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Senate committee today will vote on whether to advance President Trump's controversial nominee to be the nation's next public lands chief.

NPR's Kirk Sigler reports a former New Mexico congressman, Steve Pierce, once called for selling the public lands he'd potentially be managing.

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At the hampered nuclear cleanup site in southeast Washington state, a federal contractor has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle fraud allegations.

Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King has more.

With the war in the Middle East now in its fifth day, the U.S.

Senate is headed toward a vote on President Trump's decision to attack Iran alongside Israel.

The Senate is to vote Wednesday on a War Powers Resolution, which would demand that Congress give its approval before any further attacks are carried out.

The House is to vote on Thursday.

European shares ticked up at the open after declines in Asia amid a global stock sell-off sparked by concern about the conflict in Iran.

South Korea's benchmark plunged more than 12 percent.

Japan's Nikkei closed down more than 3 percent as oil prices climb higher.

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War in the Middle East widened Monday with waves of attacks by the U.S.

and Israel on Iran and Iran striking back on targets in the Gulf and as far afield as Cyprus.

The Lebanese militia group Hezbollah has also entered the fray.

NPR's Jane Araf is in Oman.

NPR's Jane Araf in Amman, France, meanwhile, calling on the military escalation to stop as Hezbollah enters the fight and Israel bombs the southern suburbs of Beirut.