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What security threats are emerging around the RAF base in Gloucestershire?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Dozens of homes near a Royal Air Force base used by U.S. bombers remain evacuated after five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. Maggie Blythe, temporary chief constable for Gloucestershire Constabulary, says the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit continues to examine three vehicles near Welford.
I would want to ensure and reassure our communities that any call into us is always acted on and any information or intelligence passed to the police is again, is treated really seriously. We will continue to do that. We already do. And the same would apply to my colleagues from other
agencies. RAF Fairford hosts the U.S.
How are the White House’s pocket rescission cuts affecting health care and education programs?
Air Force's 501st Combat Support Wing and has been used by the U.S. for strikes on Iranian missile sites in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The White House has told Congress that it plans to cancel $810 million in health care and educational-related programs. As NPR's Mara Liason reports, one prominent Republican is not happy about that.
In a statement on X, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins said the move, known as a pocket rescission, is unlawful. Collins, an incumbent Republican from Maine running for re-election, also said that the rescissions were intended to, quote, undermine Congress's constitutional power of the purse. Regardless of how this separation of powers dispute is resolved, there are other cuts to social safety net programs that were in the one big beautiful bill that are just now kicking in, and they're hurting people who depend on Medicaid and food assistance. That's another reason, along with higher prices at the pump or 7% mortgages, that voters say they are angry and economically stressed, a bad sign for the incumbent party just weeks away from the election.
Mara Liason, NPR News.
What message did Pope Francis deliver at Lourdes about clergy abuse?
Pope Leo told a massive crowd gathered at the Shrine of Lourdes that the Catholic Church must confront deep wounds caused by clergy abuse. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Leo is on a four-day visit to France. Lourdes is a town
in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains that attracts some three million pilgrims a year for its purported healing spring waters on the spot where a 19th century shepherd girl had apparitions of the Virgin Mary. The site is also connected to a recent scandal. The shrine's facade has a series of mosaics by a prominent religious artist accused of abusing 20 women. The story's tall mosaics have been covered for the Pope's visit. Leo has previously apologized for abuse scandals that have damaged the church's credibility. On a trip to Spain in June, he told bishops they must listen to survivors and offer reparations. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News,
Paris. Drenching rains continued to saturate shorelines in the northeastern U.S.
How are recent floods impacting communities in the Northeastern United States?
today. Another round of flooding hit low-lying areas of New York and New Jersey and led to power outages in multiple northeastern states. This is NPR News in Washington. The 2019 superhero epic Avengers Endgame is back atop box office charts this weekend. NPR's Bob Mondello calls this encore edition. a lucrative marketing gimmick.
Marvel will be opening Avengers Doomsday in three months, and what better way to promote it than to bring back Endgame. Avengers! Assemble. With four minutes of unseen footage to stoke excitement for the new installment, fans showed up hoping to catch a glimpse of Robert Downey Jr.
Why is Avengers: Endgame returning to theaters and what does it mean for Marvel’s upcoming releases?
Tell answers to me. Returning not as Iron Man, but as a supervillain. For I am Iron Man. This weekend's $86 million in ticket sales puts Endgame, the second biggest earner in Hollywood history, within striking distance of Avatar, currently the biggest, and it edged the total box office haul for the 38-film Marvel Cinematic Universe above $35 billion. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
In the race for baseball's National League wildcard berth, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3. The Phillies now face a best-of-three wildcard series against Atlanta. Chinese pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are now at Zoo Atlanta.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What security threats are emerging around the RAF base in Gloucestershire?
0:01–0:45
2
How are the White House’s pocket rescission cuts affecting health care and education programs?
0:45–1:54
3
What message did Pope Francis deliver at Lourdes about clergy abuse?
1:54–2:48
4
How are recent floods impacting communities in the Northeastern United States?
2:48–3:30
5
Why is Avengers: Endgame returning to theaters and what does it mean for Marvel’s upcoming releases?
3:30–4:25
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How are clergy‑politicians shaping the Democratic Party’s stance on faith and governance?
4:25–5:04