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Life Kit Host
If you're a robot, this might not be the show for you. But if you're a human with hopes, dreams and bills to pay, the Life Kit podcast might be just what you need. Three times a week, Life Kit brings you a fresh set of solutions to help you tackle topics big and small, from how to save money on groceries to how to bring the house down at karaoke. You know, human stuff. Listen to the Life Kit Podcast from npr.
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Nora Rammer
Presentado por me Mariel Segarra, live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Nora Rammer. Texas is a signature away from having its newly drawn congressional maps in effect. State lawmakers passed legislation early this morning. The map gives Republicans an edge in five districts now held by Democrats. The Texas Newsroom's Blaze Gainey reports on what's next.
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Blaze Gainey
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signaled that he will sign the new maps into law. It comes after President Trump called on the state to redistrict last month. But state Democrats say the maps are illegal. Senator Boris Miles of Houston says they racially gerrymander in the ethnically diverse city of Houston, where he says some communities have been bunched together with others broken apart to dilute their voting power. He says he doesn't accept Republican denials that race was not a factor. I want you to know I thoroughly disagree with you because Senator District 18th is more than packed. Senator Ganine was cracked. Texas new districts are likely to be highlighted during a potential court challenge. For the Texas newsroom, I'm Blaise Gainey in Austin.
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Nora Rammer
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was released from jail yesterday, say the government now intends to deport him to Uganda. He's back in Maryland awaiting trial in a charge of human smuggling. His lawyers say he turned down an offer to plead guilty and be sent to Costa Rica. A federal judge in California has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny federal funding to dozens of cities over their so called sanctuary policies. NPR's Matt Bloom reports.
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Matt Bloom
In a ruling this past March, U.S. district Judge William Oric said the administration's attempt to withhold funding from cities that don't follow its immigration agenda was unconstitutional. And late last night, Oric echoed that opinion in favor of Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and at least 30 other cities that say be billions of federal aid dollars are at stake. The administration has argued that Oric's decision to grant an injunction to the cities is wrong and it's already appealed as previous ruling.
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Nora Rammer
NPR's Matt Bloom. The battle over the president's new budget law has moved from Congress to congressional districts as Democrats focus on cuts to Medicaid. NPR's Don Gagne has more.
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Don Gonyea
There's a reason Democrats are focusing on the Medicaid cuts included in the law that Republicans call the big beautiful bill. Take the the state of Michigan, where more than 25% of the population is on Medicaid, according to the state Health Department. Brian Peters is the CEO of the Michigan Health and Hospitals Association. The state of Michigan has estimated that as many as 700,000 Michiganders could lose coverage. Democrats are highlighting such cuts as early campaigning for next year's midterm elections gets underway. Republicans argue that the new law only targets waste and fraud. Don Gonyea, NPR News, Detroit.
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Nora Rammer
This is npr. The Trump administration is halting construction on a wind farm being built off the coast of Rhode Island. The Danish company that owns it says it's considering legal action. On his first day in office, President Trump suspended new offshore wind leasing and ordered a review of existing projects. He has repeatedly called wind energy unreliable and ugly. A new report says the Antarctic ice sheet is at risk of collapse from rising sea levels.
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Scott Maiman
Scott Maiman reports in a report for the Nature publication. The changes have been witnessed by a variety of experts. One of them is Professor Jan Strugnall from Australia's James Cook University, who says hundreds of millions of people in coastal communities will be impacted globally.
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Nora Rammer
This includes around 750 million people live in low elevation coastal zones.
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Scott Maiman
Other, more conservative estimates put that number closer to 200 million. But still, Professor Strugnall says melting Antarctic ice can trigger worldwide events.
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Nora Rammer
And what happens in Antarctica really doesn't stay there.
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Scott Maiman
She says global action is needed now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For NPR News, I'm Scott Maiman in Canberra, Australia.
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Nora Rammer
In baseball, the Little League World Series is underway this weekend in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Teams from Fairfield, Connecticut, and Las Vegas, Nevada, are playing right now for the U.S. championship tomorrow. The winner of that game will play the winner of the international championship in the final game. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington. This message comes from Ritual. Upgrade your supplement routine with Ritual's commitment to trust and traceability during their subscription sales site wide. Get 40% off your first month of essentials@ritual.com podcast.