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Why is the Trump administration pausing CDC workers’ telecommuting accommodations?

Shea Stephens 0:01

Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The Trump administration says it is pausing the reasonable accommodations that allowed CDC workers with disabilities to telecommute. As just made a world member station WABE reports, the union representing CDC employees says the move violates disability laws.

Jess Maidor 0:22

U.S. Health and Human Services officials told CDC employees about the indefinite pause in an email as staff returned to in-person work this week and after weeks of turmoil at the agency. Last month a gunman fired hundreds of rounds into buildings at the CDC's Atlanta campus. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted CDC director Susan Menares and other top CDC officials resigned in protest. In a written statement, a federal labor union says ending reasonable accommodations is illegal.

What justification did the administration give for the Caribbean drug‑boat strike?

Jess Maidor 0:57

And will hurt the hundreds of CDC workers who are disabled veterans. Fren PRNUs, I'm Jess Maidor in Atlanta.

Shea Stephens 1:04

The Trump administration has carried out another deadly strike in international waters of the Caribbean. The strike hit a boat that the administration says was headed to the US carrying drugs from Venezuela. The same explanation was given for another strike carried out earlier this month, resulting in the deaths of eleven people. During a visit to Jerusalem Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated US support for Israel's intensifying war in Gaza. But as NPR's eye of patrol me reports. Regional leaders gathered in Qatar to condemn the Israeli attack on Hamas leaders there.

Aya Batraoui 1:40

Катар'я мир опенд замет битву африкардли атак о Хамез неготій. Катар'сбенер between Israel and Hamas throughout the war in Gaza and hosts Hamez's political leadership.

How did regional leaders respond to the Israeli‑Hamas conflict in Qatar?

Aya Batraoui 1:57

It convened the high level summit of leaders from Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and beyond, with the aim of presenting a united front against the bombing, which killed at least six people, none of them senior Hamas officials. The summit concluded with a lengthy statement condemning Israel, but did not call for specific action to be taken. Egypt's president, however, warned at the summit that Israeli actions obstruct prospects for new peace deals with Israel and undermine existing ones.

Shea Stephens 2:33

A list of dignitaries gathered at the Kennedy Center Sunday. to celebrate Kirk, including House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Mike Johnson 2:40

This has been a very difficult week in America. There's a a wide range of emotions that have been felt By the American people and frankly by leaders in the nation's capital.

Shea Stephens 2:50

The man accused of murdering Kirk, twenty two year old Tyler Robinson, could appear in court as soon as Tuesday. You're listening to NPR.

Which U.S. states experienced record‑dry Augusts and why does it matter?

Shea Stephens 3:01

President Trump says he's sending National Guard troops and federal officers to Memphis to help police there deal with violent crime. Tennessee officials are welcoming the move as part of a larger law enforcement surge. Trump says the effort will be similar to the crackdown on Washington DC. He says he plans to do the same in several US cities. And that Chicago is probably next. According to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, three states saw their driest August on record. Details from MPR's Rebecca

Rebecca Hersher 3:33

Hersher. Very little rain fell in the Ohio Valley region in August, according to the new data. It was the driest August on record, going back more than 130 years, and it was the second driest August ever recorded for the Northeast. Ohio, Kentucky, and Vermont all broke records for the least rainfall ever in August, a month that's usually quite rainy in the eastern U.S.

What changes is President Trump proposing for corporate earnings reports?

Rebecca Hersher 3:56

Much of the country is now experiencing drought conditions. The most severe drought is in the western US, particularly Arizona, New Mexico, and the Rocky Mountain states, Climate change makes extreme droughts more likely around the world. Rebecca Hersher and PR News.

Shea Stephens 4:11

President Trump says public companies should not have to issue quarterly earnings reports in a post on his social media site Trump. says that the Securities and Exchange Commission should require corporate earnings reports twice a year instead of every three months.