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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. There was drama at the White House this morning over a federal judge's order to readmit news organizations banned by President Trump. A judge found the administration violated CNN, MSNow, and Politico's constitutional rights. Here's NPR's David Fokenflick.
U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the administration had violated the journalists' rights to due process. No warning, no ability to appeal. He swatted aside the Justice Department's claims involving national security, so shortly after midnight, he issued a temporary restraining order. But journalists for all three outlets said they arrived in the morning only to be kept out again. So Judge Kelly demanded answers and suddenly access was restored. CNN status in the TV pool remains unclear. Five networks share the burden and cost of presenting all the president's public remarks. An official with one of those networks said none of the networks would present video until the White House offered written assurances for CNN.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to comment publicly. David Fulkenflick, NPR News.
President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are holding talks ahead of tonight's state dinner. Both are focusing their public remarks on cooperation,
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PR's Ropschmitz's more.
She emphasized the respect he and Trump have developed for each other over the years. He invited one hundred thousand American students to visit China over the next five years, and he also announced that two pandas routinely used by China as tools of diplomacy would soon be on loan to the Atlanta Zoo. Xi Jinping also reiterated what he calls strategic stability to form the basis of the Sino American relationship. It's a framing popularized last October when the two leaders met in Busan in South Korea to smooth out trade tensions, and it describes an equilibrium between the two superpowers designed to prevent the relationship from deteriorating into economic and military conflict. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck an intensely defiant tone at the UN General Assembly today. As he pushes back against growing international isolation ahead of elections at home, He sought to mount a strong defense of the wars in Iran and in Gaza. Netanyahu denounced critics, saying they're lying when they accuse Israel of genocide.
or in the office of the anti Semitic Mayor of New York I say this. Shame on you.
While he was cheered by supporters in the hall, he was also spurned by dozens of diplomats who walked out. Earlier Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas painted a much different picture of Palestinians' lives in Gaza. When he addressed the UN through a pre recorded video message and the
Gaza Strip. Our people are being subjected at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces to killing, destruction, starvation, and attempts at displacement.
Abbas has heard through an interpreter.
Mortgage rates are at their highest level since january twenty twenty five, the finance giant Freddie Mac reports today the average rate for a thirty year fixed rate mortgage topped seven percent this week. Rates on the fifteen year loan, widely popular with people seeking to refinance, have also risen. Rates have generally increased over the last six months and added hundreds of dollars to the monthly cost of a new home loan. The government's recalling more than one hundred sixty seven thousand pounds of meat that are labeled as inspected but were not. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says its action covers beef, pork, and goat meat produced before this past Tuesday by the North Carolina-based Star Meat Delivery Inc.
The parent company of Olive Garden Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant chains is seeing its share price falling today as it reported slowing sales. Executives blame the World Cup effect and concerns about cyclospora. Here's NPR Zalina Celia.
Darden Restaurants is one of the biggest restaurant operators in the U.S. Its chains include Olive Garden, Yard House, and Ruth's Chris.
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