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The Commerce Department says the U.S.

gross domestic product grew 2 percent between January and March of this year.

That's quarterly growth about half a percent stronger than in the last quarter of last year.

Consumer spending is a highlight in this latest report.

but the outlook is more uncertain after the war in Iran began.

Prices are more expensive now, especially for gas.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, and the war in Iran is expected to be the main topic.

Yesterday, Hegseth spoke to a House panel and said the biggest adversary the U.S.

faces is not Iran's military, but the defeatist words of Democrats and some Republican lawmakers.

Officials say the initial cost of the war is $25 billion, but skeptics say that's too low.

President Trump held a rare phone call yesterday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NPR's Charles Means reports Russia says the talks focused heavily on current global conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.

Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a written statement today.

Majdabah Khamenei says Iran will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities.

The U.S.

Supreme Court has reinterpreted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

It says Louisiana's congressional map is unconstitutional because part of it was redrawn for racial reasons.