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Live from NPR news, I'm Giles Snyder.
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After two delays, SpaceX's huge Starsh rocket has blasted off in the company's headquarters in South Texas. The launch mark Starship's 10th test flight. The rocket is key to Elon Musk goal to send humans to Mars. President Trump's attempt to fire the first black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board is getting pushed back. Trump last night citing allegations of mortgage fraud against Lisa Cook. But NPR's Scott Horsley says Cook is planning a legal fight.
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Cook and her attorney, Abby Lowell, plan to file a lawsuit as early as tomorrow to have this firing set aside. Under the law, the Fed is supposed to operate, operate independently from the White House. And Fed governors can only be fired for serious misconduct. Peter Conti Brown, who's a Fed historian at the University of Pennsylvania, believes the allegation of mortgage fraud here is just a pretext. He says this is really about Trump's campaign to get the Fed to sharply lower interest rates.
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Despite concerns about the Fed's independence, all three major US Stock markets closed higher today. An immigrant advocacy group is appealing a ruling that weakens federal voting rights protections in seven states for voters with disabilities and those with limited proficiency in English. NPR's Hansi Loang reports.
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The immigrant advocacy group Arkansas United sued over a law in the southern state that bans a person from helping more than six voters cast their ballots. Part of the Voting Rights act, known as Section 208, generally allows voters who need help because of a disability or inability to read or write to get help from a person of their choice. A judge ruled that Arkansas law violated the Voting Rights Act. But after Republican state officials appealed, a panel of the 8th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals ruled private groups like Arkansas United and individuals to not have the right to sue. Under this section of the Voting Rights act, only the US Attorney general can sue. Arkansas United is now asking the full 8th Circuit to review that ruling. The Supreme Court may soon take up a similar case. Han Zi Le Wang, NPR News.
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Silicon Valley is putting more than $100 million behind an effort to defeat artificial intelligence regulations. NPR's Bobby Allen reports. It comes as states debate a host of new AI rules.
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A network of political action committees known as Leading the Future will begin fanning out across states including New York, Californ and Ohio. While Congress has not enacted any AI laws, states have been busy at work. The group Fighting Back includes tech leaders from the firm Adreessen Horowitz and executives at OpenAI. They plan to argue in digital ads and to state lawmakers that AI regulations could hurt innovation and give China an edge in AI development. The tech execs are pushing back against what they see as AI doomers, who they say fear societal upheaval. But AI critics say while places like Europe rein in AI, the US Is making a mistake by taking a largely hands off approach. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
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And you're listening to NPR News. Israeli military says the Palestinian journalists who were killed in yesterday's strike on southern Gaza's largest hospital were not targeted. The military issued a statement today saying the back to back strikes were aimed at what the military believed was a surveillance camera that Hamas was using to monitor Israeli forces. International leaders and rights groups are condemning the attack. In southern Africa, Botswana's president has declared a national public health emergency, citing a chronic shortage of medicines. Botswana is a major diamond producer and Kate Bartlett reports it's been hit hard by a global downturn in the diamond market.
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President Douma Boko said the southern African nation's medical supply chain had failed due to unspecified financial challenges and clinics are short of medicine and other supplies. He announced $18 million in emergency funding for the health sector and said the army would help with distribution. Economists say the health crisis comes as government coffers are empty because of a downturn in the global diamond market, which has been hit by the rise of lab grown stones. Botswana is the world's largest diamond producer by value. The Trump administration has also cut some of the funding that was going to Botswana's health sector. For NPR News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg.
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A social media backlash has led Cracker Barrel to reverse itself. The restaurant change says it's scrapping the new simplified logo it unveiled last week. It featured only the Cracker Barrel name. Cracker Barrel now says it's going back to the old Timer logo that included the depiction of a man in overalls leaning against a barrel. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.
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