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Chapter 1: What recent military actions have the U.S. taken against Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Bartner. The U.S. carried out new strikes on Iran tonight. The military describes the attacks as defensive, targeting an Iranian military facility and downing attack drones. The strikes came after President Trump said earlier in the day that Iran is negotiating on fumes. A U.S.
official not authorized to speak publicly called the attacks, quote, measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire. And U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of key weapons systems used in the war, according to a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
It could still take years to rebuild inventories because contractors aren't used to producing the advanced weapons on such a large scale. Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections.
This comes despite a lower court's ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against black people, as Troy Public Radio's Austin Toy reports.
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected the effort, calling it a, quote, intentional decision to dilute minority votes. Now the Republican-led state is asking the highest court in the land to intervene. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama had likely violated the Voting Rights Act with its map and needed to draw a second district with a majority of black voters.
That ruling eventually led to the election of a second black Democrat from the state. For NPR News, I'm Austin Toye in Montgomery, Alabama.
Texas's new Republican nominee for Senate, Ken Paxton, is taking aim at his Democratic opponent, James Tallarico, in a new campaign ad. And Tallarico is firing back. Michael Adkisson from member station Houston Public Media reports.
Paxton's campaign is calling his Democratic opponent, quote, too low-T for Texas. This new ad accuses Tallarico of not representing Texas values, using previous statements from Tallarico himself.
This is Texas. This is not. The American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us.
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Senators are introducing a bipartisan bill to regulate payments to college sports players, limit them to one free transfer over their careers, and restrict coach movement during the season. Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Maria Cantwell are trying to overcome more than a year of inaction in Congress since a lawsuit settlement started allowing players to be paid. This is NPR News from Washington.
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