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Jack Spear
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. 59 Africaners landed at Dulles International Airport today. They are the first group of white South Africans to be granted refugee status in the US And Bears Amanda Bastillo.
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Amanda Bastillo
Has more children held American flags and stuffed animals. They gathered in one blocked off corner of the airport hangar decorated with red, white and blue balloons. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau greeted them.
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Jack Spear
Makes me so happy to see you with our flag.
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Amanda Bastillo
The administration says these families, who are descendants of Dutch settlers, face the threat of violence because of their race. They granted the families an expedited process to seek refuge. The broader refugee program effectively remains paused, but the administration says more Afrikaners are set to arrive in the coming months. Ximena Bustin, NPR News, Washington.
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Jack Spear
House Republicans are wrangling over the nuts and bolts of how President Donald Trump's so called big beautiful bill might work. The measure contains Trump's tax cuts, which include boosting deductions. But how to pay for it is the multi trillion dollar question. Current funding proposal includes reductions to Medicaid, green energy and other programs. But NPR's Deidre Walsh says there is disagreement.
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Deidre Walsh
Not all Republicans think that they should be doing these major changes to Medicaid. One of them, Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley, wrote an editorial in the New York Times today criticizing some in his party who he says want to slash health care for the working poor. He called that move, quote, both morally wrong and politically suicidal.
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Jack Spear
House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he hopes to get the House to vote on a final bill before the Memorial Day recess. President Trump has named his former personal defense attorney to be the new acting librarian of Congress. NPR's Netta Ulughby reports. Todd Blanche will replace Carla Hayden, who the president fired week.
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Nada Ulaby
Todd Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives. Now he will be in charge of the largest one in the world. Blanche will be coming over from the Justice Department, where the president had appointed him as deputy attorney general. Blanche led the defense in a trial Trump lost when he was found guilty last year of lying about paying hush money to an adult film star. The announcement was confirmed by a Library of Congress employee who wished to remain anonymous to avoid retribution. The permanent post of librarian of Congress must be confirmed by the Senate. Nada Ulaby, NPR News A judge is.
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Jack Spear
Refusing to block the IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people in the US Illegally. The decision is a win for the Trump administration, which has said it wants to share the tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The judge denied a preliminary injunction today in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. They'd argued immigrants who pay U.S. taxes are entitled to the same privacy as U.S. citizens and those in the country legally. Former IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause resigned over allowing ICE to submit names of people in the country legally to the tax agency for cross referencing. Stocks rallied sharply on Wall street today. The Dow was up more than 1100 points. You're listening to NPR. California Governor Gavin Newsom is urging cities and counties to clear homeless encampments. Joseme Dimazo of member station KALW reports. He unveiled a new blueprint for the local governments to enforce their own bans on public camping.
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The announcement comes a year after the U.S. supreme Court made it easier for to ban homeless people from camping outside. Newsom also announced the release of more than $3 billion in voter approved funds to expand housing and treatment options. He spoke at a press conference in Sacramento.
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Jack Spear
This is a framework in the application of how to do it in a way that we think is responsible with all the supports that have come through these unprecedented investments.
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The blueprint bars encampments from being in one place for more than three days to or blocking sidewalks. Local officials would need to provide notice and shelter resources before clearing an encampment. For NPR News, I'm Yo Smy Delmaso in San Francisco.
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Jack Spear
Georgia has become the second state to work towards providing protections for the makers of a popular weed killer. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signing a measure that says pesticide makers can't be sued for failing to warn customers of dangers if they use labels approved by federal regulators. Agri giant Band Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto, has been hit with 181,000 claims alleging the weed killer's main ingredient causes non Hodgkin's lymphoma charges disputed by Bayer. The EPA also said the active ingredient glyphosate is not likely to bear carcinogenic to humans if used as directed. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News, in Washington. Support for the following message comes from Paintcare, making it easy to recycle leftover paint with convenient locations like your local paint store. Find a paint drop off site near you@paintcare.org.