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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Norah Ramm. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has lost his bid for a third term in the U.S. senate. The Republican had faced backlash from his party after voting to convict President Trump during his second impeachment trial. The Gulf States Newsroom Drew Hawkins reports.
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Cassidy finished third in Saturday's Republican primary behind Congresswoman Julia Letlow, who was endorsed by President Trump and State Treasurer John Fleming. They now advance to a runoff next month. In his concession speech, Cassidy referenced Trump's repeated false claims about the 2020 election
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and when you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you want it to. But you don't pout, you don't whine, you don't claim the election was stolen.
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Cassidy thanked voters for what he called the privilege of serving Louisiana. For NPR News, I'm Drew Hawkins in New Orleans.
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President Trump's request for money for ballroom security has been dealt a setback. A nonpartisan Senate referee said the billion dollars requested for the Secret Service tied to the ballroom project breaks a budget bill rule and can't move forward for now. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports.
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It's a fun name for an arcane the Senate birdbath. That's Byrd. The Senate parliamentarian has combed through the $75 billion Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding bill to make sure all of its provisions are okay under the Byrd rule, named for a former senator. That lets some budget bills slide through the Senate with a simple rather than the usual 60 vote threshold. As it's written now, Secret Service funding to secure President Trump's ballroom project didn't make the cut. But that's good news for some Republicans who don't want to spend taxpayer money on the project or take a vote on ballroom money when Trump's war on Iran is driving the cost of living even higher and when prevailing winds are blowing against Republicans in the midterms. Eric McDaniel and PR news Washington.
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The White House released a fact sheet today saying that China has agreed to buy at least $17 billion a year of US agriculture products for the next few years. It says this comes out of President Trump's meeting in China last week with President Xi Jinping. US Trade Representative Jameson Greer said the agreement includes meat.
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We had a number of meat exporting facilities in the US that had been deregistered by the Chinese. The Chinese have already moved to re register them, which means that they can export to China once again. This is, this is beef. This is chicken. The Chinese have also agreed to review a bunch of our biotechnology traits, right where we have certain goods that go to China that have to be approved scientifically.
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Greer was interviewed on ABC's this Week. Officials in the United Arab Emirates say a drone strike targeted the country's only nuclear power plant, sparking a fire on its perimeter. No injuries were reported and radiological safety levels were unaffected. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. In Vienna, Austria, last night, Bulgaria won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports. The annual contest attracted controversy over Israel's participation.
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In the end, it was Bulgarian singer Dara's catchy party anthem Bangaranga that won out. From 25 countries took the stage in the colorful contest of sequin drenched dance routines. There were jets of flames and glitter guns galore. Israel came second for the second year in a row. Five countries, including Spain and Ireland, boycotted Eurovision to protest Israel's inclusion in the contest following the war in Gaza. And hundreds of protesters marched near the contest arena in Vienna. Ruth Sherlock and Beyond News, Jerusalem.
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The rededicate 250 national Jubilee of prayer, praise and thanksgiving is underway on the National Mall. It was organized by Freedom250, a public private partnership created by the White House for the country's 250th birthday. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott was among the speakers who celebrated religions, especially Christianity's ties to American history.
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From the Civil War to World War II to the landing on the moon, Americans have looked to God for guidance, for peace and for strength.
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Critics say the event blurs the line between church and state. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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We flush a lot of things down the toilet, you know, the obvious ones. But drugs like cocaine are also going down the drain and into our waterways. That's changing the animals that live in it.
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It's definitely present in most ecosystems on Earth. Now, unfortunately, we're only sort of really starting to scratch the surface into understanding the potential consequences of that.
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Forget cocaine bear, learn about cocaine salmon on short wave in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.