders announced earlier today.

How did June’s inflation data affect the Fed and President Trump’s interest‑rate pressure?

Mandalit Del Barco 3:34
In Severance, office workers' memories are divided between their work and personal lives. The Apple TV Plus series earned 27 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama, and its lead actors Adam Scott and Britt Lower. Close behind is the Penguin with 24 Emmy nominations. The limited series stars Colin Farrell and Kristen Miliati, who were both nominated. The latest season of another HBO Max series, The White Lotus, got 23 nominations. So did Seth Rogan's send-up of Hollywood, The Studio.
Unknown 4:04
You know, I love movies, but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them.
Mandalit Del Barco 4:09
Emmy Award winners will be announced and televised on September fourteenth.

Which TV series earned the most Emmy nominations this season and when will the winners be announced?

Mandalit Del Barco 4:13
Mandalit Dalvarco, NPR News.
Shea Stephens 4:16
A marathon runner reputed to be a hundred and fourteen years old has died. Falja Singh of India set eight world records for the ninety five plus age group in running events ranging from the one hundred meters to three miles.

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