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Details@capitalone.com live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Texas congressional redistricting plan is now in the hands of Governor Greg Abbott. Abbott is expected to sign the bill after final passage by the state Senate overnight. The new congressional maps demanded by President Trump meant to help Repub Republicans add five seats to their slim majority in the U.S. house. The Texas Newsroom's Blaze Gainey reports that most of what's taking place now is setting up the eventual court battle that'll determine if the maps take effect.
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Texas Democrats have focused their debate on whether the maps were drawn with race in mind. They believe it must have been because the new districts managed to give the Republican Party an advantage to flip five Democratic seats, many of which lie in the state's most minority heavy areas. Republican State Senator Phil King sponsored the proposal. He says he didn't draw the maps himself, but talked with his legal team in the bill. House Bill 4 met his requirements.
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I believe HB 4 meets critically important goals of legality, of political performance for Republicans and of improved compactness.
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The courts will have the last words on the map's legality. For the Texas newsroom, I'm Blaze Gainey in Austin.
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Congressional redistricting in Texas has touched off a tit for tat with some Democratic states, most notably in California. President Trump and chipmaker intel says the company the U.S. government rather is taking a 10% stake in the company. That stake worth about $11 billion. NPR's John Ruich reports on the unusual deal that marks an escalation in efforts to bring cutting edge chipmaking back to the United States.
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Trump dialed up pressure on Intel CEO Lipp Bhutan this month, saying he should resign after reports surfaced about his connections to Chinese companies. A few days later, Tan visited the White House. Trump says he came in wanting to keep his job and agreed to let the US government take a 10% stake in the Santa Clara, California based company. Intel says the government will not have board representation or other governance rights. The government's also agreed to vote with the company's board on matters that require shareholder approval with limited exceptions. On social media. Trump called it a great deal for America and Intel and says building leading edge semiconductors and chips, which is what intel does, is fundamental to the future of our nation. John Ruich, NPR News, Washington.
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The deadly crash of a tour bus in New York state remains under investigation State Police Major Andre Ray says no charges have been filed. And while operator impairment has been ruled out, Ray says other driver related causes are being investigated at this point. And again, it's still under investigation. It's believed the operator became distracted, lost control, overcorrected and ended up on the right shoulder there. The tour bus was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls when it flipped over on Interstate 95. People were killed, dozens sent to hospitals. This is NPR. Lyle Menendez has been denied parole. The decision in California came a day after his younger brother Eric was blocked from being freed. The two have spent more than 30 years in prison for murdering their parents in 1989. Both claim to be by their father. A son of Brazil's former far right president says new charges leveled against his father and him are all fabricated and politically motivated. Those charges include obstruction of justice. Eduardo Bolsonaro tells NPR that the two are just defenders of democracy and are being politically persecuted. Here's NPR's Carrie Brazil's Federal police say.
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The former president, Jair Bolsonaro, received as much as $5 million in one year from what they call unknown origins. Some of that money was sent abroad to his son, Ed. Eduardo Bolsonaro, a politician now living in Dallas, tells NPR nothing was illegal and the money was from donations. He says officials are punishing him for opposing Brazil's current leftist leader.
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I deny all of that.
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What I'm doing is denouncing the human rights that are happening in our country.
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President Trump has levied 50% tariffs against Brazil, he says, because of the treatment of ex President Bolsonaro, whose trial will consider a verdict and sentence next month. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
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A recall election is being held in Taiwan today. Voters are deciding whether to dismiss seven members of the opposition. It's an attempt to restore control by the Democratic Progressive Party, which lost its majority last year. Voters are also deciding a referendum on nuclear power. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.
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