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Two key special elections will be held in heavily Republican districts in Florida tomorrow to replace former Congressman Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz. And with a slim majority in Congress, Republicans are worried about the races.
Democrats running for the seats have raised a lot of money for their campaigns. NPR's Greg Allen has more.
Democrats had other wins in special elections last month in Pennsylvania's legislature that gives them hope that there could be something like a rising blue tide. Republicans, including President Trump, are worried about losing, though, their narrow majority in Congress.
And that's why Trump pulled Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador last week. Every seat in Congress and every special election to fill is going to be very important in the months ahead.
And Pierce Greg Allen reporting from Miami. New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker has launched a protest against President Trump's agenda from the Senate floor.
NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports he vows his speech could last all night long. Booker began speaking on the Senate floor around 7 p.m.
local time and said he would remain there for as long as he could to use the platform to highlight his opposition to Republican policies. He stood and declared his intention to, in his words, get in some good trouble.
I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able. Booker's extended speech is not likely to delay any legislation and is not technically a filibuster.
He'll read letters he's received from constituents, worried about possible cuts to programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Senators from both parties have used similar tactics to draw attention to issues, even when they were unable to stop Senate votes.
Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, The Capitol. Federal immigration authorities have arrested two students attending college in Minnesota.
As Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports, authorities have released little information about either arrest. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a University of Minnesota international graduate student Thursday at an off-campus home in the Minneapolis area.
Then on Friday, agents arrested another student who attends Minnesota State University in Mankato. The students' names have not been released, and officials at both schools say they were not informed ahead of either arrest.
In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said the arrest of the University of Minnesota student was, quote, not related to student protests, but for a criminal history of impaired driving. DHS's claim about the student has not been independently verified.
For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis. Wall Street ended the day in mixed territory.
The Dow up 417 points. That's up 1 percent.
The Nasdaq down 23 points. The S&P 500 up 30.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. NASA's two astronauts, Butch Wilmer and Suni Williams, who got stuck on the International Space Station for nine months in what they thought would be about a week-long stay, say they're happy to be back on Earth, and they were surprised at the intense focus on their mission.
They were the first crewed test flight of the Boeing Starliner capsule, but the trip was extended when the craft had problems with the thrusters during the docking process. They arrived home about two weeks ago on SpaceX, and at a news briefing today, they said they would fly on the Starliner once again.
TikTok is full of videos of people sharing personal symptoms that they say are connected to ADHD. NPR's Beverly McCoy reports on a study that looks at the accuracy of those videos.
A recent study in PLOS One had clinical psychologists rate the accuracy of 100 popular ADHD TikTok videos, and they found less than half of the claims made in these videos aligned with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a tool that mental health experts use to help diagnose and treat their patients. No video got a perfect score, the researchers said, and many lacked nuance.
Researchers warned that when people think they have ADHD based on these videos, it could prevent them from getting the help they need, since these symptoms could be rooted in other disorders, such as depression or anxiety. Instead, they suggest people see a therapist if they can, and always check the credentials of the TikTokers who are sharing medical advice.
Burleigh McCoy, NPR News. U.S.
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