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U.S. bombardment of Iran is accelerating, and Pierre's Quill Lawrence reports defense

officials also identified four of the six U.S. troops killed since Saturday.

At a Pentagon news conference, Heggset said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S. and Israel established control of the airspace over Iran. The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters. America is winning, decisively devastatingly and without mercy.

Heggset sidesteped a question about whether the U.S. is working with ethnic Kurdish rebel groups in northwestern Iran to further destabilize the Iranian regime. When asked if the U.S. has enough munitions to outlast Iran's missiles and drones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Cain said there are sufficient precision munitions for the matter at hand, but wouldn't go into detail citing operational security, Quill Lawrence and PR News.

The Senate may take a vote today on whether to begin limiting President Trump's war powers in Iran, Democrats have insisted the Trump seek permission from Congress as the

administration keeps offering different reasons for why it went to war against Iran in

the first place. Republicans are expected to block the resolution in many, say they agree with the President's actions. The midterm elections kicked off with primaries in three states yesterday, and appears to menacomont in our reports, something that used to be a strength might not be as much

of an advantage this year. Usually being an incumbent is a sure sign of job security in politics, but the Texas primary soft congressman Dan Crenshaw lose by double digits. Crenshaw is a conservative, but often wound up on the wrong side of some on the right. Long time Texas congressman Democrat Al-Drin is in a race that's too close to call

an redrawn district against a younger member of congress who only took office last month. A handful of others also woke up to close races that have not yet been decided. Each is facing unique challenges, but it's something to watch in a year when people are saying they're increasingly skeptical of politics and politicians, Domenico Machina and PR News, Washington.

Results are in from other closely watched races in the Texas Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Texas State Senator James Tolerico is defeated congresswoman Jasmine Crocket.

It's not clear yet who his Republican opponent will be?

No Republican candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote.

That means incumbent Texas Senator John Crenshaw will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a GOP runoff election in late May. The Senate races are said in North Carolina, former Governor Roy Cooper won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. He will face the former chair of the Republican National Committee, Michael Watley won the GOP Senate primary, incumbent North Carolina Republican

Senator Tom Tillis, has declined to seek reelection. You're listening to NPR. The Justice Department has reversed course it will now press forward with President Trump's attacks on four large law firms. Trump issued executive orders against the firms last year after they hired people who had

investigated him. Lower federal courts had sided with the law firms. They said Trump's executive orders were unconstitutional. The Justice Department had decided to drop its appeals, but yesterday the agency changed its mind.

It says it will appeal the decisions after all. Global sea levels could rise more than is currently expected because of climate change. What's according to a new study looking at how sea level is measured and beer is more in summer reports. As the climate gets hotter, oceans are rising.

That's because polar ice and glaciers are melting, and because the water itself expands as it gets warmer. A new study from Vahening and University in the Netherlands finds that scientific studies may be underestimating how much sea levels could rise. The researchers found the computer model scientists use start with a current sea level that's

about 10 inches too low on average.

If that's corrected, those same models would show as many as 130 million more people potentially

affected on coastlines if sea level rises by three feet. Lauren Summer and PR News. Some notable names of one primary elections in Texas, former Major League Baseball Player Mark Tashira won the Republican primary in Texas's 21st Congressional District and famed to Honosinger Bobby Polito won the Democratic primary in Texas's 15th Congressional District.

I'm Corvacolman and PR News in Washington.

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