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has since formally reopened its embassy in Caracas.

As the use of artificial intelligence expands, researchers say more teachers are moving away from mandatory homework.

NPR's Janet Woo-Jung Lee has details.

The Labor Department says a number of people to file for unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in decades.

They're down by 26,000 to 189,000.

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The Federal Reserve is opting to hold interest rates steady as the war with Iran continues to put upward pressure on energy prices.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Fed's rate-setting meeting today was likely the last Chair Jerome Powell would run, but not necessarily the last he'd be a part of since Powell's just disclosed that he plans to stay on with the Board of Governors.

Well, the Pentagon's chief financial officials are revealing what it's cost U.S.

taxpayers so far to be at war with Iran.

Jules Hurst III testifying before the House Armed Services Committee today on where the money's been spent.

Democratic lawmakers say the strikes initiated by the U.S.

and Israel in late February amount to a costly war without congressional approval.

Today, they grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth on his handling of the war, as well as his decision to remove highly decorated military leaders.

President Trump confirms he had a phone call today with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Middle East conflict.

In other news, during arguments today, the Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the United States.

Congress enacted the TPS program to offer protections to migrants fleeing turmoil in their own countries.

NPR's Andrea Hsu says people with immigrant caretakers are carefully watching for the ruling.

In Britain today, police say they've arrested a 45-year-old man suspected of carrying out an anti-Semitic attack today in London.