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Texas Republican leaders have threatened to arrest democratic legislators or expel them from the Legislative Assembly if they do not return to the State House. During the weekend, the Democrats fled the state to prevent a vote on a bill aimed at redrawing the cards of the Texas Congress. This bill is considered to promote the Republicans because it creates five new GOP districts, which President Trump recommended. The Republicans are currently controlling the Texas Chamber, but without the present democrats, they are not below the quorum of 100 members necessary to lead business.
The legislators of the State of Texas aboard a bus after a press conference at the headquarters of the Damage County Democratic Party on August 03, 2025 in Carol Stream, Illinois. The group of democratic legislators left the state earlier in the day, so a quorum could not be joined during a special session called to redirect the state.
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- 🎧 Democrats claim that black and Latinos districts aim to reduce the influence of non -white voices at CongressLauren McGaughy from Texas Newsroom tells First. The Texas Republicans argue that it is not a question of race but rather political parties. Democratic states and California have discussed their own redistribution efforts, which could counter what the president wants to happen in Texas. Rediscussing in Texas could lead to a long national battle on the polling cards, says McGaughy.
The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to create plans to terminate two major satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide. The data they collect is widely used by scientists, oil and gas companies and farmers. These are the only two federal satellite missions designed and built to follow the greenhouse gases warming the planet.
- 🎧 Several scientists who use satellite data have informed Rebecca Hersher of NPR that everything worked very well for them. One of the missions has a free flying satellite in orbit around the earth. If the plan was carried out, it would be permanently dismissed and burned in the atmosphere. The second satellite is attached to the international space station and would be extinguished. Together, the two missions cost around $ 15 million to maintain each year, according to David Crisp, a longtime engineer from NASA who retired in 2022.
Some seasonal workers from Yosemite National Park have declared working up to six weeks without salary in the spring and summer While the park supervisors had trouble managing hiring in the middle of the federal budget cuts. The workers said that although they are now receiving time wages, they have not been compensated for the work they have done as a volunteer while waiting to be put on the federal wage bill. NPR spoke exclusively with four seasonal employees and two full -time employees of the National Park Service who detailed their experiences.
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President Trump displays a decree signed during the signing ceremony on Thursday at the White House, surrounded by administration and professional athletes, including the Golon Bryson Dechambeau and the WWE creation director, Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
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The presidential fitness test will return to school gymnasiums in the country after Trump signed a decree to relaunch it on Thursday. The test, which was traditionally carried out once or twice a year for students aged 10 to 17, included exercises such as the pumps and the back and forth race test. They measured the physical form of students for more than half a century, until former President Barack Obama removed them in 2013 for a more holistic approach. Here is what we know about Trump’s decree so far:
- 🏃️ Trump restores the President’s advice on sports, fitness and nutrition and feel it with the development of test criteria. The Secretary of Health and Social Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will administer the deployment.
- 🏃️ Order stresses that obesity, chronic diseases and bad nutrition are at crisis levels, especially in children. He claims that these trends weaken the American economy, military preparation and national morale. The leaders made arguments of patriotism similar at the time of the Cold War, when the original test was introduced.
- 🏃️ The test was interrupted following the criticism of its negative impact on mental health, because many students felt humiliated in front of their peers. Critics have also questioned its effectiveness, arguing that its unique approach was not conducive to individual progress towards a healthier lifestyle.
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American consumers spend more than $ 10 billion a year in sports drinks, according to the commercial publication drinks industry. This number does not even include brands electrolyte powders like Liquid IV and Prime. Electrolyte drinks and powders have now turned into wellness products for daily life. Influencers promote products and make major complaints on their advantages. Doctors and researchers in sports nutrition think if you need it.
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The Vermont representative, Philip Jay Hooper, who represents the County of Orange, makes a call using one of the Patrick Schlott payment phones.
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- Patrick Schlott, a 31 -year -old electrician engineer, took old wage phones, changed them to authorize free calls and install them in three cities in the Comté d’Orange du Vermont, where the mobile phone service is often uneven.
- In 2017, Eileen Freiberg-Dale faced overwhelming challenges after her husband, Barney, underwent a serious brain injury of a bicycle accident. She managed her business while taking care of him. One day, she broke down by rating part – something Barney would generally do. At that time, their friend Jonathan Lilienfeld arrived with a rake and bags of leaves to make the task alone. She says her little -known hero really saved her.
- The summer game, organized by the public library of Ann Arbor, Michigan, attracted thousands of people who earn points by solving puzzles, learning local history, by exploring neighborhoods and, of course, reading.
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