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The victory comes a week after the United States promised a $40 billion bailout for Argentina, contingent on Mele's victory.

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A standoff continues between Democrats and Republicans over how to end the now three-week-old government shutdown.

And NPR's Tamara Keith reports that there are no scheduled negotiations.

Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays is suing House Speaker Mike Johnson to force him to swear in the newest member of Congress.

As NPR's Claudia Grisales reports, Johnson is also accused of stalling

as part of an effort to avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

A man who was pardoned after taking part in the January 6th Capitol riot is facing new allegations.

As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the suspect is charged with threatening to kill House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.

President Trump's nominee to oversee the Office of Special Counsel has withdrawn himself from consideration.

30-year-old Paul Ingrassia's decision comes after his racist and anti-Semitic text messages were made public.

Ingrassia is an attorney and Trump activist.

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President Trump says he should be paid $230 million in damages for the past federal investigations into his actions.

Trump is threatening to sue the Justice Department, citing the FBI's search of his family estate in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a probe into his handling of classified documents.

The president says the lawsuit would also cite the probe into possible links between his campaign and

and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.

election.

In Virginia, judges ordered the Defense Department to return hundreds of books to school libraries on military bases.

As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, students and their families complained when books about race and gender were removed.