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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has intervened to stop the promotions of six military officers.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports they were all black or female and on track to become one-star generals.

Another House Republican isn't running for re-election.

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Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports on what Missouri Congressman Sam Graves' departure could mean for the midterm elections.

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California lawmakers have voted to audit the state's joint intelligence centers after claims of illegal data sharing and invasive surveillance.

The ACLU and others say police used the centers to help immigration and customs enforcement and to bypass local limits on facial recognition.

The U.N.

says more than 370,000 children have been displaced from their homes in Lebanon as Israel targets Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Israeli troops invaded after militants fired rockets into Israel, as NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.

The price of a PlayStation is going up by another $100, the second time in less than a year that Sony has upped the price tag on its popular gaming console.

First tariffs and now the Iran war have created a massive bottleneck of energy and manufacturing supplies.

The cost will be about 30% more than it was this time last year.

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President Trump is ordering the Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget to pay TSA agents.

As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, it comes as Congress again failed to end the DHS shutdown.

The U.S.

says about one-third of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed.