>> Live from MMPR news, I'm Jial Snyder, with the conflict in the Middle East...
a six-day and effort to rain in President Trump's authority to wage war failed on Capitol
Hill.
“Senate Republicans blocked a war power's resolution Wednesday in Piers-Claude, Grisales.”
>> Largely, along partisan lines, the vote failed by 47253. We only saw one Republican joined most Democrats to vote "yes" on this measure that was Rand Paul of Kentucky. He's been a co-sponsor on several of these resolutions, and Democrats also saw a defection as Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman agreed with most Republicans voting the measure
down. >> The House's to vote on its own war powers resolution later today. Iran's former minister is warning that the U.S. will bitterly regret the sinking of an
Iranian frigate in international waters off Sri Lanka, saying in a social media post that
the U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea. Defense Secretary Pete Heggsess said Wednesday, the ship was sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine dozens of Iranian sailors were killed. U.S. Secretary of the Interior is in Venezuela discussing a rare earth minerals deal with the government.
“And Piers-Ader portal reports it's another sign of re-engagement following the U.S. capture”
President Nicolás Maduro. >> And as well as caretaker president, does he know that he has received interior secretary Doug Bergham with smiles, and the talk was all about Venezuela's rich subsoil. Venezuela is a rich, rich country filled with both oil and gas resources, but also rich in critical minerals.
>> Last month, it was the U.S. Energy Secretary pushing for oil deals with Venezuela.
Now Bergham brought along more than two dozen critical mineral executives, who he said were
ready to invest in Venezuela. For the U.S. said she was willing to fast-track legislation that would allow exploration, China dominates a vast majority of rare earth processing, and the U.S. sees tapping into Venezuela's resources as a way to disrupt that dominance. It'll prompt up in Piers-Ader news, Karakas.
>> Elon Musk is expected to be back at a San Francisco court today for a civil trial.
“Former Twitter investors accused him of fraudulently scheming to depress the company's stock”
price, as he moved to buy the social media company back in 2022. >> Saro Sainy, a member station KQED reports. >> On the stand Wednesday, Musk downplayed any potential impact of public statements he made that some investors say inspired them to prematurely sell their stock. And one tweet, Musk said the deal was temporarily on hold.
In others, he criticized Twitter's analysis of spam bots. Plaintiffs argue he was motivated by a dip in Tesla's worth. Money he intended to use to buy Twitter. Musk said his tweets were simply about speaking his mind, not swaying stock prices, adding that those investors who held onto their shares did well in the end.
For MPR News, I'm Sarah Hussainy. >> This is MPR. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Narona has released findings from a multi-year investigation into the Catholic diocese of Providence. The findings release Wednesday show an estimated 75 priests abuse more than 300 children
since 1950, and that diocesan leaders often moved accused of priest minimized scandal, and largely avoided contacting law enforcement. The church disputes the reports conclusions and says abuse is not ongoing. Three priests Narona's office has charged our waiting trial of 4th died after being deemed incompetent to stand trial in 2022.
The photographer credited with shooting a famous image during the Vietnam War as filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix impairs Mandalee Dobarco reports. >> Associated Press photographer Nick, when a Pulitzer Prize for his shot of a naked girl running without stretched arms after her Vietnamese village was bombed in 1972, titled "The Terror of War," it was one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War.
Last year, Netflix aired the stringer, a documentary that questioned whether it really shot the so-called "Nay Palm Girl" image, filmmaker Gary Knight suggested a photo-credit should have gone to a freelance photographer in Vietnam. It maintains that claim is false, and his attorney's S. Netflix not to distribute the film.
Now they filed a criminal defamation lawsuit in France, where Netflix distributed and promoted the documentary, and where the film's production house is based. It says the documentary has damaged his reputation and brought shame upon him. >> This message comes from wise, the app for international people using money around the globe.
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