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How is the Supreme Court’s decision affecting the SAVE voter‑verification system?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Supreme Court has for now revived a federal data system the Trump administration revamped into a tool to check the citizenship of millions of registered voters. As NPR's Jude Joffey Block reports, the tool had been used by some states before it was blocked by a federal judge for violating privacy protections.
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.
Why are record diesel prices hurting loggers in the Pacific Northwest?
Jude Jaffey Block, NPR News.
Record high diesel prices are putting a squeeze on loggers in the Pacific Northwest. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports this comes as President Trump has been using executive orders to try and cut regulations that revive the struggling industry.
Diesel here in the timberlands of Western Oregon is approaching $7 a gallon.
Yeah, loggers might have to drive a hundred miles every morning to the job. You know, they're meeting the crummy at 3 a.m.
Sean Smith owns Starfire Lumber, where logging trucks pull up daily after cutting trees on nearby private and federal lands.
The dozers and shovels and yarders and stuff they run consume ungodly amounts of fuel.
What changes have been made to the FAFSA form for the upcoming college‑aid season?
I mean you'll see you'll see twelve or fifteen hundred gallon uh Tanker trailers at the logging site.
Smith says the industry is grappling with record diesel prices due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which is making inflation even worse just as lumber prices were starting to recover. Kirk Ziggler, NPR News, Eugene, Oregon.
It's that time again for students and families hoping to get federal help paying for college. It's time to fill out the form known as the FAFSA, NPR's Corey Turner reports.
It stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and it's the gateway not just to federal loans and grants, but also to a lot of state and even school-based financial aid. It is supposed to open on October 1st, but for the second year in a row, the Trump administration has posted the form ahead of schedule.
How are falling oil prices and a Nor’easter impacting U.S. stocks and the East Coast?
In 2020, Congress moved to simplify the FAFSA, and in 2023, the Biden administration failed to release the new and approved form. form on time, falling months behind schedule and sending families and schools into a panic. The Trump administration has made a few changes to this year's form, including making it shareable between family members by text and getting rid of confusing jargon. Corey Turner, NPR News.
US stocks rose today after a cool down in oil prices. This is NPR News. A new report on Charlie Kirk's assassination last year says his turning point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns, and the university where he was killed didn't properly assess dangers like the possibility of a rooftop shooter. Those were among the fine the key findings in an after-action report released by Utah Valley University.
What schedule adjustments are Major League Baseball teams making because of the storm?
A slow-moving Nor'easter is set to hammer the mid-casting. Atlantic and New England with damaging winds, coastal flooding and heavy rain through Monday. NPR's John Stolness reports the storm is also wreaking havoc on the five havoc on the final weekend of Major League Baseball's schedule.
As the city of Boston prepares to weather the storm, the hometown Red Sox will try to squeeze in an important series against the Chicago Cubs. Sunday's game was moved to today, with the two teams playing a double header. The start time of the second game was also moved up a half hour, and they hope to get a game in on Saturday night as well.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How is the Supreme Court’s decision affecting the SAVE voter‑verification system?
0:00–1:00
2
Why are record diesel prices hurting loggers in the Pacific Northwest?
1:00–1:41
3
What changes have been made to the FAFSA form for the upcoming college‑aid season?
1:41–2:28
4
How are falling oil prices and a Nor’easter impacting U.S. stocks and the East Coast?
2:28–3:22
5
What schedule adjustments are Major League Baseball teams making because of the storm?
3:22–4:08
6
Why is Pope Leo XIII warning about AI, nuclear weapons, and humanity’s future?
4:08–5:01