Abortion is a key issue in the November election: Trump tells NBC News (The story of VPKamala Harris)
Trump told NBC he’d support public funding for in vitro fertilization, or a mandate requiring insurance companies to cover it. The procedure to treat infertility can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
“We’re doing this because we just think it’s great. In an interview, Trump said we need great children and beautiful children in our country.
An Alabama Supreme Court decision earlier this year temporarily cut off access to IVF until state lawmakers intervened, forcing many high-profile Republicans to weigh in on the issue.
Trump’s comments come as he appears to be trying to soften his image on reproductive rights ahead of the November election over concerns about voter backlash. Abortion is expected to be a key issue in the election, with Democrats warning voters that Republicans would further restrict access to reproductive healthcare if former Trump is elected.
He told NBC News in an interview that he would vote for more than six weeks as long as there were exceptions for rape and incest.
Abortion is a key issue in this election, with Democrats warning voters that Republicans would further restrict access to reproductive healthcare if former Trump is elected.
The statement stated that there was only one candidate for this race who trusts women and protects their freedom to make their own health care decisions, and that was VPKamala Harris.
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That statement drew criticism from some abortion rights opponents including his former vice president, Mike Pence. Trump also recently indicated in a CBS News interview that he would not use a 19th-century anti-obscenity law, the Comstock Act, to restrict abortion pills. That statement also drew pushback from some activists.
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Donald Trump and the Listeria Era: Six lessons learned from Harris’ CNN interview with Walz, Harris’s running-mate, and a battleground state
Vice President Harris sat down with CNN last night for her first major interview as the Democratic presidential nominee. She was joined by her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Harris talked about her changing policies and said she would appoint a Republican to her cabinet. Republicans have accused her of flip-flopping on issues like fracking and enforcement at the southern border. She was also accused of dodging interviews. How did he do it? There are six things that can be learned from this.
Trump countered Harris and Walz’s interview with a town hall in Wisconsin, a battleground state. In addition to his normal talking points on immigration and inflation, Trump started the town hall with a question about IVF, a surprise political issue in the post-Roe reproductive rights landscape.
Nine people have died and more hospitalized from listeria, a food-borne bacteria, marking the worst listeria outbreak since 2011. The cases stem from contaminated Boar’s Head deli meat. Millions of products have been recalled. The first recall was issued in July and linked to a ready-to-eat liverwurst product. Since then, it has spread to dozens of products, including sliced ham varieties, sausages and loaves, all of which were produced at the same Virginia plant.
Source: Key moments from Harris’ extended TV interview. And, Trump voices support for IVF
Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe (with an extended TV interview with Laurie Stevison)
Do you have a fruit fly problem? You are not alone. This is a common issue, especially during the summer, says Laurie Stevison, associate professor of biology at Auburn University. She shows how to get rid of them.
🍿Movies: The Crow is a brand new reimagining of the comic book series that inspired the original film. Bill Skarsgrd plays a man who gets brutally murdered with his soulmate and returns to life as an unstoppable figure of vengeance. Happy Hour hosts discuss how it stacks up against the original.
The second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was broadcast for two years. The first three episodes of the show are on Amazon Prime. NPR’s Glen Weldon has seen all eight episodes and has a spoiler-free review.
Is it true that Albert Einstein and a group of his friends lived in the same city at the same time? Ken Krimstein’s new graphic novel, Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe playfully explores the possibilities of what happened as the two 20th-century geniuses have separate career breakthroughs, through an archive of letters, diaries and research.
Source: Key moments from Harris’ extended TV interview. And, Trump voices support for IVF
The D.C. Jazz Festival ’20: An Acoustic Perspective on a 20th Anniversary Performance’ by Bassist Halt Holt, Artistic Director and Contributor
Music: The D.C. Jazz Festival has a 20th anniversary and we invited bassist Holt, who is artist in residence, to create a list of Washington, D.C. natives who will perform. Check it out here.
🥗 Food: Content creator Logan Moffitt has been inspiring many on TikTok with near-daily postings of cucumber salad recipe videos. Try the recipes from him and other chefs.
🎲 Games: The tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year. NPR critic Glen Weldon reflects on why he loved playing the game as a closeted teen and how he stumbled upon the fierce, shoulder-padded illusionist that would become his first character.
