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What are the top Washington headlines about defense funding and the House votes?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. The U.S. House passed a trillion-dollar defense policy bill to fund the military. Six Democrats voted with Republicans to support it. Now the bill goes to the Senate. House Republicans also advanced a $95 billion budget blueprint, mostly for the war with Iran. That also needs Senate approval. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports the House passed several measures yesterday.
an extension of government funding through the midterms to December 4th, hopefully avoiding another shutdown. There were, of course, two record shutdowns so far this congressional term and three new congressional stock trading rules tied also to an unrelated voter ID measure.
Members of the House are leaving Washington this week to return to their districts for August recess. The Trump administration has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. that would allow American companies to run commercial nuclear power plants on Saudi soil. President Trump visited Georgia yesterday to promote his economic policies and support Republican candidates in the state. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sarah Callis reports.
What measures did the House pass to avoid a government shutdown and change stock trading rules?
Trump's event was held at a high school in suburban Atlanta, where the president brought Georgia's Republican nominee for governor, Rick Jackson, on stage with him.
I watched him run and it was amazing what he was able to do. Very, very successful guy, and he decided he wanted to be governor because he thought he could do some really incredible things for this state.
Trump originally endorsed a different candidate in Georgia's Republican primary, but showed support for Jackson at the event. He also praised his endorsement for Senate, Congressman Mike Collins. Georgia is a swing state and could help decide the balance of the Senate. Both the gubernatorial and senatorial races will be competitive. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Callis in Marietta, Georgia.
The U.S. has now reported close to 2,300 measles cases, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. As NPR's Maria Godoy reports, that's the highest case count in the country in 35 years.
The latest measles case count is also higher than the total number of cases reported in the U.S. for all of last year, 2,289 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The resurgence of measles comes amid falling vaccination rates and growing non-medical exemptions to required school vaccines. Pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner says to turn things around, the country needs to raise vaccination rates.
Why did President Trump visit Georgia and which candidates did he endorse?
requires families and communities to buy into the idea that we should be protecting each other. That is the opposite of the way that things seem to be moving in many communities in the U.S.
The CDC will update its own measles case count on Friday. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Regulators in Europe have approved the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. But as NPR's Mandelit Delbarco reports, it's still not a done deal.
The European Commission cleared the pending $111 billion mega deal under certain conditions. After investigating the potential impact of the deal, the group found there would still be enough competition between studios to produce films in Europe, but not to distribute them.
How widespread is the current measles outbreak and what are public health experts saying?
Paramount agreed to stop co-distributing films with Universal Pictures in Europe for 10 years. The proposed merger has been signed off by many other countries around the world, but while the Federal Communications Commission reviews the deal's foreign investments, the merger has been put on pause. Attorneys General from 12 states, including California, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Paramount Skydance, and they secured a temporary restraining order. Mandali Delbarco, NPR News.
A bald eagle featured in the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam in the San Bernardino National Forest in California is in critical condition. Jackie got into an altercation with two other eagles. The Raptor Center, where she's being treated, said online they think she was already sick before the fight.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the top Washington headlines about defense funding and the House votes?
0:01–1:11
2
What measures did the House pass to avoid a government shutdown and change stock trading rules?
1:11–2:34
3
Why did President Trump visit Georgia and which candidates did he endorse?
2:34–3:27
4
How widespread is the current measles outbreak and what are public health experts saying?
3:27–4:25
5
What did regulators decide about the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. merger and its legal challenges?
4:25–4:48
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Which human interest and local stories closed the broadcast, from the Big Bear eagle to the Dodgers visit?
4:48–5:04