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NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports he now says it was proactive.
Today's the last day of voting for primary contests in Texas and North Carolina.
Both states have expensive and closely watched Senate races.
And here's Ashley Lopez reports.
Voters in Arkansas are also holding primary elections today.
World oil prices rose once again today as the war with Iran weighs on energy and financial markets.
Wall Street lower by the close, the Dow down 403 points.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
At a Senate hearing last month, he acknowledged visiting Epstein's island in 2012 after saying he ended their relationship after Epstein was convicted of soliciting money.
The information came to light in the Justice Department's latest release of Epstein files.
No date for the testimony has been announced.
Retail giant Target is once again reporting sluggish sales as its new CEO lays out plans to invest millions of dollars in updates to its stores, hoping to draw back shoppers.
And here's Alina Selyuk has more.
And on Wall Street, the Dow was down 403 points today after being down around 1,200 points earlier in the day.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, his daughter and grandchild were killed in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country today, according to Iranian state media.