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Why is the U.S. Postal Service appealing the court ruling on Trump's mail‑in voting order?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The US Postal Service is appealing the latest court ruling to block its plan for an order by President Trump. That order seeks to restrict mail in voting for the midterm election. As emperor's Hanzi Lo Wong reports, the appeal sets up another possible Supreme Court review of Trump's order.
So far, President Trump's order has not directly affected mail-in voting. But the U.S. Postal Service is now appealing the latest major legal hurdle to carrying out Trump's order. The Postal Service plan involves delivering mail-in ballots only to people on voter lists that the states would have to turn over to the mailing agency. U.S. District Judge Indira Tawani found that plan is likely illegal because USPS has no authority to control voting by mail. We should note USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. The Postal Service's appeal sets the stage for another review of Trump's order at the Supreme Court. So far the High Court has not weighed in on whether the order is legal, but there's little time left for the order to be fully carried out.
Can CRISPR gene editing safely lower bad cholesterol for a year or more?
Mail and voting for the midterm starts next week. Anzila Wong, NPR News.
An experimental treatment that uses gene editing to cut cholesterol levels appears to continue working for at least a year, according to new research that was released today. And Pierce Robstein has more.
The treatment uses the gene editing technique known as CRISPR to switch off a gene in the liver to lower levels of so-called bad cholesterol as well as triglycerides, which can cause heart attacks and strokes. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic last year reported that a single infusion of the gene editor could cut bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels by about half for at least two months. At a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology Congress, the researchers report that the benefits can last at least a year. They stress, however, that more research is still needed to make sure the treatment will continue to work safely. ROB Stein, in PR News.
Investors now think the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates as early as next month. If your Scott Horsley reports the shift comes after a speech this morning by Fed Chair Kevin Walsh.
Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates as early as next month?
Speaking to a gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Worst described the labor market as stable, consumer spending as resilient, and business investment, especially in artificial intelligence, as strong. The sore spot in the economy, so far as Borsch is concerned, is inflation.
Inflation is running above our two percent target. The Fed's predominant focus. Right now should be on prices.
While Walsh remained tight lipped about where he thinks interest rates are going, investors took his remarks as a signal that a rate hike could be coming as early as September. Three members of the Fed's rate setting committee were already pushing for a rate hike at the last Fed meeting when the central bank held its benchmark rate steady. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
And that's at Wall Street lower by the close, Dow down nine points, NASDAQ down one hundred thirty eight. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Federal investigators have released a report on a fatal chemical spill at a paper mill in Washington state this spring.
What caused the fatal chemical spill at the Longview, Washington paper mill?
They determined that past inspections showed that there were safety concerns over the chemical tank that ruptured, killing eleven people. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Eric Newman has more.
This initial investigation from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has been in the works since the spill happened May 26th. On that morning, some 900,000 gallons of heated caustic chemicals known as white liquor spilled when a storage tank failed at the Longview, Washington paper mill. The spill killed 11 employees and injured eight others. The new report shows that 10 months before the Incident, safety inspectors told the company the chemical tank was unsafe and it should be repaired. Those chemicals inside the tank are corrosive to metals and the tank's walls were thinning.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is the U.S. Postal Service appealing the court ruling on Trump's mail‑in voting order?
0:00–0:58
2
Can CRISPR gene editing safely lower bad cholesterol for a year or more?
0:58–2:10
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Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates as early as next month?
2:10–3:08
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What caused the fatal chemical spill at the Longview, Washington paper mill?
3:08–4:04
5
How many people died and went missing in the Nepal‑Tibet glacier flood?
4:04–4:45
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What is the Shortwave NPR Science podcast and why listen to it daily?
4:45–5:04