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The measure is one of President Trump's priorities as he pushes Congress to act on a broader voting and election bill.

Senators are holding a rare weekend session to debate the legislation, which includes stricter voter registration requirements and mandates photo ID at the polls.

A powerful storm continues to move across Hawaii this weekend.

Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports the entire state remains under a flood watch.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether states can count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward.

The case centers on Mississippi's deadline for late-arriving ballots and whether that, along with similar laws in more than a dozen states, conflicts with federal law.

President Trump has continued to criticize voting by mail, calling it, quote, corrupt.

I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

President Trump is warning that the United States will, quote, obliterate Iran's power plants if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

The conflict in the Middle East is entering its fourth week.

NPR's Emily Fang reports Tehran continues to launch missiles in the region as U.S.

and Israeli strikes hit Iran.

President Trump says federal immigration agents will be deployed to U.S.

airports starting on Monday.

In a post on social media this morning, Trump blamed Senate Democrats for holding back funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports lawmakers are deadlocked over proposed changes to immigration enforcement policies.

That's NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reporting.

The power grid in Cuba has collapsed for the second time in a week, leaving tens of millions of people without electricity.

Katie Silver reports it's the latest in a series of widespread outages as the U.S.