Money for the 1st time in 2 decades for federal research on gun safety under a reported deal the spending bill set for a House vote as 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 costly 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 don t 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 top
Along with 3 civilian victims the pair also believed to have shot and killed a police detective in a nearby cemetery President Trump is signing an executive order that the White House says will target anti semitism on college campuses but as N.P.R. s Tamara Keith explains it s already generating concerns the real outcome will be to stifle free speech but those who oppose Israel s policy toward the Palestinians the executive order takes aim at the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement that has generated intense controversy on college campuses White House officials say the order will clarify that title 6 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applies to anti-Semitic acts it would affect universities that receive federal funding and in order to make it apply to anti-Semitism the order classifies Jewishness as a race or nationality rather than primarily a religion It also expands the definition of anti-Semitism to include anti israel speech in a statement the left leaning Jewish group j. Street
N.P.R. s Rose Freeman reports the hearing this week became an opportunity for the prosecution to renegotiate the terms of his release the judge set the bail which had been $1000000.00 to a $2000000.00 bond and said a few other conditions including no passport no travel outside the u.s. And if Weinstein it s to leave New York or Connecticut he must notify the D.A. s office Weinstein is charged with a number of counts of sexual assault and rape against 2 different women his trial is scheduled to begin in January while he s out on bail he has to wear an ankle bracelet the district attorney s office argued that he violated those conditions by repeatedly leaving the bracelet at home Weinstein s lawyers argued the device had technical glitches Rose Friedman n.p.r. News New York. You re listening to n.p.r. News live from k.q.e.d. News I m ina came Senator Dianne Feinstein focused on Republican claims that the F.B.I. s Russia investigation was politically motivated during a Senate Judiciary C
On a means to a new trade agreement to that end N.P.R. s Emily Fang tells us Beijing has announced it will waive the tariffs on some shipments of American pork and soybeans China s finance ministry said American pork and soybean sellers could apply for tariff waivers but didn t say the quantity of shipments involved Americans Libyans import had been subject to an extra 25 percent tariff since last July but an ongoing swine flu epidemic has decimated China s pig herds by as much as 40 percent causing prices to skyrocket N.P.R. s Emily Fang reporting despite an appeal from Turkey a NATO allies at this week s summit in London appear unwilling to endorse uncurse policy of designating Syrian Kurdish fighters as terrorists the Turkish government s latest protest comes months after its cross border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters despite the diplomatic clash Turkey eventually dropped its objection to a NATO pact that would bolster the defense of Poland and the Baltic states neighbo
This is the huge. Lake 96 point one. This hour from Pound Hall dot com I m attached Thomas it s not the final word on the matter but a judge says former White House counsel Dan McGann cannot ignore a house of Pina and must go before Congress for impeachment testimony the administration plans to appeal president from pushing for a House vote on the trade deal with Canada and Mexico the president says the u.s. M.c.a. Is a phenomenal trade pact with their North American neighbors but that House Speaker Pelosi appears incapable of bringing it up for a vote she keeps saying she wants to get it done but we re talking about many many months sitting on her desk no votes he warns that Congress failure to act reasonably soon could prompt Canada and Mexico to get cold feet and withdraw from the agreement right Clarkston the White House the president getting some more time to fight subpoenas for his financial records the Supreme Court is shielding president Donald Trump s financial records while