Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The U.S. economy headlines President Trump's visit today to a swing congressional district in Pennsylvania. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, President Trump's holding a campaign-style rally in Mount Pocono at a time when polling data suggests waning trust in his response to affordability concerns ahead of next year's midterms.
In his second term, President Trump has done very little domestic travel aimed at pitching his policies to the American people. In fact, he's done way more travel to sporting events than going out in the country and making his case.
A senior White House official I spoke with who was not authorized to speak publicly readily acknowledged that this sort of messaging travel has been lacking and said the president would be ramping it up late this year and into next year, starting with today's trip to Pennsylvania, which is to a competitive congressional district.
NPR's Tamara Keith. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is reacting to a podcast interview in which Trump is insult him and several other foreign leaders. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
President Trump said this to Politico about London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
He's a horrible mayor.
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He's an incompetent mayor, but he's a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he's done a terrible job.
And he went on to say that Khan, a popular center-left politician who is of Pakistani descent, owes his election victories to the rising number of immigrants here in London. Khan in turn told Politico that Americans are actually flocking to London, in part because of its liberal values that are the antithesis of Trump's. He said the U.S.
president, who has insulted him in the past many times, seems to be obsessed and he doesn't know why. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
The U.S. Department of Education says it has reached a proposed settlement agreement with the state of Missouri to end a popular yet controversial Biden-era student loan repayment plan. The agreement, assuming it's approved by the judge, would allow the department to move the more than 7 million borrowers still enrolled and saved to other repayment plans.
An environmental group wants a national moratorium on the construction of some new data centers that power artificial intelligence. More than 230 groups have signed on to a letter to Congress. Here's NPR's Jeff Brady.
The group Food and Water Watch drafted the letter citing the risk of higher utility bills and environmental concerns. Mitch Jones with Food and Water Watch says a pause is needed so regulation can catch up.
And let's figure out if it's possible to do this in a way that is going to be safe for the environment, that is going to preserve water for communities, that is not going to drive up people's already increasing electricity prices.
The industry group Data Center Coalition said in a statement that halting construction would jeopardize digital infrastructure that's essential to contemporary life. The coalition argues a moratorium would risk U.S. economic competitiveness and national security. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
The Dow closed down 180 points. It's NPR News. Vocalist Raul Malo has died. The 60-year-old frontman of the country band The Mavericks died of cancer at his home in Nashville last night. For almost four decades, Malo and the band defy categories with their eclectic mix of American music. NPR's Felix Contreras has this appreciation.
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