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In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says Iran asked for a meeting with US Counterparts, though Iranian officials say no such meeting was scheduled. Hostilities between the US And Iran have mounted in recent days in the Strait of Hormuz, vital waterway for much of the world's energy supplies. Today, both sides appeared to pause after four days of trading attacks. The Supreme Court's conservative majority today invalidated nearly a century's worth of law, striking down almost all the limits that Congress and the courts had previously established to protect the independence of regulatory agencies. President Trump hailed the decision as a big win for presidential powers. As NPR's Nina Totenberg reports, the court
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reversed a 91 year old precedent that had until now protected multi member agency heads from being fired except for misconduct or malfeasance in office. The decision potentially opens the door as well to allowing presidents to fire not just agency leaders, but potentially lower level government experts. But in a second decision, the court took a contrary position when it came to the Federal Reserve Board and Trump's attempt to fire one of the board's Democratic appointees, Lisa Cook. Trump accused her of mortgage fraud, though subsequent reporting has strongly suggested those charges are without merit. And today the Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower courts, instructing that they examine whether the charges are pretextual. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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And the supreme court rejected President Trump's push to throw out a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defeated. The decision in the civil case comes about two years after the court granted Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution. House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent a housing bill that passed Congress with bipartisan support to President Trump's desk. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports. Trump has called the bill a, quote, yawn.
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Trump has said he'll hold up legislation like the housing bill until Congress takes up his partisan Save America act to impose strict proof of citizenship requirements for voters. With the SAVE act still in limbo, Trump told reporters he's not sure he'll sign the housing bill or veto it.
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To me, compared to the Save America act, just about everything is a big yawn.
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The plan marks one of the few highlights for moderate Republicans facing tough races to keep control of Congress this November. They are hoping to campaign on plans to address affordability and saw the housing bill as a major win in their messaging plans. Claudia de Salis, NPR News.
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Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year in Virginia, five years after it became the first southern state to legalize possession of the drug. Under a new state law passed Today, up to 350 cannabis shops can open across the state and will be able to sell to adults over 21. Beginning July 1, 2027, 24 states allow recreational use of cannabis. This is NPR News from Washington. The Alaska Supreme Court says a man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is eligible for the August primary election. The ruling affirms a lower court decision that found that a top state elections official was wrong when she disqualified the challenger Sullivan from the ballot. Alaska's Senate race is one of the most closely watched in the country and features more than a dozen candidates. In Uganda, soldiers have shut down some of the largest newspaper, radio and TV outlets after an order by the country's ar chief. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu reports.
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NTV and Spark TV, which are among the most popular TV stations in Uganda, were taken off air by soldiers late on Sunday. Both stations are owned by the Nation Media Group, the largest independent media company in east and Central Africa. The company says soldiers have also taken over the headquarters of its newspaper, the Daily Monitor. It's unclear what led to the crackdown, but in a social media post, Uganda's Army Chief, General Mohozi Kanerugaba, son of the 81 year old President Yoweri Museveni, said he does not believe in a free press. Kenny Rugaba is a central figure in Uganda's repressive regime and is seen as a potential successor to his father who won a controversial seventh term in January. Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
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Paraguay's men's soccer team has pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent World cup history, defeating powerhouse Germany in a nail biting shootout. The first of this year's tournament, Paraguay's president has declared tomorrow a national holiday holiday. Germany's won four World Cups, is ranked 22 places above Paraguay. This is NPR.