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In a press convention yesterday, President Trump vowed to make use of the Nationwide Guard and the Metropolitan Police Division to focus on criminals in Washington, D.C., regardless of violent crime within the metropolis being at a 30-year low. However criminals aren’t his solely goal: He is additionally referred to as for a purge of individuals with out housing from the nation’s capital.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) brokers patrol close to the Washington Monument on the Nationwide Mall on August 11 in Washington, D.C.
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- 🎧 The individuals the president describes as criminals on this case are sometimes youngsters, lots of them Black, NPR’s Brian Mann tells Up First. The president lumped criminals and unhoused individuals collectively, expressing how they should be pressured out of Washington. Will, who lives in a homeless camp in Washington, tells Mann that the one factor his neighborhood asks for is a good job and housing, however they can not get that. Mann says he requested NPR to solely use his first identify as a result of he fears authorities will punish him for sleeping on the road. Will even requested the place individuals like him are purported to go — a query Trump hasn’t answered but.
Trump says he plans to carry a telephone name with European leaders, together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with talks tentatively set for tomorrow. This comes forward of Trump and Russian chief Vladimir Putin’s deliberate summit on Friday to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine. It is going to be the primary time Putin has met with a U.S. president since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine greater than three years in the past. European allies are involved that with out Ukraine’s presence on the summit, Trump might comply with far-reaching concessions. This is what’s at stake.
- 🎧 The European allies are more likely to specific to Trump that they should be concerned in ceasefire talks as a result of lasting peace in Ukraine would contain their sources, NPR’s Rob Schmitz says. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President of the European Union Ursula von der Leyen and different European leaders wrote a joint assertion over the weekend saying there could be no peace that rewards Russia’s aggressive actions. Schmitz says the assertion refers back to the one-on-one assembly between Trump and Putin normally, as that in itself looks like a reward. The European leaders are additionally speaking about Trump’s feedback main as much as this assembly about how a path to peace would require Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia.
Ford Motor Firm executives introduced yesterday that they plan to retool the Louisville Meeting Plant in Kentucky to supply extra inexpensive electrical automobiles as an alternative of Ford Escapes. Ford is investing billions in EVs, marking the primary time the corporate has guess massive on these automobiles. The corporate is constructing its proposal round a midsize pickup truck with a goal value of $30,000. That is at the very least $20,000 cheaper than most different electrical vans. Ford CEO Jim Farley referred to as the truck a brand new “Mannequin T” second for the manufacturing facility.
- 🎧 Ford has been making an attempt to crack into the EV marketplace for years, based on NPR’s Camila Domonoske. Executives are fascinated by extra than simply the local weather, she says. They need to be extra globally aggressive. Chinese language automakers are producing low-cost, high-quality EVs that promote nicely around the globe. Farley has mentioned for years it is an “existential risk” if corporations like his, which additionally promote automobiles globally, can not sustain.
Deep dive
A full tremendous moon, rises behind a mountain within the village of Dodekametro, within the area of Arcadia in Greece, on July 10, 2025.
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The Trump administration is dashing up plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon to energy a base for people. In keeping with a directive by performing NASA Administrator Sean Duffy despatched to NASA officers in July, the reactor is slated to launch to the moon by 2030. The plan aligns with america’ purpose of returning astronauts to the moon, particularly as China and Russia additionally intention to make use of nuclear energy on the moon by the top of the last decade. This is what to know in regards to the plan.
- 🌕 On the moon, reactors should dissipate extra warmth straight into house as a result of there is not any water or ambiance. Massive radiators might be used to handle the warmth.
- 🌕 The primary concern is getting the reactor to the moon and what occurs to it as soon as it reaches the top of its lifespan, based on Kathryn Huff, professor of nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering on the College of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- 🌕 A current Institute for Area Science and Improvement report estimates the reactor challenge would price round $3 billion over 5 years to develop.
- 🌕 Duffy says if China or Russia reaches the moon first, both nation might “declare a keep-out zone,” which might hinder the U.S. from establishing a presence there.
Life recommendation
So long as you are shut sufficient with somebody that you just’d really feel snug internet hosting them, you should not really feel sheepish about asking to stick with them if you’re passing by their city, says etiquette skilled Elaine Swann.
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Whether or not you might be sofa browsing at a buddy’s or taking the children to go to their aunt, it is essential to verify your presence in another person’s dwelling seems like a present relatively than a burden. Being a thoughtful visitor begins with respecting the opposite individual’s house, no matter how snug you are feeling with them. Etiquette skilled Elaine Swann shares recommendation with Life Equipment about methods to be a star visitor.
- 🏠 Do not feel sheepish about asking to remain at an individual’s dwelling when you’re passing by city, should you would additionally lengthen the identical courtesy.
- 🏠 An extended weekend-style go to — typically 4 days and three nights — is an effective candy spot for staying with others. The timing might be adjusted for longer events like holidays.
- 🏠 When the host says you can also make your self at dwelling, it indicators which you could fend for your self. This implies you need not ask for a drink of water. Nonetheless, it’s best to tidy up after your self and might even supply to assist with chores.
For extra steerage on being a very good houseguest, take heed to this episode of NPR’s Life Equipment. Subscribe to the Life Equipment publication for skilled recommendation on love, cash, relationships and extra.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
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- Sheila Jordan, a largely underappreciated voice in jazz, died yesterday on the age of 96. She recorded the beloved Nineteen Sixties vocal jazz album, Portrait of Sheila.
- Boston Public Library is launching a challenge with OpenAI and Harvard Regulation Faculty to enhance the metadata of its trove of traditionally important authorities paperwork. It will enable customers to look and cross-reference the texts from anyplace on this planet.
- Nathan Kesti walks 10-12 miles most days as a avenue outreach employee for the group Downtown Duluth in Minnesota. His purpose is to examine in on individuals residing on the road with the purpose of getting them into housing or therapy. (by way of MPR)
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
