PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - August 1, 2025

White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director; Texans plan 'Workers over Billionaires' protests; MI workers to join Labor Day rallies for democracy, fairness; NM parents should not ignore mood changes in school-aged kids; VA Head Start programs struggle as federal funds remain uncertain.

White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director; Texans plan 'Workers over Billionaires' protests; MI workers to join Labor Day rallies for democracy, fairness; NM parents should not ignore mood changes in school-aged kids; VA Head Start programs struggle as federal funds remain uncertain.

White House fires CDC director who says RFK Jr. is 'weaponizing public health'; VA teachers' union celebrates court decision blocking anti-DEI policy; OH advocates warn repeal of clean energy credits driving up utility bills; Group urges passage of child care bill to help Illinois families.

Two children, aged eight and 10, killed in shooting during Minneapolis Catholic school Mass; After NYC primaries, outreach for young Latino voters gets a nod; Medicaid cuts threaten access to Black mental health services in TN; Report: Kentucky economy could improve with child care changes.

Judge dismisses Trump administration suit against federal bench in Maryland; Lack of oversight at immigrant detention centers concerns TX advocates; Report: Georgia investments key as U.S. risks losing EV race to China; who really owns IL farmland? More corporations than ever; Wyoming's low-wage workers fall further behind bosses in pay gap.

Haboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages; On Women's Equality Day, IL advocates highlight need for equity; Report: Colorado wildfires bigger, more frequent; Study: MS victim compensation program creates barriers for survivors.

Governor Pritzker challenges Trump's threat to send troops to Chicago; MN VA workers decry loss of bargaining rights; Montana mine expansion gets federal OK, sparks outcry; WI nonprofit opposes proposed USDA reorganization.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is detained again, three days after being freed from custody; UMaine professor builds app to reveal AI's environmental cost; Advocates question new plastic recycling facility in Massillon; New SD research sounds alarm on 'legal deserts' in rural America.

Trump planning military deployment to Chicago; Maryland court strikes down anti-DEI policy in schools; Expert: Electric vehicle battery plant workers in KY to vote on union; Closing global EV sales gap could help manufacturing in AZ; Trump budget bill cuts funding for St. George infrastructure project.

FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump's ex-national security adviser; Medicaid cuts threaten access to reproductive health care in PA; Virginia education supply store folds under Trump's tariffs; OH pilot solar project remains intact despite federal cuts.