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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. President Trump will make a primetime address tonight. He says the focus is election security. Trump continues to repeat falsely that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Tonight's speech comes amid heightened hostilities with Iran. And as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the war could affect voters decisions in the fall midterms.
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Foreign policy rarely dominates midterm elections. This year may be the exception. John McHenry, a Republican pollster with North Star Opinion Research, says exit polls, for example, are less likely to cite the war in Iran as a reason for people's vote and more likely to cite energy prices in the economy, which are
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driven by the war because gas prices have a ripple effect on everything. Prices, you know, at every retail shop and at the grocery store will go up because, you know, a gallon of milk doesn't walk to the grocery store. It gets driven there by a truck.
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That could change if the war expands. And, for example, President Trump commits troops to the conflict, which he's been reluctant to do. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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The military will begin screening Service members over 30 years old for low testosterone. It's an initiative that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on social media yesterday. NPR's Will Stone has more.
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Hegseth says service members will be screened and have the option to pursue testosterone replacement therapy if their levels are low. But guidelines from major medical groups do not recommend routine screening for testosterone unless a man has symptoms. Dr. Jamin Brombod, a urologist at Orlando Health, says research shows testosterone can help mental health focus bone health and muscle mass.
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There's lots of benefits. Whether I can extrapolate that into like people out there in the front lines, I really can't.
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Braunbaut says what's key is that you're restoring testosterone to a normal range, not boosting it to unnatural levels. Will Stone, NBR News Texans in the
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south central region of the state are dealing with floods today. This comes as a result of more than 30 inches of rain falling throughout the the area over 48 hours. So far, one death has been reported. The Texas Newsroom's Blaze Gainey has more.
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Governor Greg Abbott is asking Texans to pay attention to flood alerts throughout the rest of the week as more rain is expected. Floods are confirmed in the Hill country area as well as in other areas along the Guadalupe River. Abbott says the damage is not yet done.
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There are massive challenges in Uvalde as well as well as other regions. And in fact, people need to understand to expect very meaningful flooding in the Rio Grande.
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This flood comes a year after more than 130 people were lost due to a flash flood in the Hill country area of Texas. Several camp attendees lost their lives. This time around, Abbott says the camps along the river are not in danger. For NPR News, I'm Blaze gainey in Austin.
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U.S. stocks closed lower today amid a tech sell off and a new wave of U.S. strikes against Iran. It's NPR. Hollywood anticipation is high for the premiere of Christopher Nolan's the Odyssey. NPR's Bob Mondello reports that some IMAX theaters had sold every ticket for opening weekend shows a full year ago.
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Just putting tickets on sale a year in advance was unprecedented for a Hollywood blockbuster. Ithaca's a kingdom waiting for a king. But Christopher Nolan, director of the Dark Knight Batman trilogy and best picture Oscar winner Oppenheimer, has super fans. So when the 25 North American theaters equipped to show the Odyssey in the biggest of widescreen formats, IMAX 70mm first put tickets on sale for this weekend's screenings back in July of last year, the fans bought up every ticket.
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Happily for general audiences, considering that the Odyssey has received near unanimous critical raves, tickets are still available at the 450 IMAX theaters in the US that are not equipped for 70 millimeter and in more than 3,000 conventional theaters. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires is darkening skies in parts of the United States. The smoke is prompting warnings that outside air quality could be dangerous. From the Great Lakes region to the East Coast, Detroit's air quality was measured today among the worst in the world for major cities. A lingering high pressure system trapped smoke from dozens of fires in Canada, and winds from the Northwest blew it into Michigan. Skies are smoky down to Pennsylvania. And in New York City, a thick gloomy haze has part obscured Manhattan's skyline. The National Weather Service advises staying indoors and keeping windows closed. This is NPR News.
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