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The civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate was 84 when he died.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton are scheduled to speak at the service at the House of Hope, a megachurch on Chicago's South Side.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will also speak.

The service will also feature performances by Chicago native Jennifer Hudson.

A new study suggests certain drugs for diabetes and weight loss can lower the risk of addiction.

NPR's John Hamilton reports on the research in the medical journal BMJ.

I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News, in Washington.

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The House of Representatives is set to hold a vote this afternoon on a war powers resolution that would halt U.S.

attacks on Iran without congressional approval.

Yesterday, the Senate voted down a similar measure, mostly along party lines.

One of the lawmakers who voted against was Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

He spoke with host Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition.

Senator Johnson speaking with NPR's Steve Inscape.

Foreign ministers in the European Union held an emergency meeting today in Brussels with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council about the Iran war.

Here's NPR's Rob Schmitz.

Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines has announced he will not seek re-election.

He withdrew his bid yesterday just before Montana's deadline for candidates to file for the November midterm election.

Montana Public Radio's Shaili Rager has more.

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