For federal research on gun safety under reported deal the spending bill side for House voted soon as tomorrow would provide 25000000 for gun violence research divided evenly between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Here s N.P.R. s Martin costy federal spending on gun violence research has been limited by Republican and Ari opposition to anything that looks like advocacy for gun control especially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeffrey Swanson is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for gun policy and research I think it sends a message it s the 1st time in 25 years that the c.d.c. Has been able to devote this amount of money specifically to gun violence without having to you know hide it under the radar the c.d.c. Already collects data on firearm deaths and other agencies do gun violence studies but Swanson says this money could expand research into new topics such as the effectiveness of red flag laws w
In the works and if it is we ll take care of it but we ll see we re watching it very closely we re watching North Korea long watching many places actually most of what North Korea we are watching very closely the u.s. Special representative to North Korea Stephen began is in South Korea trying to resume stalled denuclearization talks Franco or Donya as n.p.r. News the White House House Democrats are laying out their case for impeaching President Trump in a nearly 660 page report by the judiciary committee on Tuesday the Rules Committee is expected to set the ground rules for the impeachment hearing and P.R. s to Max s Congressman Jim then Drew is among Democrats in some key swing states who are already declaring how they plan to vote with the exception of Congressman Ben Drew who Democrats say was facing a tough primary challenge if he opposed impeachment most Democrats in competitive districts that have made their position public has said they re going to vote yes on impeachment a fu
Side Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused his political rivals of arson and said those behind the violence can quote be identified by their clothes a possible reference to Muslim dress because many of the protestors are Muslim critics of the citizenship Amendment Act passed last week say it unfairly excludes Muslims and violates the secularism enshrined in India s constitution Lauren Frayer n.p.r. News Mumbai the home market channel was sharply criticized over the weekend after it pulled and for the wedding website Zola the ads showed the wedding of 2 women N.P.R. s Linda Holmes says the controversial decision has already been reversed the conservative group $1000000.00 Moms demanded the Hallmark Channel stop airing Zola s ads that included 2 brides at the altar the network and initially agreed saying it didn t want controversy Zoeller responded by pulling all its advertising a weekend of loud social media criticism from advocacy groups including the Human Rights Campaign and public f
Agreement with the u.s. China has now delayed tariffs on American imports that previously had been set to go into effect today and here s Amy Chang reports on the latest reprieve in the u.s. China trade dispute and response in the u.s. Press boning a plan tariff increase and cutting some existing tariffs and half the state council in Beijing suspended its own rules how it s wary of penalties on u.s. Goods such as farm products and automobile parts this decision came after top officials in both countries reached consensus on an interim trade deal according to u.s. Trade representative Robert Litan hisor Chinese negotiators committed to purchasing $40000000000.00 of u.s. Agricultural products over the next 2 years in addition to promising reforms on issues like technology transfer details about when and where the phase when trade deal be formalized are unclear officials in Beijing left these questions unanswered during Friday s press conference but Washington says it is aiming to sign e
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