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What are the key provisions of the new Russia sanctions bill and why is it controversial?
Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Congress is sending a Russia sanctions bill to President Trump's desk. The bill split lawmakers and both parties, as MPR Sam Greenglass reports.
Republican Congressman Michael McCall says the sanctions will target the officials, companies, and banks helping fund Russia's war in Ukraine.
When we look back at this moment in time, I want to be able to say that we used all the tools available to end this war.
The package will allow President Trump to impose tariffs on countries buying oil and natural gas from Russia, a sticking point for many Democrats like Congressman Don Bayer.
The bill is a loophole that will allow him to define basically any country as a facilitator of evading Russian sanctions. He could then hit them with tariffs of up to one hundred percent with no guardrails or oversight and no expiration.
A legislation is named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who negotiated Trump support for the sanctions.
How is the Justice Department handling the contempt case against billionaire Leon Black?
Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
The Justice Department will now decide whether to prosecute billionaire investor Leon Black. The House referred Black to the DOJ today, holding him in contempt of Congress after he defied House oversight subpoenas and the panel's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Black's lawyers have denounced the oversight panel's pursuit of black as an abuse of congressional power. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh says today's decision by the central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three years was unanimous.
We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective. Clearly and at sufficient speed. Today The FOMC decided that this standard has not been satisfied.
Why did the Federal Reserve raise interest rates for the first time in three years?
The committee's unanimous vote shows our resolve to achieve price stability on a timelier basis.
President Trump is blasting the Fed in North Carolina for a midterm campaign rally. Trump said he still has confidence in the Fed chair, but that the board as a whole is very hostile towards the Trump administration. The family of a San Antonio woman suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, they say she died because of the state's abortion ban. From Texas Public Radio Jerry Clayton reports.
The family of thirty-seven-year-old Tierra Walker says she died after developing preclampsia and that ending the pregnancy was the only treatment that could stabilize her. The family alleges doctors failed to provide that care because of Texas's abortion restrictions. The suit filed in a state district court names Paxton, as well as the executive director of the University of Texas Health System and individual doctors. Molly D.
What legal challenges are arising from Texas’s abortion ban after a woman’s death?
Duane is one of the attorneys for the family.
the basic principle here is that you cannot take away someone's life as a state and not be held liable for for doing so.
Paxton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. In Los Angeles, a motorist has been arrested on murder charges. Authorities say the driver slammed her SUV into a city bus last evening. Two people were killed and six others injured. The collision precipitated the fiery crash of a news helicopter in which three people were killed, including the pilot and a reporter for KMBC TV.
What happened in the Los Angeles bus‑SUV collision that led to multiple fatalities?
In Washington, DC, fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center a day after President Trump's aligned aboard. voted to close the facility for renovations. The fencing was added amid the ongoing fight over adding Trump's name to the building on social media. Trump said the closure is needed for safety repairs, but he said the repairs will not happen as long as the board is blocked from making the name change. The Latin Recording Academy has announced nominations for the twenty seventh annual Latin Grammys. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports on a common theme among album of the year contenders.
In Latin America, folkloric music is currently all the rage, and the Latin Grammys have taken notice.
Si el sol está solificándose.
Whether it's the Argentinian roots music championed by 19-year-old rapper Milo Jota on his album La Vida era más corta, or the deeply evocative folk of Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada's album, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, se apagaron ya las luces.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the key provisions of the new Russia sanctions bill and why is it controversial?
0:00–0:56
2
How is the Justice Department handling the contempt case against billionaire Leon Black?
0:56–1:44
3
Why did the Federal Reserve raise interest rates for the first time in three years?
1:44–2:38
4
What legal challenges are arising from Texas’s abortion ban after a woman’s death?
2:38–3:21
5
What happened in the Los Angeles bus‑SUV collision that led to multiple fatalities?
3:21–4:20
6
Why is the Kennedy Center being fenced off and how does it relate to the Trump name debate?
4:20–5:03