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Live from NPR News, I'm Gile Snyder. At President Trump's Republican midterm convention, Vice President J.D. Vance paid tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot one year ago Thursday. Now, Charlie spoke to young men in particular. He was a young man himself, and he understood where they were coming from. He understood that there was no greater calling for a young man, and he would tell people this, than falling in love, starting a family,

and becoming a father. The crowd in Dallas chanted Kirk's name and fell quiet for a five-minute tribute video. Kirk was fatally shot while speaking on the campus of Utah Valley University, 23-year-old Tyler Robinson could face a death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder. He's pleaded not guilty. President Trump closed out the convention, urging Republicans to vote as if he's on the ballot and repeating his offer to pay every adult citizen if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate this November. The Trump administration says it will give certain people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans $500 rebates. MPR. Selina Simmons-Duffin reports he aims to use a pool of money that's usually sent to community groups to help people choose a plan and sign up for coverage.

Republicans in Congress and President Trump let COVID-era subsidies expire in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces at the end of last year. On average, premium costs doubled. Even a middle-income middle-aged person is probably paying thousands more than they were last year. Cynthia Cox is with KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization. This $500 might do something, but it is small in comparison to the amount that they're having to pay for health insurance premiums. She says it's not clear if the Trump administration has the legal authority to send these payments and points out they won't go to the millions of people who lost coverage as a result

of the premium spikes. Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News. The Israeli military says it's completed dismantling. Hezbollah's underground tunnel infrastructure in southern Lebanon. It says more than a thousand tons of explosives were used to blow up two tunnels at the Ali Attackar Ridge. The details from the BBC Zambar and Atharajan. The Israeli military said the tunnels extended for more than two kilometers and contained Iranian-made rockets, anti-tank missiles and drones.

The explosions were so huge. that the U.S. Geological Survey says they caused a 4.1 magnitude trauma. Images released by the Israeli army show a fireball lighting up the sky. The authorities in Beirut say since the war between Israel and Hezbollah began in March this year, more than 4,300 people have been killed. Israeli forces continue to occupy what it calls a security zone in the south of Lebanon. And you're listening to NPR News. Following the 9-11 attacks, first responders and cleanup crews in New York City rushed toward the destruction.

Advocates say more than 2,000 of them were immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally. NPR's Jasmine Garst reports. Many immigrant workers have gotten workers' comp and helped through the James de Drogant 9-11 Health and Compensation Act, but advocates say many without legal status are too scared to apply. Luseli asked that we withhold her last name for fear of deportation. She worked at Ground Zero wearing a paper mask and rubber gloves. Since then, she's battled breast cancer and asthma. The attack released hundreds of tons of toxic debris into the air.

There have been more than 57,000 cancer cases related to exposure. The 9-11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act would give Ground Zero workers a path to citizenship. It was introduced in 2017 and reintroduced in 2025, but remained stopped. in Congress. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ends for now uncertainty over Missouri's congressional districts heading into the November midterms. The Justice's Thursday rejected a new map backed by President Trump. It had been drawn up to help Republicans gain an additional seat, but now the state is poised to revert to its former map approved in 2022. The San Francisco 49ers have opened the season with a victory in Australia. The Niners

beat the Los Angeles Rams 27 to 7 in front of fans packed into the Melbourne cricket ground in the Southern Hemisphere's largest stadium. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.