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Ryland Barton
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Congress has directed President Trump to remove US Armed forces from hostilities against Iran. The Senate approved the resolution this afternoon by a vote of 50 to 48. It already passed the House and it lacks the force of law, but doesn't need to be signed by the president. But it reflects the growing concerns in the Republican led Congress about the war and Trump's interim deal to end it. As NPR's Eric McDaniel reports, Congress has
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Eric McDaniel
the power to declare war and regulate military conflict. It hasn't been able to do that, though, for the US Israeli war against Iran. The Trump administration hasn't asked for approval or a declaration of war in contravention of the law. This resolution is not legally binding and not likely to change President Trump's behavior. But the message is a majority of lawmakers, including a handful of Republicans, disapprove of the Iran war, as does a large majority of the American public. This vote comes as Vice President Vance is hashing out the details of an agreement to end the war, the initial terms of which have been roundly rebuked by members of both parties. Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
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Ryland Barton
Congress has also passed a bipartisan housing bill today that aims to bring down home prices and increase the supply, sending the measure to President Trump. It's the most sweeping effort in recent decades to reduce federal regulations for housing and increase local control. NPR's Stephen Bassarha has more on what's in the bill.
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Stephen Bassarha
President Trump and other politicians, they've accused corporations of buying up single family houses and, you know, outcompeting with families and driving up prices. So this bill bans large investors and companies from buying up more homes. If one of these groups owns at least 350 single family homes, they would not be allowed to buy up any more. You know, ultimately this may not have a huge effect because these investors right now make up just a tiny fraction of the housing market. But there are a lot of other things the bill tries to do too, like, you know, speeding up construction. One provision streamlines environmental reviews for building homes between existing homes. Another creates a grant program for communities to develop pattern books if, you know, like pre approved housing designs so builders won't need to go through as many approvals to get this up to code.
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Ryland Barton
NPR's Stephen Basaha reporting. Voters cast ballots in three states holding primaries today, including New York, where some are trying to push the Democratic Party further to the left. Reporter Steve Kastenbaum says it's a test of Mayor's Iran Mamdani's influence.
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Steve Kastenbaum
Several congressional candidates here are well to the left of many Democrats. A few are Democratic socialists. Mayor Mamdani stumped for them at a rally last week.
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We need Claire Valdez, Darialisa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander fighting for us in Congress.
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Steve Kastenbaum
They're trying to unseat some well established politicians here, including the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. How the party's left flank performs could affect the more moderate image National Democrats are counting on to retake the House in November. For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.
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Ryland Barton
Big tech companies dragged down the stock market today. This is NPR News. The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed up the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says there's tremendous interest data center developers to buy the power. The department says it plans to pick five sites, each hosting two reactors. Trump has set a goal of quadrupling domestic production of nuclear power over the next 25 years. President Trump's name has been removed from the Kennedy center for the Performing arts in Washington, D.C. according to New photos from the site. A judge ordered the name taken off earlier this month, but as NPR's Frank Lankvitt reports, this is the first visual evidence it's gone.
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Frank Lankvitt
The photos show the bare marble wall where President Trump's name appeared above John F. Kennedy's. The photos were taken from inside the tarps and scaffolding that blanket the facade. The cloaked structure has blocked the public from witnessing the process of stripping off Trump's name. The Kennedy center said the tarps will remain up so that crews can maintain the marble. But many observers don't buy it. They insist the tarps were hung to spare Trump humiliation. Hands off the Arts, an activist group which provided the photos, says they're proof that the power of the people is winning. Frank Langfit, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
An Australian air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier has been recognized as the world's loudest person. Guinness World Records acknowledged that Joseph McRail Badup yelled now at 122.4 decibels. That broke Northern Ireland schoolteacher Annalisa Flanagan's record of screaming quiet at 121.7 decibels in 1994. This is NPR News.
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DataIQ Announcer
This message comes from DataIQ. AI is everywhere, but companies struggle to prove results. For that, they need people, orchestration and governance working as one. DataIQ is the platform for AI success built to bring it all together. Visit D A taiku.com NPR.