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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Biden has unveiled a plan for reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Biden says the scandals involving some of the justices have caused the public to question whether the high court is fair and independent. The president is calling for a Supreme Court code of ethics and 18-year term limits for the justices. In recent years, extreme opinions that the Supreme Court has handed down have undermined
long-established civil rights principles and protections. 2013, Supreme Court in Shelby County case gutted the Voting Rights Act, opening the floodgates to a wave of restrictive voting laws that have seen states across the country pass. Biden also cited the high court's gutting of the Civil Rights Act and Roe v. Wade. The president made his remarks at the LBJ Presidential Library in Texas.
The FBI says the gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump made significant efforts to conceal his actions leading up to the July 13th shooting in Pennsylvania. As NPR's Ryan Lucas reports, he used aliases to make gun and explosive-related purchases online. The FBI says its investigation into the July 13th shooting has revealed that the gunman, Thomas Crooks, made more than 25 different firearms-related purchases starting in the spring of 2023.
He later made six purchases of bomb-making ingredients, which were recovered from explosive devices found in his vehicle. The FBI special agent leading the probe, Kevin Rojek, says investigators still have not determined a motive for Crooks, but the evidence shows that he tried to hide his activities and planned carefully ahead of the Trump campaign rally.
Rojek also says that former President Trump has agreed to do a victim interview with the FBI to provide his perspective on the shooting. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. The massive wildfire burning in parts of Northern California has become one of the largest in state history. As NPR's Nathan Roth reports, the Park Fire is one of more than 100 blazes burning across the West.
By morning, the park fire burning north of Chico, California, had grown to be the sixth largest in state history, closing in on the top five.
And with hotter temperatures and winds expected and the fire still mostly uncontained, it could climb its way further up the list. Large wildfires are burning in almost every western state, fueled by heavy vegetation dried out after weeks of abnormally hot temperatures. The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings dictated by hot temperatures and expected winds across broad swaths of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, and some parts of California through the day.
Nathan Rott, NPR News. Wall Street stocks closed mixed Monday. The Dow lost 49 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 12 points and the S&P 500 added four points. This is NPR News.
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