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What is President Trump’s agenda during his four‑day visit to Scotland?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is in Scotland for a four day visit. NPR's Frank Ordonia's reports he'll visit his two golf courses and meet with European officials.
President plans to talk trade with British Prime Minister Kir Starmer and European Union Chief Ursula Vanderleen. Shortly after landing in Scotland, Trump told reporters he thought there was a fifty-fifty chance at making a trade deal this weekend with the European Union.
I'll be meeting with the EU on Uh Sunday. And we'll be working on a deal. We'll see if we make a deal.
How does Trump frame immigration and wind‑energy issues for European leaders?
And the president added that he had two messages for Europe.
This immigration is killing Europe. And the other thing,
stop the windmills. He charged that immigration was changing the fabric of Europe. And windmills were destroying the beauty of the region. Franco Ordonia News Glasgow.
Why did the Trump administration release the $5 billion in federal education grants now?
The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in federal education grants after withholding them for review earlier this month. As MPR Sequoia Carrilla reports, the Department of Education says it will disperse the money to states next week.
The money, over $5 billion worth, is typically distributed on July 1st, but this year, in an unprecedented move, the administration withheld the previously approved funds for review. The decision left many districts scrambling in the lead up to the school year. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle lobbied to release the funds immediately, citing financial strain on states and local communities. A letter from Republican senators prompted the release of a portion of the money earlier this week, but with the new announcement, all funds frozen will now flow to schools. Sequoia Crillo N PR News.
What are the key controversies surrounding Texas’s mid‑decade redistricting plan?
A rare mid-decade round of congressional redistricting is underway in Texas. Republican state lawmakers are responding to pressure from President Trump to try to add five seats to a state delegation already led by the GOP. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider has our reports.
The Justice Department has identified four districts in which black and Latino residents dominate as quote unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, which it is ordering Texas to redraw. Houston Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, who represents one of those districts, testified before a state Senate committee.
I urge you to reject this partisan gerrymandian of Texas, reject the map from the felon in the White House, and do what's right for Texans.
Texas State Representatives will gather Saturday for a field hearing on redistricting at the University of Houston where protests are expected.
What caused the Southwest Airlines jet to take evasive action and what were the injuries?
A Southwest Airlines jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California had to take evasive action today after takeoff. The quick rise followed by a drop came in response to an alert that another plane was nearby. Two flight attendants were injured in the incident the FAA is now investigating. Stocks finished up across the board on Friday, and you're listening to NPR News. Fighting is continuing for a second day between Thailand and Cambodia. The clashes are taking place in several areas along the border between the two Southeast Asian nations, including near an ancient temple claimed by both countries. At least fifteen people have died in the fighting, and more than eight uh eighty thousand people have been displaced.
Britain's Cleo Lane, a singer known for smoky vocals and a four octave range, has died. Her family announced the news in a statement she was ninety seven years old, and Pierre's Bob Mondello has our remembrance.
Music keeps playing inside my head. In the nineteen seventies, the Sunday Times in London declared Cleo Lane quite simply the best singer in the world. And in jazz, pop and classical circles, that assertion didn't get a lot of argument. In concert, Lane had a truly astonishing range from this, her lowest note, to her Well, just listen. Matched those vocal pyrotechnics with the ability to make a lyric tug at your heartstrings, and Lane understandably had a devoted following. She recorded dozens of albums, founded a music venue in Britain, and toured the world for five decades with her bandleader husband, John Dankworth.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump’s agenda during his four‑day visit to Scotland?
0:01–0:36
2
How does Trump frame immigration and wind‑energy issues for European leaders?
0:36–0:55
3
Why did the Trump administration release the $5 billion in federal education grants now?
0:55–1:42
4
What are the key controversies surrounding Texas’s mid‑decade redistricting plan?
1:42–2:35
5
What caused the Southwest Airlines jet to take evasive action and what were the injuries?
2:35–4:14
6
How are the Thailand‑Cambodia border clashes affecting civilians and regional stability?
4:14–4:38