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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US War with Iran is hitting energy prices and helped drive annual inflation to the highest level in roughly three years. The Labor Department says consumer prices in April were 3.8% higher than the same time a year earlier. President Trump is en route to China for a high stakes meeting with leader Xi Jinping. NPR's Emily Feng is covering the state
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visit, calling China's Xi Jinping an amazing man. Trump said the meetings with Xi later this week will cover energy prices, the war with Iran and Taiwan, the democratic island China hopes to control one day. Asked about a delayed multibillion dollar US Weapons sale to Taiwan, Trump has said he would talk about it with China's Xi Jinping.
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A lot of good things can happen now. We'll be talking about, I mean, he'll bring up Taiwan.
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American legislation requires the US to provide for Taiwan's defense and that includes selling Taiwan arms. Trump has also said he'll raise the case of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, as well as an imprisoned Christian pastor in China. Emily Feng, NPR News.
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Trump is being accompanied by several powerful corporate executives with significant business interests in China. They include billionaire Elon Musk, who is in a legal battle with OpenAI chief Sam Altman that could have major implications in artificial intelligence. At a California trial, Altman testified today to defend his business record against Musk's allegation that he betrayed their shared vision for OpenAI. NPR's John Ruich has more. Musk helped found the company and put in $38 million, but he left in 2018 after a dispute over who would run the for profit. He's seeking a rollback of the for profit entity and the ouster of Altman and Brockman changes that could reshape one of the most important AI companies in the world. NPR's John Ruich referencing OpenAI president co founder Greg Brockman. This is primary day in Nebraska where Democratic candidates are competing for the party's nomination in the 2nd congressional district. Molly Ashford with Nebraska Public Media says the winner will face Republican Brinker Harding in November.
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With the retirement of five term Republican Congressman Don Bacon, Democrats are hoping to flip a House seat in the so called blue dot of Nebraska's 2nd District. Democratic voter Emily Anderson says this year presents the best chances for that flip since she moved to Omaha eight years ago. This definitely, I feel like the best
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shot we've ever, we've ever had.
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The Democratic primary is crowded with seven names on the ballot. One of those candidates has already dropped out and three of them are likely to garner most of the vote. But in Nebraska, much of the conversation about the race has been dominated by an influx of negative advertising. A dozen PACs have spent more than 5 million on ads during the primary, mostly supporting candidate Denise Powell and opposing John Kavanaugh. For NPR News, I'm Molly Ashford from Washington.
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This is NPR News. Members of a Senate panel grilled FBI Director Kash Patel today about reported allegations of excessive drinking on the job. Patel sparred with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen. Unlike baseless reports, the only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang banging rapist was you. The only person that ran up a hundred thousand dollar bar tab in Washington, D.C. at the lobby was you. The only individual in this room drinking on taxpayer dime during the day. Director Patel, come on. These are serious allegations that were made against you. Patel testifying today before the Senate Appropriations Committee. Questions are being raised after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy turned a family road trip into a Reality T series. Here's NPR's Rachel Treisman.
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Back in the 1990s, Duffy starred in one MTV show and met his wife on another. The couple and their nine kids are now the focus of the Great American Road Trip, a five part series that will air on YouTube. The show urges other families to hit the road, too, but critics say that is hard to do when gas prices are so high because of the US War in Iran. Some also wonder if taxpayers footed the family's bill. Duffy says production costs were covered by a nonprofit, which in turn credits sponsors like Boeing, Toyota and the Department of Transportation. Says the series was filmed in one to two day production windows during which Duffy conducted business including air traffic control tower visits. Rachel Treisman, NPR News.
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