NPR News: 06-28-2026 12PM EDT

Nora Raum· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Congress passed a bipartisan bill last week designed to make housing more affordable, but President Trump refused to sign it into law until Congress approves the Save America Act, legislation to impose voting restrictions that does not have bipartisan support. House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News today he thinks the President will change his mind.

Mike Johnson· Soundbite0:25

I'm gonna send the bill over to him. It's passed by both chambers. I'm sending it to him on Monday, and it will become law, and I, I certainly want him to take the biggest, boldest marker that he has and do that big Trump signature proudly on that legislation because we're delivering for the people, and that's what he wants to do.

Nora Raum· Host0:41

But if the President still doesn't sign it, it would become law in 10 days without his signature as long as Congress is in session. Several large wildfires are burning across the Western United States. Three firefighters were killed in Colorado yesterday. Colorado Public Radio's Stina Seig reports two other firefighters were injured in a blaze that's grown to more than 40 square miles.

Stina Seig1:04

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service has released few details on the deaths and says it's focused on supporting the loved ones of the firefighters. They died in a rugged rural area along the Colorado-Utah border, where many smaller fires have merged into one. Governor Jared Polis has declared a state of emergency. Farther south, another Colorado wildfire forced evacuations and closed a vital highway