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Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It demonstrated early GOP support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy. In Senate debate Wednesday, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer implored fellow senators to ask themselves if they stand with Americans “exhausted with forever wars” or with a president and defense secretary set to “bumble us headfirst” into another one. Sen. John Barrasso is second in Senate Republican leadership and said Democrats would rather obstruct Trump than “obliterate Iran’s national nuclear program.” Read moreSenate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict

Schools participating in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments could face fines starting at $10,000 if they fail to submit player availability reports as required for the first time this year. Player availability reports are intended in part to combat betting-related pressure, so… Read moreNCAA Tournament teams face fines starting at $10K if they fail to file player availability report

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Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It demonstrated early GOP support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy. In Senate debate Wednesday, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer implor… Read moreSenate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict

State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas' closely watched Democratic Senate primary. He'll face the winner of a May runoff for the Republican nomination between Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn and Paxton were the top finishers in… Read moreTalarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff

Elon Musk took the stand in a shareholder trial Wednesday in San Francisco, where he’s accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter’s stock price before he bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022. The lawsuit was filed in October 2022 on behalf o… Read moreElon Musk takes stand in Twitter shareholder trial accusing him of deflating stock before purchase