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Who is being remembered at Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral and which world leaders are attending?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Both Ukrainian President Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in Washington today for the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham and to meet separately with President Trump. Their presence shows just how important Graham was in shaping their relationships with Trump, as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.
Graham really was one of the most tenacious supporters of those two countries. And he's really leaving behind a void because I'm not sure there's another political leader who can step in to advocate like he did for both Israel and Ukraine. and certainly not someone who had the president's ear as Graham did. So the fact that the leaders are going to be meeting with Trump, there's kind of a certain symmetry that they're having to make the case themselves that Graham used to do on their behalf.
And Piers Franco-Ordonez, Graham's funeral will be held at the National Cathedral this afternoon, and Trump is expected to speak. It's already been a record year for cyclospora, the diarrhea-causing parasite. That's expected to sicken thousands more. This amid deep cuts to public health. And Pierce Yukinaguchi has more.
For money to handle outbreaks and food safety, states rely mostly on grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The Trump administration's cuts to federal agencies slashed those grants. Sarah Sorcher is regulatory affairs director for the Center for Science and the Public Interest.
How did Lindsey Graham shape U.S. relations with Israel and Ukraine and why is his absence significant?
Delays, lack of clarity, just time to solving problems are all symptoms of this broader issue that particular state and local public health departments are in crisis.
Many states have cut staff who investigate outbreaks, she says, leading to consumer confusion about which foods are safe to eat. Yukina Gucci, NPR News.
In Spain, crews are battling wildfires that have devastated nearly 200,000 acres across the country. NPR's Miguel Macias has more.
Firefighting crews took advantage of the lower temperatures overnight to make progress at the three main fires burning in Spain. The wildfire in the region of Ávila, which started last week Wednesday, is not the largest on record in the country. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the affected areas in the region of Castellón, in eastern Spain, where another fire has been active for the past four days. He said the next hours ahead of an upcoming heat wave are vital. Sánchez asked citizens to be extremely careful and take every measure to prevent more fires. Miguel Macías, NPR News, Seville, Spain.
Wildfires are also raging in France, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. France's President Macron calls it the most severe situation in the country since World War II. Dangerous and extreme heat is hitting much of the central U.S. to the east coast this week. The National Weather Service says high temperatures in the southwest will reach the upper 90s to low 100s in several places. This is NPR News. In Wisconsin, early in-person voting has started in the swing state's Democratic primary for governor. This as a Democratic socialist tries to overcome the incumbent governor's pick. Democrats are hoping to retain control of that office and flip both chambers of the legislature to get full control of state government for the first time since 2010.
But they have failed to pick one candidate to rally around in the primary. The candidates meet for their only debate tonight. Wisconsin's primary will be held August 11th. Florida is preparing to execute two death row inmates today, the first time in more than 60 years that the state has executed two people in one day. Claire Macarola of Member Station WUSF has more.
68-year-old James Duckett is scheduled to die at noon, followed by 80-year-old Dominic Ococione at 6 p.m. Duckett was convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl in 1987. Ococione was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 1986. Their defense teams say executing two people in a six-hour window increases the risk of a mistake.
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