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Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war cost at $25 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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The House on Wednesday passed a three-year extension of Section 702 of FISA — the government's warrantless surveillance authority — after weeks of internal GOP negotiations. - But the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, where lawmakers in both parties oppose a House-added ban on a central bank digital currency. Why it matters: Section 702 is set to expire at midnight Thursday, raising the prospect of a lapse in a key national security tool if Congress can't reach a deal. - Wednesday evening's vote was 235-191, with bipartisan opposition. - House GOP leaders tacked on the CBDC ban to win over conservative holdouts who had pushed for broader surveillance reforms. - The addition is a nonstarter in the Senate. Majority Leader John…
Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push the measure through the House, but it faces changes in the Senate that could delay its final passage past a Friday expiration.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the country.
A couple of dog owners in Michigan found the solution to getting their dog Franklin to take his medicine — a mouthful of whipped cream.
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A crisis pregnancy group had asked the justices to allow it to sue in federal court over a demand for donor information by New Jersey officials.
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Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.
The three octogenarian nuns, who made headlines last year after they broke back into their convent, joined others at St. Peter's Square for a general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning.
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The continent, which is warming faster than the global average, saw wildfires, floods and a sub-Arctic heat wave, the European State of the Climate report said.
President Trump wants Americans going into space to be a part of his legacy, even as he has proposed cutting NASA’s education, research and diversity programs.
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