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How are recent primary elections reshaping party dynamics in swing states?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. The results of recent primary elections are giving shape to new party dynamics. Further left, anti-establishment candidates are ascendant in the Democratic Party. And as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, it's not just in Democratic-led states and safe districts anymore.
Michigan is the ultimate swing state. Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed won the state's Democratic Senate primary even as he was outspent on air by tens of millions of dollars, backing the candidate favored by the Democratic Party establishment.
What we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.
He will face former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers in November. In the true toss-up 7th congressional district, outsider Will Lawrence beat more moderate candidates in that primary.
What is the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on Haitian Temporary Protected Status?
And in Detroit, Democratic Socialist Donovan McKinney beat incumbent Sri Tanidar in that safely blue district. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
About 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. have officially been stripped of their temporary legal status and, as of today, are vulnerable to detention and deportation. As NPR's Adrienne Florido reports, this comes weeks after the Supreme Court sided with President Trump in a dispute over the temporary protected status program.
TPS allows people from certain countries to live and work in the U.S. because of dangerous conditions in their home countries. People from Haiti have benefited from TPS since 2010. But President Trump moved to terminate their temporary status, and in June, the Supreme Court said he could do so.
Why is the Trump administration seeking state data on social‑benefit recipients?
That ruling has now taken effect. Haitians now face being deported to a country that even the Trump administration acknowledges is very dangerous. Armed gangs control much of Haiti. Many of the 350,000 Haitians affected have U.S.-born children. The administration is urging Haitians to self-deport and warning that it will come for them if they don't.
The White House wants data from states on who is getting benefits from social safety net programs. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports the Trump administration is doing so under an anti-fraud task force led by Vice President Vance.
At a White House roundtable today, Vance said he wants Congress to pass legislation forcing states to give the federal government data on aid recipients.
We need to know where your tax dollars are going.
How did a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage accidentally hit the Moon?
And if the state of California or the state of New York isn't going to tell us, We need Congress to force them to tell us, and I think that's the first and most important thing that we would like to do.
This week, 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration, seeking to block them from obtaining data on beneficiaries of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. New York Attorney General Letitia James said this week that she thinks the administration wants to use this data as, quote, a tool for targeting the most vulnerable. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News Live in Washington. New Mexico is suing the Justice Department and acting Attorney General Todd Blanch, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes. The lawsuit was filed in federal court today. New Mexico claims that the Justice Department and Blanch have actively harmed victims and undermined public interest by withholding information from state investigators.
What are the current wildfire challenges and forecasts in Washington state?
The Justice Department says it withheld some information to protect victims' privacy. Part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon earlier today. As Joe Palca reports, NASA estimated the impact would create a crater 60 feet across and 12 feet deep.
The Falcon 9 rocket left Earth in January of this year. It was carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander. The rocket's upper stage wasn't intended to hit the moon, but it seems SpaceX never commanded it to maneuver so it would definitely miss the moon. The approximately 10,000-pound upper stage struck the moon traveling at more than 5,000 miles per hour.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How are recent primary elections reshaping party dynamics in swing states?
0:00–0:52
2
What is the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on Haitian Temporary Protected Status?
0:52–1:38
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Why is the Trump administration seeking state data on social‑benefit recipients?
1:38–2:24
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How did a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage accidentally hit the Moon?
2:24–3:22
5
What are the current wildfire challenges and forecasts in Washington state?
3:22–4:14
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How can listeners prepare their news diet for the upcoming midterm election season?
4:14–5:04