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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
Why was Todd Blanche's nomination vote to be delayed by the Senate Judiciary Committee?
A committee vote on Todd Blanche's nomination to become President Trump's Attorney General has been delayed. The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to vote Thursday to send Blanche's nomination to the floor, but two key committee Republicans, John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina, say they won't support Blanche without written assurances from the Justice Department about the Trump IRS settlement. Senator Cornyn spoke to CNN Wednesday.
I think they realize now that we're serious, and I think Senator Tillis is pretty much on the same page that I am, so they better get real, and there's not much time left.
Both senators wanted in writing that the so-called anti-weaponization fund will not move forward. The settlement also included broad tax immunity for the president. The Senate committee led by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul has scheduled a contempt vote against Dr. Anthony Fauci.
What written assurances are Senators Cornyn and Tillis demanding about the Trump IRS settlement?
The panel is expected to move next week, rather vote next week, after Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment in Wednesday's hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci accused Senator Paul of what he called an unhinged campaign to see him imprisoned. Stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. NPR's Scott Horsley reports all of the major stock indexes down 1.5 percent.
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee voted 9-3 to leave the central bank's benchmark interest rate unchanged. The three dissenters said they would have preferred a quarter-point rate increase in an effort to curb stubborn inflation. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh notes that market-based interest rates are already climbing, even though the Fed's benchmark hasn't changed. That's encouraging for Warsh, who wants the Fed to play a smaller role in the U.S. economy.
After all, the central bank need not always and everywhere be the center of attention.
With inflation still elevated and the war with Iran still rattling energy markets, investors see a better than even chance that the Fed will raise interest rates at its next policy meeting in September. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
A new analysis from a civil rights group shows mosques nationwide facing increased attacks in the months since a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Lula Kuziz of Religion News Service reports.
The Council on American Islamic Relations found 17 incidents targeting mosques in May, June and July of this year. That includes harassment, vandalism and intimidation across a dozen states. During the same three-month period last year, CARE documented six similar incidents. In May, two teenagers shot and killed three Muslims at a mosque in San Diego. Corey Saylor is CARE's research and advocacy director. He says anti-Muslim hate has become normalized by conservative politicians. Then that seems to make people feel empowered to go out and act on those fears that they feel or express their hatred in different ways. The civil rights group is calling on mosques to bolster security measures. For NPR News, I'm Alaa Kouziz.
This is NPR News. U.S. military says it has completed the latest wave of strikes against Iranian targets. In a statement, the military says it struck dozens of targets linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps in response to attempted Iranian attacks Tuesday on American forces in Jordan. The military says all the Iranian missiles were intercepted. A $100 billion data center campus will be built on federally owned land in far western Kentucky that once housed a uranium enrichment plant. Derek Operly, Member Station WKMS reports.
The privately funded project will see trillion-dollar investment firm Brookfield develop a massive 1.8-gigawatt data center, while NextEra Energy will build and operate a 2-gigawatt natural gas plant that feeds excess electricity into the regional grid. Congressman Andy Barr says Paducah played a key role in the U.S. 's post-World War II nuclear strategy, and this is another once-in-a-generation opportunity for the region.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
Why was Todd Blanche's nomination vote to be delayed by the Senate Judiciary Committee?
0:04–0:57
3
What written assurances are Senators Cornyn and Tillis demanding about the Trump IRS settlement?
0:57–4:40
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Why is the Senate panel considering contempt charges against Dr. Anthony Fauci?
4:40–5:03