NPR News: 08-12-2026 8PM EDT
Summary
Attorney General Todd Blanche declares the Trump administration’s anti-weaponization fund dead due to lack of infrastructure and bipartisan outrage. Meanwhile, the WHO criticizes new U.S. vaccine guidelines as unscientific, and fire managers in the Northwest brace for storms that could worsen wildfires. Additional briefs cover slowing inflation, the planned U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, the record-breaking sale of the L.A. Lakers, and missing Mozart statues in Austria.
Topics discussed
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Anti-weaponization fund plan scrapped by DOJ
WHO criticizes new U.S. childhood vaccine guidelines
Northwest wildfires and weather conditions
U.S. inflation slows despite oil price hikes
U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq by September
Lakers sold for $12.5 billion to Kushner and Iger
Over 200 Mozart statuettes stolen in Austria
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