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Jeanine Herbst
Details@capitalone.com Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. President Trump today is expected to sign his massive tax cut and spending bill into law after House lawmakers passed it by a slim margin yesterday. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. Now the goal is to sell it to the public.
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Tamara Keith
A senior White House official conceded in a call yesterday with reporters that the president and Republicans are going to have to educate the public on what's actually in the bill, including things that are popular like no tax on tips or expanding the child tax credit.
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Jeanine Herbst
And Pierce, Tamara Keith reporting. The bill is projected to add trillions of dollars to the national debt over the next decade and cut funding for Medicaid and food assistance programs while it gives tax cuts to the wealthy. Newly released documents show how the Trump administration instructed tech companies to ignore a federal law banning the video app TikTok. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the new letters are public as a result of Freedom of Information act lawsuits.
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Bobby Allen
Congress passed a law last year that banned TikTok on national security grounds unless it severed ties with its Chinese owner, ByteDance. The Supreme Court upheld the law, but in newly released letters, Attorney General Pat Bondi told Apple and Google to ignore the law since it would interfere with the president's constitutional duties. Legal experts say telling private companies to ignore a federal law stretches the limits of Trump's presidential power. One legal scholar called it breathtaking. The White House did not return a request for comment. Trump has said a new TikTok buyer will be announced in the coming days. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
In Texas, authorities say multiple people are dead. Dozens were rescued and as the search continues for others from the flooding on the rising Guadalupe river caused by torrential rains in Kerr County. Governor Greg Abbott said on X that all available resources are ready to respond, including water rescue teams, sheltering centers, the National Guard and the state Department of Public Safety. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies has more.
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David Martin Davies
A stalled weather system dumped over 10 inches of rain on parts of Central Texas. This region is known as Flash Flood Alley. And the There are reports of a wall of water hitting residential areas in Kerrville, not far from San Antonio, as well as campgrounds and RV parks that were full for the holiday. The city of Kerrville has activated its emergency management plan. Officials advise those near creeks, streams and the Guadalupe river to immediately move to higher ground. For NPR News I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
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Jeanine Herbst
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service says heavy rain is forecast to continue into this afternoon as slow moving storms stall over the same hard hit areas. In central California, the Madre wildfire has exploded to 52,000 acres since Wednesday. Officials say it's growing fast. And while much of the area is uninhabited, the fire is forcing some people to evacuate. So far it's 10% contained. You're listening to NPR News. A UN report says Rwanda's government deployed troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to support armed rebels as they advanced through the country earlier this year. And Pierce Jewel Bright says the report comes amid U S led peace efforts in the region.
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At least 6,000 troops were deployed to the eastern DRC between January and May, according to the report. UN experts say the troops provided military training and support for rebels as they advanced through the eastern drc, capturing major cities. Experts say the troop presence enabled Rwanda to access Congolese minerals and agricultural land. Rwanda has consistently denied sending troops into the drc. The report comes less than a week after the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the DRC met in Washington to sign a fragile U S Brokered peace agreement. For NPR News, I'm Drew Bright in Lagos.
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Jeanine Herbst
In France, a strike by air traffic controllers is disrupting travel. Around 40% of the flights at Paris airports are canceled, affecting tens of thousands of passengers during the busy summer travel season. Ethan Ben Abed says he doesn't know if he'll even get money back from his canceled flight to Spain.
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Ethan Ben Abed
Everything is ruined for now. We don't really know if we can have like any reimbursement on the flight, on the hotel and everything. So we're just staying there and just living with the moment. And like just the frustration.
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Jeanine Herbst
Unions cite staff shortages and stricter monitoring measures as reason for the action. France's transport minister, though, is criticizing the timing of the strike. I'm Jeanine Herbst and. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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Lara Schmiese
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Jeanine Herbst
I'm Lara Schmiese.
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Lara Schmiese
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