Dave Mattingly

Van Epps defeated Democratic candidate Afton Bain in the race to replace GOP Congressman Mark Green.

He left the House for a job in the private sector.

Bain is a progressive state lawmaker who carried Nashville in yesterday's election.

Donald Trump carried the district by 22 percentage points in the 2024 presidential race.

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It's been nearly 12 years since a Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared over the Indian Ocean.

Before the end of the month, the country's transport ministry says it will resume the search for the Boeing 777.

It's believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean in March of 2011 after veering from its flight path with 239 people aboard.

Flight 370 was destined for Beijing when it disappeared.

Some pieces of wreckage from the flight were later discovered, having washed ashore along Africa's coastline.

That was in 2014.

Michael and Susan Dell, the billionaires behind the tech company Dell, say they're donating more than $6 billion to establish investment accounts for children.

NPR's Stephen Besahab says the money will be used to help millions of kids through so-called Trump accounts.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

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Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow today for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war with Ukraine.

NPR's Charles Maines says President Trump's special envoy will be discussing the latest U.S.

peace plan.