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What bipartisan sanctions bill did the Senate approve to target Russian leaders?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The Senate has approved a Russia's sanctions bill with support from a broad bipartisan majority. As MPS Claudia Grasalis reports, the plan saw momentum after the bill's architect, Lindsey Graham, died last month.
Senator Graham led the push for Russia's sanctions as part of an effort to end the war in Ukraine. The legislation was named in his honor as the bill's supporters saw it as a tribute to the South Carolina Republican. That includes his sister, Darlene Graham, who was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.
My late brother Lindsay was a foreign policy and national security expert. He was also a peacemaker who was determined to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
It would place sanctions on top Russian leaders and top importers of Russian oil.
How is President Trump proposing to turn the U.S. into a minerals superpower?
It would also allow President Trump to place tariffs on those importers, which some Democrats say unnecessarily gives Trump more power. Claudia Risalis, NPR News, The Capital.
President Trump parried a rare visit to the State Department today to talk about an issue that he calls an important matter of national security, which is investing in the US mining industry. As NPR's Michelle Kellman reports, he announced projects worth three billion dollars.
Mining experts and business leaders gathered at the State Department's Ben Franklin room as Trump spelled out his goals of making the US a minerals superpower.
Ensuring that America is never again reliant on hostile foreign nations for the resources our country needs to dominate in the future.
Specifically the kind of rare earth minerals and metals that are vital to high tech manufacturing. Trump also touted eighty-one million dollars in grants to the Colorado School of Mines, the South Dakota School of Mines, and the Johns Hopkins RTX partnership. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls it a whole of nation effort.
Why are women voters crucial in Maine’s competitive Senate race?
Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department.
The race for US Senate in Maine is one of the most competitive of the midterms. Republican incumbent Susan Collins is facing Democrat Troy Jackson. As NPR Zelina Moore reports, to win in November, the candidates need the support of women.
Maine voters have a history of splitting their tickets. Susan Collins is proof of that, winning in years where Democrats have also carried the state. Emily Kane is a former Democratic state lawmaker and says women are often the deciders there. Women voters in Maine are the majority of voters, and so you have to take them seriously. Both sides are targeting this group.
What were the latest movements on Wall Street as the markets closed today?
Republicans are spending millions on ads trying to link Troy Jackson with Graham Plattner, the former Democratic nominee who dropped out over rape allegations that Plattner denies. But Democrats are also hitting Collins hard on her abortion record, highlighting key votes to confirm multiple Supreme Court justices who went on to overturn Roe v. Wade. Elena Moore, NPR News.
On Wall Street, stocks finished up across the board today. The Dow finished up 151 points while the NASDAQ closed up three hundred forty-two points. And you're listening to NPR News. The Pentagon has released a new set of files showing unidentified flying objects, as NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports, it's the latest route in an ongoing effort to document weird things in the sky.
A flock of mysterious lights flying over the South China Sea, a black triangle in the sky above Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan in two thousand two, and a report of a large metal sphere with a body inside that fell from the sky and landed in a city in Brazil in nineteen sixty three.
What new UFO/UAP files did the Pentagon release and what do they reveal?
These are but a few of the oddities in the Pentagon's latest UFO files, or rather UAP files. Files since these incidents are now called unidentified aerial phenomena. The Pentagon has released hundreds of files and videos since President Trump called for more transparency around UAPs. So far none provide clear evidence of alien visitors. It appears the truth is still out there. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News.
And fittingly for all you X Files fans, today is David Dukovney's birthday.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What bipartisan sanctions bill did the Senate approve to target Russian leaders?
0:01–0:46
2
How is President Trump proposing to turn the U.S. into a minerals superpower?
0:46–1:51
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Why are women voters crucial in Maine’s competitive Senate race?
1:51–2:26
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What were the latest movements on Wall Street as the markets closed today?
2:26–3:31
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What new UFO/UAP files did the Pentagon release and what do they reveal?
3:31–4:10
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How can an AI app help people clear criminal records and find work?
4:10–5:03