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Senate Republicans have defeated a proposal to limit the Trump administration's attacks against Venezuela.

Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats seeking checks on Trump's threats against Venezuela's president.

Democrats and some top Republicans are demanding more details on the U.S.

military strikes on small boats allegedly hauling narcotics from Venezuela in the Caribbean and Pacific.

The attacks have killed at least 66 people since early September.

Typhoon Kalmegi has claimed nearly 200 lives in the Philippines and Vietnam, but scores others still missing.

As Michael Sullivan reports, the Philippine islands are under a state of emergency days after the storm made landfall there.

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Nealon has apparently died at the age of 24.

Authorities say he apparently took his own life, allegedly, after failing to pull over during a traffic stop, crashing his car and then fleeing on foot.

Dallas police say he was found three hours later in his home.

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futures are higher in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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The Trump administration has announced two more deals with the pharmaceutical industry to lower drug costs.

As NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports, the latest agreements are with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, the makers of popular but expensive anti-obesity drugs.

NPR's Sydney Lubkin reporting.

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carriers have begun canceling flights as the FAA's restrictions take hold.