Polling began so I think that is a big part of the calculation but of course I think Mr Johnson and those around him also understand that something inherently immensely risky about going to a country of 46000000 eligible voters at a time of tremendous division and polarized nation dramatic testimony has emerged from survivors of a gun attack in Mexico on Monday which killed 3 mothers and 6 children from the us Mormon family 113 year old boy told relatives he had hidden with siblings in Bush s before the escaped and walked for 20 kilometers to seek help local media initially said the attackers thought to be from a drug cartel had mistakenly targeted the family but our Mexican correspondent Will Grant says some people have questioned that this is a horrific attack even by Mexican drug war standards yet there is also an element in which this particular Mormon settlement was very outspoken against the drug cartels and there s a theory being posited by checking on the u.s. Side that they m
On Thursday Franco We re down yes n.p.r. News Washington meanwhile top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell is taking aim at the impeachment inquiry saying today a resolution being pushed by House Democrats would deny President Trump what McConnell term the most basic rights of due process the Senate majority leader also sharply criticized Democratic leaders behind the resolution the House tomorrow is scheduled to vote on the measure which lays out the terms for open hearings and release of testimony transcribes would also require the House Intelligence Committee to submit a report outlining its findings from the inquiry and recommendations on whether to launch formal impeachment proceedings the Federal Reserve board cut interest rates today by a quarter of a percentage point N.P.R. s Scott Horsley reports the central bank is trying to shore up an economy that continues to tap the brakes in announcing the rate cut the Federal Reserve pointed to weak business investment which has been a d
It s not about free expression but about whether money should fuel the spread of a politician s message on social media Twitter says political advertising makes up a very small portion of its overall ad sales Shannon bond n.p.r. News San Francisco another difficult day for California firefighters with wildfires burning near Los Angeles a fire northwest of the city has now grown to about 1300 acres and is threatening upwards of 6500 homes but this fire ruptured before dawn between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark is being spread by strong Santa Ana winds California Governor Gavin Newsom says the wind has been a major factor in growing the size of the wildfires when events there here in the last 24 hours and been significant but the winds in Southern California the Santa Anas are even more impactful frustration is also mounting across northern California where crews have been battling wildfires in Sonoma County stocks gain ground today the Dow is up 115 points 27186 You re listeni
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