Ly from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi Singh president trumps nominee for the director of national intelligence is taking himself out of the running Congressman John Rachleff was facing a difficult confirmation process in the u.s. Senate where some lawmakers questioned his qualifications for leading the intelligence community President Trump tweeted that Radcliffe is a great Republican who is being treated unfairly by quote lame stream media the outgoing d.n.i. Is Dan Coats who often clashed with President Trump over Russia s breach of the 2016 presidential election and the extent of the threat the Kremlin still poses to the u.s. Is democratic system President Trump has signed a bipartisan budget bill that sets spending levels for the next 2 years N.P.R. s Tamara Keith reports the legislation also raises the debt limit in theory this should push off budget battles until 2021 it allows nearly $1.00 trillion dollars in spending on defense and domestic programs over the next 2 yea
He was arrested for allegedly selling loose cigarettes garners cry of I can t breathe became a rallying cry that gave rise to the black lives matter movement the decision on Officer ventilator was still not final the city s police commissioner has the last word on whether to dismiss him this is n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is committed to bringing hope to patients with acute myeloid leukemia through its persuasion medicine clinical trial learn more at l.l.s. Dot org from the w o u b news room I m a teach by Idea Columbus s ban on bump stocks is back in effect for now to gun rights group sued Columbus after an act of the ban last year of Rankin County judge then ruled that municipalities can regulate bump stops under federal law but the Columbus Dispatch reports the temp district court of appeals reversed that decision yesterday and sent the case back to county co
Hades of persecution or oppression against the minority Rohingya Muslims She says the human rights situation in Myanmar is worsening she warns nothing will change without international pressure on the government to bring perpetrators of crimes to justice Lisa s line reporting from Geneva in another layer of research addressing climate change scientists say they may be able to breed cattle that will pass into the atmosphere less methane a potent greenhouse gas N.P.R. s Christopher Joyce has more on the research accounts stomach is a formidable engine of digestion it s swarms with bacteria that break down the fibrous material in grass the inevitable side effect however is flatulence in particular methane gas it s a greenhouse gas when it rises into the air it warms the atmosphere but different cows have different kinds of stomach bacteria also called micro biome some don t produce as much methane as others scientists have now figured out that the particular micro biome a cow has depends