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Why is Todd Blanche’s attorney‑general nomination under fire and who supports him?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lak Schmi Sang. President Trump's embattled nominee for attorney general will likely squeak by in his Senate confirmation. NPR's Barbara Sprint reports Todd Blanche is receiving key support from Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been facing an increasingly uphill battle in his Senate confirmation. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine both are opposing his nomination, which meant all eyes were on Senator Cassidy of Louisiana. Cassidy said he had concerns over Blanche's judgment and how politicized the department has become, but ultimately said he'll support him.
The choice is not between perfection and mister Blanch. It is between Mr Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump. And who Indeed.
Cassidy's support gives Blanche the votes he'll need for confirmation and is a major win for the White House. Barbara Sprint and Pier News, Washington.
What does the latest U.S. jobs report reveal about hiring and inflation trends?
The government's monthly employment report out today revealed a surprising turn given analysts. Had expected the labor market to add about 80,000 jobs. Diane Swank, a prominent economic advisor with KPMG, says it'll be more difficult for companies to hire if inflation keeps rising.
In the service sector, there was some mixed messages about whether or not it was a little stagflationary, because both manufacturing and services showed a lot of inflation, even though hiring was not terrific in the service sectors.
The July jobs report also shows the unemployment rate fell slightly to four point one percent. And the uh Labor Department has revised its numbers from May and June to reflect that during that period. The economy gained about a hundred thousand fewer jobs than initially estimated. A federal judge in Oakland has given the Trump administration until today to reimburse illegal nonprofits representing more than twenty thousand immigrant children. That's after it's stopped paying in December. From Member Station KQED in San Francisco, Tyche Hendrix reports.
The case is playing out amid upheaval in a system set up by Congress to ensure unaccompanied kids have lawyers in immigration court. The government let its contract with the nonprofits lapse last month and hired a Texas firm tied to President Trump.
How is the Trump administration failing to provide legal aid for immigrant children?
Alvaro Huerta is with Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles, one of the groups that sued. We've seen that children are going unrepresented, and I think they're gonna have a hard time explaining to the judge why children who should be receiving legal services are not getting them right now. The judge has ordered the administration to show how it can properly serve kids going forward. For NPR News, I'm Tike Hendricks in San Francisco.
From Washington, this is NPR News. The US Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that imposes sanctions on Russia over its ongoing military assault against Ukraine.
The Yeys are eighty six. The nays are eleven. The sixty vote threshold having been achieved The bill is passed.
South Carolina U.S. Senator Darlene Graham reading out the outcome of a vote on the bill, her older brother, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, championed before his unexpected death last month at the age of seventy one.
What bipartisan bill did the Senate pass to sanction Russia over the Ukraine war?
Darlene Graham was appointed to fill her siblings' seat. Russia's foreign ministry has condemned France's decision to deport a high profile Russian media personality. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports French authorities issued a deportation order for the former head of state broadcaster Russia today, France.
Kassenia Fedorova lost a legal challenge to block the deportation order this week after a Paris court rejected her appeal. The French foreign minister accused Fedorova of acting as an agent of influence, while the Interior Minister denounced her for spreading Russian disinformation aimed at, quote, undermining France's fundamental interests. Across the European Union after Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in twenty twenty two. Federova has since emerged as a prominent commentator on conservative French outlets, including C News, Europe One, and the Journal du Dimanche, all owned by right wing pro-Kremlin media mogul Vincent Bolloré.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is Todd Blanche’s attorney‑general nomination under fire and who supports him?
0:01–1:09
2
What does the latest U.S. jobs report reveal about hiring and inflation trends?
1:09–2:29
3
How is the Trump administration failing to provide legal aid for immigrant children?
2:29–3:30
4
What bipartisan bill did the Senate pass to sanction Russia over the Ukraine war?
3:30–4:40
5
Why did Abdul El‑Sayed win the Michigan Senate primary and what could it mean for the midterms?
4:40–5:03