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a new Gallup poll suggests more people are finding it harder to buy a home.
NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports majority of respondents also say their finances are getting worse.
President Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chair is a step closer to being confirmed.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 13 to 11 to recommend the full Senate support Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank.
I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.
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Supreme Court finds Louisiana's congressional maps amount to an, quote, unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
The justices voted 6-3 to strike down a map that created a second-majority black congressional district in the state.
The high court's decision was along partisan lines.
The Iran war is costing U.S.
taxpayers $25 billion, according to the Pentagon's chief financial official.
On Capitol Hill today, acting Comptroller Jay Hurst offered the first public cost estimate for the conflict.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaner, also agreed.
appearing before lawmakers to talk about a Pentagon budget request for $1.45 trillion.
Hegseth sparred with Democratic Representative Adam Smith, a ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.
President Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve has won the backing of a key Senate committee.
NPR's Scott Horsley reports Kevin Warsh is on track to take the helm of the central bank next month.
Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to turn himself into authorities in Virginia day after grand jury indicted him for allegedly threatening the president.
NPR's Carrie Johnson is more.