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NPR's Maria Aspin reports.

NPR's Maria Aspin.

The House yesterday rejected a Senate-passed bill designed to end the partial government shutdown, and now the Senate has recessed for two weeks.

Meanwhile, travelers at the world's busiest airports, say TSA employees, are long overdue to be paid.

Dermiah Vance of member station WABE reports from Atlanta.

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Russia launched hundreds of drones on Ukraine overnight.

Ukrainian authorities say at least four people were killed.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said there is extensive damage to gas production facilities, industrial sites and residential buildings.

He said there was no military purpose whatsoever.

This was what he described as pure terror against ordinary civilian life.

First Lady Melania Trump appeared at an artificial intelligence and education summit this week with an unusual guest, a humanoid robot.

She said she envisions a future where AI and AI-powered robots provide personalized education to American schoolchildren.

Lee Gaines reports.

Demonstrators across the country are expected to take part in No King rallies today to protest President Trump and his administration.

Organizers say that events are scheduled in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

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Israeli officials are assessing the damage after Iranian airstrikes last night on two southern cities near Israel's nuclear research center.

More than 100 people were wounded.