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How is the Trump administration influencing U.S. support for Ukraine and diplomatic funding?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Ukrainian president Володимир Зеленський мед в US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Monday. Retired General Keith Kellogg's visit to Kyiv comes after President Trump said the US would provide Patriot air defense systems to NATO on Ukraine's behalf. Ukrainian President Zelensky is expressing gratitude for the US help.
We are thankful to President Trump for his uh old messages and uh very strong uh decisions about uh resuming uh deliveries uh for us and we are thankful for bipartisan support.
Президент Трамп Росіан президент Владимир Путін півти дається речь у Україну у фейс тип УС санкція. Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are accusing President Trump. Of damaging America's ability to compete with China. As An Pierre's Michelle Kelleman reports, the lawmakers cite major cuts to U.S. born aid programs.
What concerns do Senate Democrats raise about sweeping cuts to U.S. diplomatic tools?
In a more than 90-page report, the senators document what they call President Trump's sweeping and non-strategic cuts to America's diplomatic tools. Jean Shaheen, the ranking democrat on the committee, points to the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
when China's spending over a billion dollars a year on information manipulation, what the United States is doing is cutting back. So all of that means that while China is on the move, America is in retreat.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has brushed off similar concerns, saying China doesn't help countries the way the US does. Michelle Kelleman, NPR News, the State Department.
Survivors of catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill country are honoring the more than one hundred thirty-two people who died over the July fourth holiday weekend. As more bodies are recovered, James Hartley of Member Station KERA reports that a memorial wall honoring the victims continues
to grow.
How are Texas Hill Country communities honoring the victims of the July‑4 flooding?
Adorned with flowers, photographs, and toys, a simple chain link fence in downtown Kerrville has become a gathering place for Central Texans mourning more than one hundred and thirty people. Geraldine Granado is spending her days volunteering at the memorial. She says the wall has become a place to grieve and find peace, and more people visit every day.
With more than one hundred and sixty people still missing, Granado says she expects the memorial to keep growing. I'm James Hartley, N Kerrville. Two
dozen states in Washington, D.C. are suing the Trump administration for freezing over six billion dollars in education grants, and more than one hundred House Democrats have signed a letter asking the administration to release the funds. The administration's two thousand twenty six spending plan eliminates all education grants that were frozen earlier this year. This is NPR. The Pentagon says it is awarding a two hundred million dollar defense contract to four top artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, the parent of Chat GPT.
What is the Pentagon’s $200 million AI contract and how will it address national security challenges?
Under the agreement, the AI companies will develop prototypes for addressing critical national security challenges in trade and in war. The defense department says it'll help broaden the agency's use of AI capabilities. But it offered no details on the plan. A new study finds that the number of young children accidentally swallowing nicotine products has soared in recent years. Details from MPR's Maria Godoy.
The study found that between 2010 and 2023, U.S. poison centers received about 135,000 reports of young children accidentally ingesting nicotine products. Most cases occurred at home in children under the age of two. While most children experienced no side effects or only minor ones, serious effects occurred in 39 children and two children died. The researchers say most cases of ingestion involved liquid nicotine, the kind used in vapes.
Why have reports of children ingesting nicotine products spiked dramatically in recent years?
However, since 2020, reports of children swallowing nicotine pouches have skyrocketed by more than 760%. That corresponds with a surge in sales of these products.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the Trump administration influencing U.S. support for Ukraine and diplomatic funding?
0:01–1:01
2
What concerns do Senate Democrats raise about sweeping cuts to U.S. diplomatic tools?
1:01–2:04
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How are Texas Hill Country communities honoring the victims of the July‑4 flooding?
2:04–3:11
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What is the Pentagon’s $200 million AI contract and how will it address national security challenges?
3:11–4:07
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Why have reports of children ingesting nicotine products spiked dramatically in recent years?
4:07–4:39