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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Six states are holding primaries today from Pennsylvania to Oregon. Some will show the reach of President Trump's endorsement power. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says some GOP candidates are appealing to very conservative party members in primaries, and it's not clear yet how that will appeal to all voters in a general election.
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Tonight we're going to see results from Senate primaries in Alabama and Georgia where the Republicans, they're all trying to out maga each other. Georgia is going to be particularly important to watch is a really important Senate race with Democrat Jon Ossoff as the incumbent. Republicans would really love to flip that seat, but the Republican primary electorate in Georgia is very conservative and very different than the general election one, which has become much more purple.
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NPR's Domenico Montanaro reporting. San Diego police are investigating the shooting deaths yesterday of three men at the city's Islamic Center. They separately discovered the bodies of two males nearby who died by suicide. Police believe the males are responsible for the shootings. They're investigating the attack on the Islamic center as a hate crime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a fresh round of sanctions against Cuba. These target 11 people and three governmental bodies. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports. Rubio has been stepping up pressure on Cuba.
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The Interior Ministry, the national police and the Directorate of Intelligence are now all facing sanctions. Cuba's justice and energy ministers are among the 11 individuals singled out out. Any property they may have in the US Will be frozen and Americans are barred from doing business with them. Secretary Rubio says in a statement that these regime aligned actors are to blame for the suffering of the Cuban people and the failing economy. Cuba blames a U.S. oil embargo for the latest humanitarian crisis. The U.S. rejects that. But the crisis began after the Trump administration ousted the leader of Venezuela, which was Cuba's main oil supplier. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News.
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The one of the largest electricity producers in the US could soon grow even bigger. Nextera Energy plans to acquire Dominion Energy. NPR's Stephen Bisaha reports. This comes as electricity prices are already rising.
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The merged company would cover Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Darrel west is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and says a bigger utility often comes with more lobbying power and stronger political ties.
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Anytime there's a merger, there's a worry that customers might end up facing raising rates.
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But he says state regulators still have power to oversee these companies and to
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make sure they're not gouging the consumers and that the large users pay their
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fair share specifically the power hungry data centers fueling AI. Stephen Messaha, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The House Armed Services Committee will hear from the commander of the U.S. central Command this morning, Admiral Brad Cooper. This comes as President Trump says he has held off on ordering a fresh attack on Iran. He says this is at the request of Mideast allies because they feel a peace deal with Iran is close. The New York Times is the latest publication to ban its reporters from using prediction markets. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the sites allow bettors to profit from advance notice of political and global events.
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In a memo to staff obtained by npr, the New York Times standards editor told the newsroom not to bet on prediction markets like Cauchy and Polymarket on subjects related to their coverage. The note said doing so would be a violation of the paper's ethical guidelines. Since the betting sites have exploded in popularity, news organizations, sports leagues and corporations have banned placing wagers using non public insider information, as has the White House. Yet that hasn't stopped a flood of six figure payouts from suspiciously timed bets connected to military strikes, war, federal policy and things like movie box office sales and Spotify streams. Last week on Kalshi alone, $4 billion was wagered mostly on sports. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
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The World Health Organization says an Ebola virus strain continues to spread in eastern Congo and uganda. More than 130 people have been killed by the disease in the latest outbreak. Health officials are now tracking more than 500 suspected cases of Ebola. The WHO and local officials are concerned about the quick spread of the virus. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.
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