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How are Trump's fuel economy changes and China policy shaping the news?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's rolling back Biden era fuel economy standards for new vehicles powered by gasoline. The new rules were released shortly after the president rejected an Iranian proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, where oil shipping disruptions have sent energy prices surging. Separately, Trump announced a plan to build a fifteen billion dollar steel mill in Iowa, which is expected to create as many as two thousand permanent jobs. The Trump administration has issued mixed messages about the recent US China meetings a day after the ambassador to China, David Perdue, told Fox News Sunday
this. President Trump continues to say hey, we sell arms to other uh people around the world. Uh he actually asked uh President C would he like to buy some at one point.
Today a reporter asked President Trump about it. You make
such a suggestion to China? To
China.
You mean to Taiwan? No to China, that's what he said. I never heard of that one. I'm gonna have to ask him. You mean we're gonna sell now, they probably like to buy it because we do make better equipment than them, so maybe it's a good idea.
Trump says Purdue meant to say Taiwan.
How are Russian drone attacks affecting Ukraine, and how is Ukraine responding?
Ongoing Russian drone and missiles have hit several regions in Ukraine, including the capital. Where drones kill at least two people. NPR's Jo Anakisis reports Ukraine says its drones attacked well facilities and defense plants in Russia.
Air raid sirens go off every couple of hours in Kiev, followed by explosions. Russian drones hit a food market on the western outskirts of the Ukrainian capital. Drones also hit homes, gas stations, and communications facilities. Russia also hit a commercial vessel off the coast of Odessa and apartment buildings in northern, central, and southern Ukraine. In a weekend video address, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russians have amped up the production of jet powered drones, which are hard to shoot down. We are developing our response, Zelensky said, including several effective prototypes of interceptors that can take down Russian jet drones. Joanna Kakisis, NPR News, Kyiv.
Why are prosecutors reopening the Cornell fraternity sexual assault investigation?
Prosecutors say they're reopening an investigation into allegations of sexual assault by members of the Ci Fi fraternity, Cornell University. WSKG's Aurora Barry reports on public uproar following a lawsuit against the university, several Greek life organizations, and fraternity members. The
plaintiff in the lawsuit was a Cornell student at the time of the incident. The lawsuit says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in twenty twenty four. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says the plaintiff, quote, did not allege that she was drugged against her will or gang raped in her original statement. Van Houten says the case will now go before a grand jury. Cornell's Vice President for University Relations, Kyle Kimball, says that the university supports the decision to reopen the investigation. The lawsuit says Cornell didn't do enough to protect the plaintiff. That's
Aurora Barry. It's NPR.
How much are candidates spending on the Texas Senate race, and can ads sway voters?
The Texas US Senate contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Tallerico is set to shatter campaign spending records for the Lone Star State. Most of that spending is going to advertising. But it's unclear how much of a difference the ad blitz will make to who wins the election.
An analysis from advertising intelligence firm Ad Impact shows that as of mid-September, Talerico and groups supporting him had spent more than $53 million across all media, while Paxton and Pro Paxton Superpax spent nearly twice that. Erica Franklin Fowler of Wesleyan University says advertising matters chiefly at the margins of a close contest.
It's not gonna take a candidate who is not otherwise a good candidate and take them from somewhere of like thirty percent support over a victory line. It's really in the, you know, fraction uh up to a couple percentage points that advertising can move or benefit a a particular candidate.
Most polls either show the two candidates statistically tied or Talarico with a slim lead.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How are Trump's fuel economy changes and China policy shaping the news?
0:01–1:09
2
How are Russian drone attacks affecting Ukraine, and how is Ukraine responding?
1:09–2:10
3
Why are prosecutors reopening the Cornell fraternity sexual assault investigation?
2:10–3:01
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How much are candidates spending on the Texas Senate race, and can ads sway voters?
3:01–4:13
5
What happened during SpaceX's Starship launch and Starlink deployment?
4:13–4:40
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Can Democratic pastors win over secular voters by reframing faith in politics?
4:40–5:03