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How is the Supreme Court’s decision reviving the SAVE voter‑verification system?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US Supreme Court has, for the time being, revived a federal data system the Trump administration revamped into a tool. To check the citizenship of millions of registered voters. Here's NPR's Jude Jaffey blog.
The federal tool is called Save, and the Trump administration made major changes to it last year, including linking it to Social Security data for the first time. But the tool has mistakenly flagged some US citizens as potential non citizens, leading them to be taken off state voter rolls as a result. A federal judge in June said the modified version of SAVE trampled on the privacy rights of Americans and threatened the right to vote. But the Supreme Court lifted that block and opened the door for the new SAVE tool to be used in the lead up to the election for individualized determinations of citizenship. Federal law bars systematic purges of voter rolls this close to an election.
What are the key points from the upcoming Trump‑Xi meetings and their geopolitical impact?
Jude Jaffey Block, NPR News.
Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping of China both say they plan to meet two more times before the end of the year.
America is very happy about this visit, and I'm sure China is very happy also. Great things for both countries, and it's been just very, very productive.
That's President Trump and Xi here through an interpreter.
The relationship will be a constructive one of strategic stability on the basis of respect. Fairness and reciprocity
during this week's meetings both talked about the wars in Iran and Ukraine as well as Taiwan and AI. In which Trump and she have competing interests, but few details were provided. Jersey Governor Mike Sherrill's declared a state of emergency in several counties ahead of a nor'easter.
How is the nor’easter expected to affect the Northeast and what emergency actions are being taken?
That could bring destructive winds and coastal flooding to parts of the northeastern US starting
tonight. We will surge resources to these communities, making sure that the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation are manning our operations centers because of beach erosion and the high tide and the roads that we are concerned about.
Concerts and other events have been canceled in parts of New England. Around a million people in the US live with multiple sclerosis. Now new research suggests a common virus is a major culprit, and Pierce Ping Huang reports
Many people living with MS experience bouts of weakness, vision loss, problems with balance a few times a year. Researchers at Mass General Brigham analyzed blood samples from patients and found active signs of Epstein-Barr virus in the months before these attacks. Here's Dr. Tanujia Chittis.
So what we found is that the virus lives inside our B cells and it's becoming reactivated.
What new research links Epstein‑Barr virus to multiple sclerosis attacks?
And this was occurring before the attacks.
This virus is very common and doesn't cause MS in most people who get it. Chitniss says there are likely other genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the disease.
That's NPR's Ping Wong reporting. From Washington, this is NPR News. A federal judge in Oklahoma handed a win to a Jewish charter school this week. Аз Стейт Імпакт Оклома'с Бет Влас репорт. This would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school.
Earlier this year, a state board rejected the application for Bengamla Jewish Charter School, a virtual school providing religious education.
Why did a federal judge rule in favor of a Jewish charter school and what could it mean for church‑state separation?
The board relied on a 2024 Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling for a similar case with a Catholic school. Now a judge says that rejection was discriminatory. Rachel Lazar is the president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which joined the case. were directly funding with taxpayer money religious education and turning government schools into religious government schools. If appealed, the case could wind up before the US Supreme Court, which was split on a similar case last year. For NPR News, I'm Beth Wallace in Tulsa.
A New Mexico jury finds that Meta misled state residents about its privacy protection policies and practices. On its Facebook platform, the case involved Cambridge Analytica, the now defunct political consulting firm
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How is the Supreme Court’s decision reviving the SAVE voter‑verification system?
0:01–0:57
2
What are the key points from the upcoming Trump‑Xi meetings and their geopolitical impact?
0:57–1:44
3
How is the nor’easter expected to affect the Northeast and what emergency actions are being taken?
1:44–2:39
4
What new research links Epstein‑Barr virus to multiple sclerosis attacks?
2:39–3:24
5
Why did a federal judge rule in favor of a Jewish charter school and what could it mean for church‑state separation?
3:24–4:19
6
How did a New Mexico jury find Meta liable for misleading users about privacy practices?
4:19–4:56