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Texas and Missouri have added extra GOP seats, and California is taking similar action on behalf of Democrats.

Christopher Cooper teaches political science at Western Carolina University, where he is following

Cooper says unlike previous redistricting movements, the current mid-decade effort comes at the request of the president.

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and European Union have imposed new sanctions on Russia, hoping to force the Kremlin to accept an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has details.

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

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The Treasury Department data shows the national debt now exceeds a record $38 trillion.

The Joint Economic Committee estimates the debt has risen around $70,000 per second for the past year.

The Government Accountability Office cites some of the reasons for the high debt, including inflation, stagnant wages, and high interest rates.

Coca-Cola is launching a new glass bottle for Coke made with cane sugar.

As WABE's Marlon Hyde reports, the Trump administration has been pushing for the change.

The director of the Louvre in Paris has offered to resign over the weekend heist of France's crown jewels, but the offer was declined.

Laurent Descartes has acknowledged what she calls a terrible failure.

Descartes says the alarms were working and security cameras were running, but have limited views of the perimeter around the museum.

It took the thieves less than 10 minutes to scale the building and snatch $102 million worth of jewels before fleeing on scooters.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens.