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Dick Cheney, extensively considered essentially the most highly effective vp in American historical past, died yesterday, in response to an announcement from his household. He was 84. The reason for demise was issues of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular illness, the assertion added. Learn extra about his life and legacy right here.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who extolled the facility of the presidency, died Monday on the age of 84, his household mentioned in an announcement.
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Voting concludes immediately in a sequence of intently watched races throughout the U.S. — together with the mayoral election in New York Metropolis and the races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia. In California, a particular election on redistricting may have nationwide implications, as it might assist form which occasion takes energy in Congress subsequent yr. This is a more in-depth take a look at the 4 races to observe.
- 🎧 Many democratic candidates are favored to win, however there are important variations amongst them, NPR’s Ashley Lopez tells Up First. In New York Metropolis, frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, and Abigail Spanberger, who may develop into the primary girl governor in Virginia, characterize totally different components of the Democratic coalition.
- ➡️ Sustain with the most recent information in regards to the 2025 elections right here.
The Trump administration says it is going to restart SNAP, the nationwide meals help program, utilizing funds from a Division of Agriculture contingency fund. The cash will present recipients with partial funds. It’s unclear when low-income households who depend on this system will obtain these funds, because the administration anticipates important delays. Within the meantime, communities throughout the nation are taking steps to fill the hole.
- 🎧The contingency fund has about $4.5 billion, which is able to permit the administration to pay folks half of the advantages they sometimes obtain, NPR’s Jennifer Ludden studies. In a court docket submitting yesterday, a USDA official acknowledged some state processing techniques are a long time outdated, probably inflicting delays in profit distribution of weeks and even months. The administration notes that since it’s utilizing up its contingency fund, there’s no cash to enroll any new folks for SNAP this month.
About 375,000 extra individuals are affected by famine in war-torn Sudan, with a lot of these folks in Darfur. The Fast Assist Forces, the group against the federal government, allegedly moved into El Fasher within the Darfur area, killed many individuals, and put the remaining in peril.
- 🎧 NPR’s Emmanuel Akinwotu says town has been underneath siege by the RSF for a yr and a half. Residents have been compelled to eat animal meals and hides as neighborhood kitchens are bombed. The U.N. says about 70,000 folks have fled, however fewer than 10,000 have been accounted for. The majority of people that have escaped are girls who’ve witnessed their family members gunned down and tortured, in response to organizations serving to them.
- 🎧 Take heed to extra about what is occurring within the main metropolis, together with ideas from Emi Mahmoud, a Sudanese-American poet, who grew up in El Fasher and is observing from afar.
Deep dive
Members of the Nationwide Guard patrol close to the U.S. Capitol in March in Washington.
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Members of the Nationwide Guard patrol close to the U.S. Capitol in March in Washington.
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For years, President Trump and several other high-ranking officers in his second administration have mentioned utilizing the Nationwide Guard to help with mass deportations and immigration raids. This consideration arises regardless of U.S. legal guidelines that typically prohibit the navy from getting used for home regulation enforcement. Throughout Trump’s second time period, he and Stephen Miller, his right-hand man on immigration, have thought of invoking the Revolt Act, which might permit the president to deploy the navy throughout the U.S. underneath particular circumstances. Authorized consultants, activists, and watchdog teams at the moment are involved that the Trump administration may basically change how the navy operates on U.S. soil.
- ➡️ The thought is a part of Undertaking 2025, a conservative motion plan.
- ➡️ Miller has promoted the idea publicly for years, together with in 2023 on the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s podcast.
- ➡️ Kica Matos, president of the Nationwide Immigration Regulation Middle, says she is apprehensive about what the presence of troops may imply for voters as they solid their ballots within the upcoming 2026 elections.
Learn extra about why Trump’s deployment of troops is not random right here.
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“So what’s my identify? Be careful! I am Black Freddie, and I am blaaaack. Ha ha ha ha ha. Whilst we become older, there’s an internal little one … that lies inside us. They’re us, you understand. We’re nonetheless them as a result of the internal little one lives in us,” mentioned Antwone Coward dressed as Black Freddy Krueger at New York Comedian Con in 2024.
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Black and Caribbean cosplayers say they discover New York Comedian Con thrilling as a result of it’s a secure area that welcomes geeks and nerds of all heritages. Many instructed NPR that they grew up feeling remoted, each inside their very own communities and amongst different cosplayers. For 4 days, NYCC allow them to really feel valued and seen. See photographs of the cosplayers discovering their neighborhood at Comedian Con.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Tylenol, which incorporates acetaminophen, has been on the middle of a disputed declare that it’s linked to autism.
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- Shopper big Kimberly-Clark, which makes Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, is shopping for Kenvue, the corporate that makes Tylenol and Band-Aids, in a merger deal valued at almost $49 billion.
- Power absenteeism charges in Okay-12 colleges, which almost doubled in the course of the pandemic, are lastly exhibiting regular indicators of enchancment, in response to a brand new report.
- The Trump administration is reviewing the protection of a standard vaccine additive that incorporates aluminum, elevating issues amongst public well being consultants that it might attempt to eradicate this ingredient.
This text was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.
