To 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in central Texas under the Obama era rules businesses were required to notify nearby communities about certain chemicals follow best practices and get a 3rd party on it if an accident happened but the troubled ministration says those rules were burdensome and raise security concerns Tommy Muska is the mayor of the Texas town of West where the fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people he says he s disappointed I think you know politicians have very short memories since the explosion in West 6 years ago there have been other chemical plant accidents across the u.s. Including one earlier this year in Crosby Texas that left one person dead and 2 injured for n.p.r. News I m most you know Austin the g.o.p. Controlled Senate has passed a stopgap spending measure that would keep the government operating for another month in hopes additional time will help negotiators reach a spending deal the resolution is on its way to the president s desk averting a gove
The trumpet ministration and other Republicans that Ukraine interfered in the 26000 election she called it a dangerous story planted by Russia Windsor Johnston n.p.r. News Washington House Democrats are calling on the Supreme Court to lift a hold on their subpoena for president Trump s financial records Democrats in a filing today saying the president s argument is financial records don t have to be turned over lax merit latest House Call to allow for enforcement of the subpoena comes on the heels of an announcement by Chief Justice John Roberts who is putting in place an indefinite the lay to give the court time to figure out how to handle the case the similar fight has also reached the High Court from New York where the Manhattan d.a. Wants Trump s tax returns as part of a criminal probe the Environmental Protection Agency is ending safety rules regulating how companies store certain dangerous chemicals as most reports from member station in Austin the rules were created in response
Than we ever really expected lawmakers were expected to see what Reeker knew of the White House s plan to freeze military aid to Ukraine as part of an alleged quid pro quo Bobby Allen n.p.r. News the Capitol millions of Californians are bracing for another blackout as the state s largest utility weighs cutting the power again in the face of fire risks but weather is offering no reprieve N.P.R. s Amy Held reports winds in northern California are forecast to get much worse throughout the weekend the aptly named Diablo winds are whipping up wildfires including the Can Kate fire that s already burned more than $20000.00 acres in Sonoma County and the winds are only strengthening around San Francisco and Sacramento says Jeremy Graham s lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center Sunday morning the Sunday afternoon is only expects sort of a peak in the wind speeds increasing to about 35 to 50 miles an hour with gusts to about 70 miles an hour those massive winds can make a combustible co
Do you. Getting information on a political opponent I have news for everybody get over it there s going to be political influence. Through the week. Finished. And Willem Dafoe in a new movie about to. Storm in it s no light comedy 1st we have our newscast it Saturday October 19th 2009. From n.p.r. News in Washington I m Joyal Snyder British lawmakers have decided to delay holding a vote on the BRICs a deal their prime minister board Saunderson reach with European leaders this week they ve decided to accept what s known as the let one amendment meaning that Johnson will have to ask the European Union for a break so the delay N.P.R. s Frank Langfitt is in London there s opposition to this deal inside and outside Britain s House of Commons thousands are marching through London demanding another referendum to go back Johnson s controversial deal or vote to stay in the European Union. And couldn t vote in the 2016 Bracks referendum she says Bracks it is far worse than campaigns portrayed a
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