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What did President Trump say at the UN about the Iran war?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly today, threatening to annihilate Iran if a deal isn't reached soon to end the nearly seven month war. As the conflict drags on, State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott says the US holds all the cards.
The president has been clear from the beginning that he wanted a diplomatic solution. The door for diplomacy was opened again and again and again. And yet the Iranian regime has continued to refuse to make that deal, continued to pursue Malign activities.
Trump says US and Iranian officials met after the speech. He provided few details except to say it was a very good meeting. Two Republican Senate candidates in swing states are calling for an end to the Iran war and say more needs to be done to address higher energy costs.
Which Republican Senate candidates are calling for an end to the Iran conflict and why?
Here's a new campaign ad from Mike Rogers, the former Republican. The former Republican congressman running against демократ Абдул А-саєд в Мішин'ян севар Iran needs to end and end quickly. When it does, energy costs will plummet. But Michigan families can't afford to wait for that to happen.
Why are Senators investigating Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden’s financial dealings?
Republican congresswoman Ashley Hinson, who's running against демократ Josh Turek for Senate in Iowa, also called for an immediate end to the war. Just last week she voted against a resolution calling on Trump to end the war or seek congressional approval for it. Utah Republican Senator John Curtis wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate and subpoena Donald Trump Junior after his wedding party was partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch. Curtis says it needs to be investigated whether Trump Junior used his father's presidency for financial benefit. Curtis wants a similar investigation into Hunter Biden, ex-President Joe Biden's son.
What new information emerged in the grand‑jury report on Nolan Wells’s death?
Republicans have become emboldened to break from President Trump as anger builds over the Iran war and rising gas prices. A grand jury has finally returned a report in the case of Nolan Wells, a black teenager who was found dead in early July on an island just off the Mississippi coast. Elise Gregg of the Gulf States Newsroom and Mississippi Public Broadcasting has more on his family's response.
At a press conference in Georgia, Wells' parents vowed to keep pushing for answers. That's after a grand jury unanimously returned a report saying they found no credible evidence of criminal activity in Wells' death. His parents and attorneys say that report still doesn't explain exactly how their son died, nor does it answer lingering questions from the autopsy. Here's Wells's mother, Christine Wells Wandsley.
My question is how can a jury come to the conclusion? Of drowning.
How can listeners vote in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week and what’s the story behind it?
Дитконь, there was trauma to his body. And despite hearing Many inconsistencies.
The jury heard from over forty witnesses and reviewed evidence ranging from GPS data to videos from the island where Wells was found. For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson, Mississippi.
This is NPR News. Democratic attorneys general from California and New York are suing the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as it seeks to discourage expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. The Trump administration said in June that it's buying back several offshore wind leases for wind projects on the east and west coasts.
What happened with the Utah mail‑ballot incident and its impact on the primary?
Voting opens today for Fat Bear Week. The annual competition features the chunky brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve and draws fans from around the world. Alaska Public Media's Ava White reports.
A fat bear is a successful bear and the sixteen contenders are really chubby. Fat Bear Week celebrates how much weight the animals pack on from feasting on massive sake salmon runs. The bears are relatable to fans voting in the competition like Landon Norman in Northwest Arkansas.
And I think that people can kind of find some inspiration from their resiliency. And it's just wholesome. And it's bears doing what they want to do, getting fat.
You can vote for your favorite fat bear at batbearweek.org through September twenty-ninth when a weighty winner will be crowned.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say at the UN about the Iran war?
0:00–0:52
2
Which Republican Senate candidates are calling for an end to the Iran conflict and why?
0:52–1:10
3
Why are Senators investigating Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden’s financial dealings?
1:10–1:46
4
What new information emerged in the grand‑jury report on Nolan Wells’s death?
1:46–2:37
5
How can listeners vote in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week and what’s the story behind it?
2:37–3:21
6
What happened with the Utah mail‑ballot incident and its impact on the primary?
3:21–4:53