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Live from NPR in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Congress [国会] has directed [命令] President Trump to remove U.S. armed forces [军队] from his hostilities [敌意，此处指战争] against Iran. The Senate [参议院] approved a House-pass resolution [众议院通过了的决议] this afternoon by a vote of 50 to 48. The resolution lacks [缺乏] the force of law [法律强制] and does not need to be signed by the president, but it reflects growing concerns in the Republican-led Congress about the war and Trump's interim deal [过渡的条约] to end it. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports. Congress has the power to declare war [宣战] and regulate [管理] military conflict. It hasn't been able to do that, though, for the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The Trump administration hasn't asked for approval [许可] or a declaration of war in contravention [违背] of the law. This resolution is not legally binding [有法律效力的] and not likely to change President Trump's behavior. But the message is clear. A majority of lawmakers, including a handful of Republicans [共和党人], disapprove [不认同] of the Iran war, as does a large majority of the American public. This vote comes as Vice President Vance is hashing out [敲定] the details of an agreement to end the war, the initial terms [最初的条款] of which have been roundly [彻底的] rebuked [谴责] by members of both parties. Eric McDaniel, Washington.
President Trump visited a Mack trucks factory in Pennsylvania today in his first major public event outside Washington since he signed an interim deal to end the Iran war. You are the men and women who put your pride [骄傲] and spirit [精神] into those beautiful words stamped [印在] on every Mack truck that said made in the USA. It's made in the USA. The trip to the suburb [郊区] of Allentown came as he works to shift attention [转移注意力] away from the Iran war and high gas prices. As the November midterm elections [中期选举] draw closer, the area could be pivotal [枢纽的，关键的] to Republicans holding narrow control [微弱多数] of the House. Freshman Republican Congressman Ryan McKenzie is hoping to hold on [坚持，此处指连任] to the district Democrats have targeted to flip [翻转（席位）].
Three states are holding primaries [党内初选] today, including New York, where Democrats hope one race will help them retake the U.S. House. Reporter Steve Kastenbaum says voters in New York's 17th congressional district are deciding who will face Republican Mike Lawler in November. Five candidates are vying for [竞争] the opportunity to face the incumbent [在任的] in a district where registered Democrats outnumber [超过] Republicans. In the working class city of Peekskill retiree [已经退休的人] Mike Callahan said affordability [可支付性，此处指生活成本] is a major concern for voters. Everybody's really hurting and hurting with prices. Moderates [温和派] hold the key to winning this district and Democratic Party strategists want to avoid making this race about President Trump. But voter Stacey Jackson said there's no separating the incumbent from the president. He's the epitome [象征] of people who claim to not be MAGA [此处指川普一派的人] but are MAGA. The polls close at 9 p.m. And New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani has backed [支持] far-left [极左的] candidates [候选人]. The outcome of those races are seen as a gauge [衡量] on his influence.
Big tech companies dragged down [拖累] major U.S. stock indexes today. The S&P 500 fell 1.4 percent. The Nasdaq fell 2.2 percent.
The Supreme Court [最高法院] has ruled [裁决] that ExxonMobil [美孚石油] can sue [提告] Cuban [古巴] companies and American courts over property [财产] that was seized [没收] after Fidel Castro [菲德尔卡斯特罗] took power more than 65 years ago. The outcome could be an additional lever [杠杆] for the Trump administration to exert pressure [施加影响] on Cuba, which is already being squeezed [逼迫] by a U.S. oil embargo [石油禁运].
The Ebola [埃博拉病毒] outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo [刚果] has hit a part of the world famous for its gorilla [大猩猩] population. NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports on efforts to protect the primates [灵长类]. Fatality rates [死亡率] among gorillas can reach as high as 98 percent. In the early 2000s, about a third of the world's gorilla population was lost due to Ebola. Don Zimmerman is a wildlife veterinarian [兽医] at the Smithsonian Institution. Populations likely don't recover for decades, and genetically [基因层面], they are impacted for centuries. It is mind-blowing [此处指吓人的]. Gorillas are thought to get the virus from bats [蝙蝠] or from contact with infected humans. That's why in the DRC, the Virunga National Park has tasked about 200 rangers [公园看管人] with ensuring there isn't any contact between people and primates. Still, the head of the park says his main priority [优先事项] is stopping the virus's spread among humans.
An Australian air conditioner cleaner and honorary [名誉的] town crier [城镇传令员] has been recognized as the world's loudest [吵] person. Guinness [吉尼斯] World Records acknowledged [确认] that Joseph McGrail-Beta yelled now at 122.4 decibels [分贝]. That broke Northern Ireland school teacher Annalisa Flanagan's records of screaming quiet in 1994.
