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NPR's Chris Arnold reports the VA killed it anyway.

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If you don't like your Gmail username, you may soon be able to change it.

NPR's John Brewitz reports it would be the first time since Google launched the service in 2004.

Four astronauts continue the Artemis II mission to fly around the moon and back.

Retired space shuttle commander Susan Kilrain says it's an exciting time for NASA.

It's a new rocket, it's a new spacecraft, and we're going to get new lunar landers.

So, I mean, this is pivotal in the space program.

The crew lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday for a roughly 10-day mission.

This is the first moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was down 61 points, the Nasdaq Composite up 38.

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President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi.

In a social media post, Trump called Bondi a great patriot and a loyal friend.

He also said she did an incredible job at the Justice Department overseeing what he described as a sweeping crackdown on crime across the country.

In recent months, though, Trump had criticized the department's handling of the Epstein files.

Congress remains deadlocked over funding for DHS.

The Senate passed a compromise bill last week to fund most of the agency, but it leaves out key immigration enforcement programs.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.