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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. A ground stop has been issued at Nashville's airport due to a staffing shortage and delays are being reported across the U.S. during the government shutdown. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday blamed the national. nationwide delays on an uptick in air traffic control workers calling in sick. Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee today. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, lawmakers raised concerns that the Department of Justice has been weaponized to go after President Trump's political enemies. Committee Democrats used their time to press Pam Bondi on a slew of recent moves that they say

are politically motivated, including the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, and the decision to close a federal probe into border czar Tom Homan, who allegedly accepted a $50,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent. Many exchanges grew heated, including this one with California Democrat Adam Schiff. You can attack me after my time is over. Oh, we've attacked all of us, including President Trump for your entire career. I know you've got plenty of canned attacks. We've heard them all day to day.

Senator Republicans praised Bondi's work, saying she's repaired an agency that had previously been weaponized against President Trump. Elena Moore, NPR News. The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors today. NPR's at Nina Totenberg reports the case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBT-plus community. Supporters of conversion therapy contend that it succeeds in curing a person's attraction to the same sex, in other words, making a gay person straight, and similarly, curing a person's desire to change their gender identity. And they argue that barring licensed therapists from using conversion therapy when it's purely talk therapy violates the First Amendment right to free speech.

But half the states have enacted these bans and every major medical association opposes the therapy on grounds that it leads to deep depression and suicidal thoughts in minors. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. A new combination of drugs looks promising for people with some forms of advanced prostate cancer. Yuki Noguchi reports. The study looked at what happened when a drug called Nira Perib, which treats ovarian and breast cancer, is added to a combination of two other drugs used as standard treatment for prostate cancer. Researchers at the University College of London followed 700 patients with certain genetic alterations in their prostate cancer for over two and a half years. It found adding the third drug reduced risk of progression by 37% overall and nearly half among those with certain specific genetic markers.

The combination also significantly delayed onset of symptoms. Yuki Naguchi, NPR News. Stocks closed down slightly today, ending a record-breaking rally. This is NPR News. There was a 23% drop in Canadians visiting the U.S. in the first seven months of the year compared to, to last year, according to Canada's National Statistical Office. The drop comes amid tense trade negotiations and as President Trump has talked about making Canada the 51st state infuriating many Canadians. Trump today predicted Canadians will resume travel once a trade deal is reached. A federal grand jury in

Atlanta has charged two men for making threats against a Georgia immigration officer. Emily Wu Pearson reports from member station W.A.B.E. in Atlanta. The indictment states, 41-year-old Frank Andrew Wazoo of Tennessee allegedly posted a video on his Instagram account showing two photos of an ICE agent's face with a man's full name, threatening him with physical violence. Wazoo also allegedly shared a photo of the ICE agent's wife with her name and job in the video to the accounts nearly 13,000 followers. He has previously been accused of making terroristic threats against Republican lawmakers in Texas. The second man, 63-year-old Anthony Patrick Noto of New York, was charged as he allegedly commented on the video with a threat to the

agent and his wife. For NPR News, I'm Emily Wu Pearson in Atlanta. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally approved the registration for the Texas Stock Exchange, paving the way for an opening in 2026, nicknamed Yall Street. It's the first stock exchange approved in decades. It'll trade online initially. The organization plans to create a trading center in downtown Dallas. Texas is home to the second most Fortune 500 companies in the country, just behind California and ahead of New York. I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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