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What are today’s primary elections in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming and how do they work?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Primaries are taking place in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming today. As the field of candidates is being narrowed for the midterm elections this fall. And Pierre's Larry Kaplow reports
In Alaska, all the candidates run together regardless of party, and the top four advance to the vote in November. Democrats are hoping former Congresswoman Mary Peltola will be able to flip the Senate seat held by Republican Dan Sullivan, who's running for reelection. Florida voters faced ballots shaken up by redistricting done by the Republican led legislature there, which boosted their party's chances in the fall midterms. That could lead to a drop in the number of black members of Congress from the state. In Wyoming, candidates vie to replace Republican Senator Cynthia Lumus, who's retiring. The primary schedule is winding down, with Oklahoma next week and just a few states, mostly in New England,
in September. Larry Kaplow, NPR News.
The U.S.
How will the new U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods affect everyday American purchases?
is set to impose fifty percent tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods imported from Canada. Just after midnight, and Pierce Kristen Wright with the latest.
Americans could end up paying more for a range of Canadian products, including hockey sticks, cement for building and construction, and wine.
That discriminate against U.S. commerce. Trump claims some of Canada's trade policies do just that. The new tariff threat against Ottawa comes as free trade negotiations between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have hit major stumbling blocks.
He's optimistic about the US's end to the war in Gaza. He held back to back talks with Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. About the US plan.
What is the latest U.S. strategy for ending the Gaza war and the positions of Hamas and Israel?
Former US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro spoke to NPR about the prospects of Hamas complying with Israel's demand to fully disarm.
And on the Israeli side, you have this very loud rejection of the roadmap that's been proposed and an insistence that they won't withdraw before full disarmament, uh, despite what Jared Kushner and the Board of Peace have described as a step-by-step process. And they've also said they won't uh allow any limitation on their actions, military actions against Hamas and Gaza. But at the same time, they're taking some measures uh to advance various aspects of the plan. Plans.
The mayor of Moscow says Ukraine launched more than six hundred drones toward the Russian capital. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says it happened from Monday night into Tuesday morning. Russian authorities say at least a hundred and eighty were shot down in the Moscow area alone. Local officials reported some people were injured rush up.
How many drones did Ukraine launch toward Moscow and what was the Russian response?
Has been at war with Ukraine since it launched its full scale invasion in twenty twenty two. This is NPRNE's A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections to more than five thousand Ethiopians living and working in the United States. The decision today lifts the last remaining legal block on the Department of Homeland Security's termination of the of the temporary protected status designation individuals received after fleeing economic security or natural disaster threats in their home countries. In June, a US Supreme Court ruling limited the ability of judges to review DHS efforts to end TPS designations for thirteen countries. The Pentagon is ordering thirty US universities to conduct audits of their ties to foreign entities
What is the federal judge’s ruling on Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopian migrants?
With regard to funding and research, if they don't comply they risk losing federal research dollars.
The Trump administration has highlighted partnerships with and funding from foreign organizations in the past in an attempt to root out what it sees as foreign influence. These latest audits follow the same goal. The administration said the scrutiny is to protect national security, warding off quote, intellectual property theft and adversarial exploitation. Earlier this year, the US Department of Education created an online dashboard to track foreign gifts and contracts. It shows Harvard University receiving the most foreign gifts, with China as the leading source.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are today’s primary elections in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming and how do they work?
0:01–0:59
2
How will the new U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods affect everyday American purchases?
0:59–2:03
3
What is the latest U.S. strategy for ending the Gaza war and the positions of Hamas and Israel?
2:03–2:53
4
How many drones did Ukraine launch toward Moscow and what was the Russian response?
2:53–3:44
5
What is the federal judge’s ruling on Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopian migrants?
3:44–4:32
6
Why is the Pentagon auditing U.S. universities for foreign funding and what could happen if they don’t comply?
4:32–5:03