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The United States Ministry of Justice requires a large amount of electoral data from Colorado. He specifically searches for “all files” linked to the federal elections of 2024, according to the documents obtained by NPR. In addition, the DOJ asked the State to preserve any remaining file of the 2020 elections. Several voting experts and officials informed NPR that this request is very unusual and worrying, in particular in the light of the false claims of President Trump concerning the elections.

Recent surveys in various surveys show a contradictory message on the question of whether people approve of Trump’s expulsion policies. This week, a CBS survey revealed that 54% of people had approved its approach to expulsion. But yesterday, a Quinnipiac survey showed that 56% were disapproved. The figures indicate the unpredictability of the public opinion, showing that a percentage of people is open to be influenced, says Domenico Montanaro of NPR First.

• 🎧 Even if people say they are in favor of deporting people who do not have permanent legal statusThere is a difference between the hardened criminal on which the administration says that it is focused and members of the workers’ community, says Montanaro. He reports that the president has received a decline from the members of his own party, who warn that the administration should be careful of the extent to which it takes place on the issue. Democrats have avoided practicing a strong argument in favor of immigration, but the more the asset takes place on the issue, the easier it is for Democrats to have a message and appear united on the subject.

The Trump administration plans to repeal the limits of greenhouse gas emissions for fossil fuel power plants in the country. These coal and gas generators are the second source of climate pollution in the United States, behind transport. The proposal is part of the plan of the environmental protection agency to reduce more than two dozen rules and policies.

• 🎧 EPA arises that American power plants are a small part and declining global greenhouse gas emissions – about 3% – and they no longer contribute significant to the problem. Jeff Brady de NPR says that an analysis has shown that if US power plants were a country, they would be the sixth contributor to world climate pollution. “This action would be fairly laughable if the issues were not so high,” said Meredith Hankins, lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Hankins and others from industry say that the Trump administration supports the coal industry at a time when Americans know the effects of a warmer planet in the form of intense storms, floods and forest fires.

Part of the “large and beautiful bill” of the Republicans aims to penalize colleges and universities whose students leave with a student loan debt but not enough benefits to reimburse him. The proposal would order colleges to assume part of the financial responsibility of the unpaid debt. If he can cross the Senate, the Congressal Budget Office believes that the proposal could allow the government to allow the government to over $ 6 billion over the next decade.

• 🎧 The proposal would classify borrowers of student loan from a school by program and calculate The unpaid federal loan of the amounts for each program during a given year, said Cory Turner of NPR. The colleges should then reimburse the federal government for part of this unpaid debt. Experts tell Turner that colleges need responsibility, but some are worried about the plan, which would require a ton of data.

Climatic solutions Week

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NPR devotes this week to stories and conversations on the Search for climatic solutions To live and build on a warmer planet and how climate change affects decisions about where and how people live.

This year’s hurricanes season causes significant anxiety among Northern Carolina residents in Florida, many have not yet recovered from last year devastating storms. If you are wondering how to prepare your home for potential floods, there are precious lessons to learn recent victims of the floods. Steve Papola, who reconstructs by emphasizing floods and climate change, provides important information to help others prepare. Here are some ways to harden your home or business:

• 🏠 Your building materials are important. Many residents choose to install tile floors because flood waters do not penetrate the coulis.
• 🏠 raise your home is expensive, but compulsory if you rebuild in special flood areas. FEMA requires that the houses in flooding are high at least 1 foot above the rise in the base of the floods.
• 🏠 Consider flood insurance. If you rent in a low area, tenants’ insurance is unlikely to cover your flood losses.

🌎 Discover all NPRs Climatic solutions Week storiesIncluding the ways to protect your home from forest fires and balance the need for more accommodation while preserving trees.

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The Trump administration aims to transform elite universities using various tactics, in order to align higher education with its political program. Here are some of the ways in which the administration goes after the colleges:

• 🏫 More than 24 universities are affected by the cancellation of the federal government of $ 11 billion in research funding. The University of Harvard continued the administration, alleging that the actions of the president are reprisals and illegal.
• 🏫 Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard tax exemption, which is traditionally granted to universities for their educational mission. Although IRS can revoke this status, federal law prevents certain members of the executive branch from using the IRS to target specific taxpayers for political reasons.
• 🏫 Some elite institutions have accumulated enormous endowments. Harvard’s is the largest with around $ 50 billion. The bill for newly adopted massive houses proposes to increase the endowment tax on the basis of a graduated rate structure, potentially increasing taxes to 21% depending on the size size by student.

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1. The artists of the Sag-Aftra Union have suspended their strike almost a year against major video game companies, which had temporarily disrupted a large part of the game production process.
2. Brian Wilson, co-founder of the emblematic California group The Beach Boys, died at the age of 82. He helped transform Teen Pop into a poetic and modernist musical form.
3. In 2019, Darren Wayman was about to become a new father. When his wife, Bonny, entered work, all his personal fears as to whether he would be a good father. However, a doctor, who turned out to be his little -known hero, entered the delivery room and said something that changed his perspective on parenting, offering him the comfort he needed at this time.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.