Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Republicans have held on to a Tennessee congressional seat, but by a much thinner margin than in the past. Mariana Bacchial from member station WPLN reports.
At the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Republicans celebrated after a heated race for Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Last year, the GOP swept this district by 22 points. Van Epps fended off a challenge from Democratic State Representative Afton Bain, winning the election by about nine percentage points. That's according to a race called by the Associated Press.
In his victory speech, Van Epps said Democrats shouldn't own the conversation on affordability.
And together, we'll bring down the cost of living. I'm tired of too many Republicans ceding affordability to the Democrats.
Van Epps will be back on the ballot next year for the midterms after he finishes out his predecessor's term. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bacayau in Nashville.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is coming under mounting pressure over the decision to launch a second strike against a suspected drug-smuggling boat in September.
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Chapter 2: What were the results of the recent Tennessee congressional race?
Hegseth spoke about the strike Tuesday, as NPR's Greg Myhre reports.
President Trump convened a cabinet meeting and Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth spoke about that operation on September 2nd. That's when the U.S. military hit a suspected drug boat. Nine people were killed and the boat was set aflame initially. Here's what Hegseth said. I watched that first strike live.
As you can imagine, at the Department of War, we've got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around. So I moved on to my next meeting.
So he was fully engaged when the initial attack took place and didn't remain around for what followed.
Excess said he didn't hear about the second strike ordered by Navy Admiral Mitch Bradley until later. Bradley is expected to meet with members of Congress this week. U.S. officials hunkered down over a draft peace proposal with their Russian counterparts in Moscow Tuesday.
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived with an amended version, as NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin likely will not sign any draft that has the Ukrainian green light, as the Kremlin has changed none of its maximalist demands. It wants Ukraine to give up territory Russia has been unable to take on the battlefield. We act in a heroic way, carefully.
Speaking to reporters, Putin blamed the Europeans for blocking peace, saying they had changed the draft proposal to make it unacceptable for Russia and would blame Russia if it fails. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking from Ireland, said Ukrainians need certainty and guarantees and that joining the EU would be a guarantee of certainty for the Ukrainian people.
Eleanor Beardsley in Pyar News, Kyiv.
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