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Live from NPR News, I'm Charles Snyder. President Trump made a controversial offer Wednesday night during his speech closing out the first night of his Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. Trump offered a cash payment to every adult citizen if the Republican Party maintains control of Congress after the midterm elections. You win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend. Trump did not provide details about where the money would come. from or the legality of such a payment. According to the most recent census data, the Trump dividend could cost $1 trillion or more. U.S. Southern Command has announced another deadly strike

on a boat in the Caribbean. M.P.R.'s Quill Lawrence reports that U.S. forces killed three people suspected of narco-trafficking. Southcom posted a blurry video on social media showing a small boat in the open sea exploding in flames and then wreckage floating in the water. The Trump administration's policy of blowing up small boats on suspicion of drug smuggling began a year ago and has killed more than 225 people. That includes survivors who were left to drown or, in at least one case, were killed while clinging to wreckage in a second attack. The Trump administration says it is at war with drug traffickers and can therefore kill them on suspicion, but the laws of war specifically prohibit firing on shipwrecked sailors. Legal experts call it extrajudicial killing or simply murder. The White

claims the tactic has saved U.S. lives, but there is no evidence that the amount of drugs entering the U.S. has decreased. Quill Lawrence NPR News. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio says he's glad to see right-wing governments in South America who are ready to join the U.S. in fighting so-called narco terrorists. He's on a swing through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, as MPRs, Michelle Kellerman reports. In Ecuador, Secretary Rubio announced more targeted sanctions and aid to the military to help the government go after drug traffickers. He brushed off concerns that fishermen are getting caught up in this fight and made clear the U.S. will continue to, quote, blow up boats. And of a threat in this region is emerging to the national security and national interest of our country,

we are going to address it. And what we're very happy about is that we can now address it in partnership with other presidents and other leaders in this region that feel the same way. He was speaking after stops in Colombia and Ecuador before flying on to Peru to meet the newly elected president, Keko Fujimori. Michelle Kelleman, NPR News in Lima, Peru. One of the pilots of that Amazon cargo plane that crashed while landing in Miami Sunday warned that the plane was coming in too fast. That's according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which released a summary Wednesday at the cockpit voice recordings. The NTSB said the other pilot never gave a consistent verbal response. The plane touched down awkwardly, briefly attempted to take off again before overshooting the

runway. I'm Giles Snyder, and this is NPR News. Ohio's Republican governor defending the Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Campaign following a weekend security incident. A 38-year-old man has since been released from jail but is facing related assault charges. Sarah Donaldson with Ohio Public Media's State House News Bureau reports. An Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesperson says Patrick Havis, quote, forced his way through a crowd toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton on Sunday. Governor Mike DeWine says anything interfering with a candidate's ability to meet and talk with voters is bad. When asked about claims online by some right-wing influencers that Acton's campaign blew the situation out of proportion, DeWine responded. Well, that's a bunch of garbage. No one over blew it. You know, facts are facts.

these are not good situations and they're anti-democratic. Authorities say Havis was armed with a taser and two handguns, although it's generally legal for gun owners to carry at local fares in Ohio. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Donaldson in Columbus. The racketeering conspiracy trial against China's Huawei Technologies kicked off Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors accusing Huawei of a litany of crime. including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system,

and helping Iran spy on its citizens. Huawei is banned from selling gear for wireless telecom networks, U.S. carriers over fears the company poses a security risk. It's been banned by other Western allies, including Britain and Canada. This is NPR News.