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5 min readLive from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The president was in Marietta, Georgia Wednesday, speaking at a campaign event after attending the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for four service members killed in action last weekend. Standing there watching that site, he said, "is very tough to watch, to be honest with you. I think it's the toughest thing I do, if anything I do."
Budget and Election Security Funding
Funding for election security, long sought by President Trump, is included in the $95 billion budget blueprint that House Republicans passed Wednesday. Most of the money in that blueprint, however, would go toward funding the Iran War. The vote is the first step in the reconciliation process Republicans have turned to in order to secure the funding without Democratic support.
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- 1 (00:04) **Trump Campaigns in Georgia After Dover Transfer** - President Trump speaks at a campaign event in Marietta, Georgia, following the dignified transfer of four service members killed in action.
- 2 (00:39) **House Passes $95 Billion Budget Blueprint with Election Security** - The budget includes funding for election security long sought by Trump, but most money goes toward funding the Iran War.
- 3 (01:03) **Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Saga Continues** - The pool remains empty and fenced off, four months into what was supposed to be a two-week renovation.
- 4 (01:47) **Cyclospora Outbreak Becomes Worst on Record** - Over 4,100 confirmed cases, mostly in the Midwest, though no deaths reported; actual numbers likely much higher.
- 5 (02:47) **U.S. Measles Cases Hit Highest Level Since 1991** - Nearly 2,300 confirmed cases, topping the total for all of last year, according to a Johns Hopkins tracker.
- 6 (03:00) **Trump Administration Signs Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia** - Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the Saudi Energy Minister sign a nuclear cooperation agreement and a bilateral safeguards agreement.
- 7 (03:27) **New 25% Tariffs on Brazil Take Effect** - The tariffs hit about a quarter of Brazil's exports to the U.S., using a new legal pathway after the previous one was struck down by the Supreme Court.
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