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The hearing focused on the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion military budget proposal for 2027.

Democrats like Pennsylvania Democrat Chrissy Houlihan used the opportunity to grill Hegseth on the Iran war's costs, President Trump's shifting justifications for the war, and the huge drawdown of critical munitions.

As you know, and as the president has stated, you would never tell your adversary.

Lawmakers from both parties also have raised concerns about excess firing of top generals and other military leaders.

The House of Representatives has voted to reauthorize a key U.S.

spy tool ahead of a Thursday night deadline.

Forty-two Democrats joined Republicans to pass the legislation.

But the measure still has to clear the Senate, where Republican leadership has signaled the bill will be rewritten.

NPR's Eric McDaniel has this report.

The U.S.

Supreme Court issued a ruling that could void a second majority black congressional district in Louisiana.

Mel Bridges with member station WWNO reports on the local reaction.

The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates on hold.

There were some divisions amidst the uncertainty created by the war in Iran, but with one Fed board member voting to cut rates while three others voted to keep the rates on hold.

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Elon Musk took the stand for the second day in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest man against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder that Musk accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit.

The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the chat GPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture called

now valued at $852 billion.

Most states require gubernatorial candidates to be at least 30 years old, but Vermont has no age requirement.

NPR's Ava Pukach introduces us to a 14-year-old running for governor.