Ukrainian Drone Strikes, Senate Budget Bill, Colorado Attack 14:25 Good morning.
Today’s top stories The GOP-led Senate returns from recess today with hopes to pass legislation to enact a multi-trillion-dollar budget plan in a few weeks.
🎧 The attack has shaken and horrified the Jewish community in Boulder, Megan Verlee of member station Colorado Public Radio says.
However, existing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other researchers still categorize pregnant women as a high-risk group that should receive booster shots.
🤰 Pregnant women who contracted COVID were more likely to experience severe illness and hospitalization compared to women of the same age and demographic who were not pregnant.
Drone Strikes in Ukraine, Senate Budget Bill, Colorado Attack.
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The Republican-controlled Senate is hoping to pass legislation to implement a multi-trillion-dollar budget plan within a few weeks of its return from recess today. The majority of President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, including tax breaks and significant adjustments to energy, immigration, and defense policy, is included in the proposed plan. Republicans in Congress want the bill to reach the president by July 4. They will have to balance a number of conflicting demands in order to achieve this.
🎧 NPR’s Claudia Grisales tells Up First that senators are already complaining about the plan, and Senate Republicans can’t afford to lose three votes to pass it. In order to prevent a financial default, the bill’s provisions to raise the federal debt ceiling must be finalized by this summer, which is why difficult negotiations are anticipated. According to Grisales, at least 60% of the bill will remain in place. The largest battle Senate Republicans will likely face is Medicaid, which is undergoing significant cuts.
Many people taking part in a walk and vigil for Israeli hostages held by Hamas were attacked and burned at an event in Boulder, Colorado, and a man is in custody. yesterday. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is the man who authorities say shouted “free Palestine” before brandishing a homemade flamethrower. There were several hospitalized individuals, and Soliman is anticipated to be charged.
Megan Verlee of Colorado Public Radio, a member station, says the attack has shocked and appalled Boulder’s Jewish community. Run for Their Lives was the name of the raided group. One of the eight injured individuals was a Holocaust survivor. According to authorities, Soliman is thought to have acted independently. The governor and attorney general of Colorado have denounced this act as a hate crime. “We have allowed this climate of hate to fester, which is why things like this are happening,” says Stefanie Clarke, a leader of Stop Antisemitism Colorado. “.
Istanbul, Turkey, is set to host a fresh round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine today. Ukraine attacked Russia with a series of remote drone strikes on military air bases located deep within Russian territory the day before the meeting. Before the drones took off to attack planes on the runway, Ukraine concealed them in the tops of flatbed trucks that parked close to military installations, allowing them to smuggle drones deep into Russia. Over the weekend, Russia also fired more than 470 missiles and drones at targets throughout Ukraine.
🎧 Russia usually portrays itself as the one setting the terms of the peace negotiations, according to Charles Maynes of NPR. Because of its more powerful military, Russia assumes this role. Trump basically supports Russia’s stance, stating that Ukraine must make significant compromises. However, Maynes claims that Sunday’s attack demonstrates that Ukraine has some military options.
Trump has pledged to bring about peace in Ukraine. How his efforts have gone is shown here.
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Robert F., Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, Jr. has eliminated the COVID vaccine from the list of vaccinations advised for expectant mothers in good health. Pregnant women are still considered a high-risk group that requires booster shots, according to current recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other researchers. The researchers’ work is supported by science.
🤰 Compared to non-pregnant women of the same age and demographic, pregnant women who contracted COVID were more likely to hospitalize and suffer from severe illness.
🤰 Pregnant women are five times more likely to experience blood clots, and contracting COVID increases that risk. An elevated risk of stillbirth may be linked to inflammation and blood clots in the placenta.
Pregnancy-related vaccinations help protect postpartum babies. Nearly 90% of babies admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 had mothers who were not vaccinated during pregnancy, according to the CDC.
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What it takes to stay healthy in America is the focus of the special series Living Better.
Jessica Slice accepted a new identity as a person with a disability after receiving a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, an autonomic nervous system disorder. Her life was drastically changed by becoming disabled in ways that are both difficult and empowering. Then she had a child. Slice talks about her experience as a parent with a disability and accepting interdependence in her book Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges An Inaccessible World. Slice’s viewpoint, which can help all parents, was discussed by NPR.
Slice claims she doesn’t put any pressure on herself or her kids to perform flawlessly. She accepts the imperfection of life.
She doesn’t keep track of her kids’ developmental milestones. Her sense of freedom has come from letting go of control or the idea that we should adhere to specific deadlines as much as possible.
❤️ Individuals with disabilities are frequently denied access to or excluded from inclusive sexual education, and some are frequently advised against having children. Because Slice has a disability, people shouldn’t assume that she doesn’t enjoy life; similarly, they shouldn’t assume that a child who is born with a disability wouldn’t enjoy life either.
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After taking three breaks to nurse her six-month-old daughter during a 100-kilometer race in Wales, Stephanie Case went viral. In addition to finishing the race, the new mother took first place among the women.
19 Black Americans whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany, where they had been used for racial research in the late 1800s, were honored Saturday at a memorial and jazz funeral in Louisiana.
Over the weekend, the devoted fan base of Survivor commemorated 25 years. Among them are NPR producer Mia Venkat and her group of friends, who annually reenact their own version of the reality TV program, complete with vicious blindsides and ruthless competition.
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