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Congress deadlocked over President Trump’s Iran campaign after the House failed to advance a war-powers resolution, while Walmart promised lower prices as consumers pull back spending.

The USS Nimitz entered the Caribbean during a growing Cuba standoff, Eli Lilly posted major obesity-drug results, and SpaceX prepared for a critical Starship test flight. Violence also spread from Mali to DR Congo as global tensions continued rising.

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A House resolution to force Trump out of its 13-week war with Iran fell on a 212-212 tie Thursday afternoon, the third time the chamber has refused to invoke the War Powers Act on the conflict. Republicans Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Tom Barrett crossed the aisle but could not overcome a wall of Trump-aligned holdouts.

The defeat shifts the constitutional fight back to the Senate, which advanced its own version Tuesday with four Republican defections. The next House test could land before Memorial Day if Iran's response to the latest US proposal slips past Trump's Sunday window.

Walmart on Thursday told investors it will plow incoming federal tariff refunds back into lower shelf prices as gas-pinched shoppers fill up with fewer than ten gallons for the first time since 2022. CFO John David Rainey said "the single best return on a dollar of capital" right now is investing in price.

The retailer's Q1 sales topped estimates, but Walmart's stock tumbled more than 6 percent on the call's warning of a "more budget-conscious" low-income consumer. The pledge is the loudest signal yet that the post-Supreme-Court tariff refunds will hit US shoppers rather than corporate margins.

USS Nimitz and its escort destroyer and replenishment oiler entered the southern Caribbean on Wednesday in a deployment Trump framed as a humanitarian show while Havana promised "fierce resistance." US Southern Command called the carrier group a symbol of "preparedness and presence" off the Cuban coast.

The deployment lands the same day the Justice Department unsealed murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro and Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged $100 million in food and medicine to the island. Washington has hit Cuba with 240-plus sanctions since January and the regime says Russian and Iranian drones are now positioned at Guantanamo Bay's perimeter.

Jihadists burned dozens of vehicles while enforcing a blockade in Mali ahead of the Eid holiday. Escalating violence is worsening food shortages, transport disruptions and security fears across the region.

French President Emmanuel Macron said France must confront the question of reparations tied to the slave trade. Renewed debate over colonial history could increase political pressure across Europe and former Caribbean territories.

An angry crowd set fire to Ebola hospital tents in eastern DR Congo after fears spread around treatment efforts. Violence against health workers could slow containment efforts and raise the risk of wider transmission.

The Supreme Court let stand a ruling blocking Alabama from executing Joseph Clifton Smith after courts found he is likely intellectually disabled. The decision keeps constitutional protections against executing intellectually disabled defendants in place.

Colorado state Democratic Party delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to censure Governor Jared Polis over his decision to halve the prison sentence of election-denier Tina Peters. Nearly 90 percent of central-committee delegates backed the rebuke, barring Polis from speaking at party-sponsored events.

The Sandy Fire on Thursday morning pushed past 2,100 acres in Ventura County and remains only 22 percent contained, with 17,000 residents still under evacuation. Cal Fire crews are guarding the line above Wood Ranch as Santa Ana gusts return overnight.

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Arm Holdings shares jumped after renewed AI optimism boosted chipmakers and semiconductor suppliers. Investors continue betting that demand for AI infrastructure and data centers will keep lifting technology stocks this year.

Smart-ring maker Oura Health on Thursday confidentially filed for a US IPO with Goldman, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Allen, and Jefferies lined up to run the deal. Oura was valued at $11 billion in October and is on track to top five million paid members this quarter.

Britain’s government faced renewed pressure over borrowing costs as debate grew around bond market influence. Questions over the Bank of England’s role could shape future tax, spending and interest-rate decisions.

Eli Lilly on Thursday said its next-generation obesity shot retatrutide cut average body weight 28.3 percent at the highest dose over 80 weeks, with 45 percent of patients losing at least 30 percent. The triple-agonist drug now positions Lilly to chase Novo Nordisk in the GLP-1 race with bariatric-surgery-level outcomes.

Researchers found that heavy junk food consumption during childhood may permanently affect brain development and behavior. Early eating habits could shape long-term memory, learning and impulse control.

Oura's confidential filing on Thursday afternoon puts the smart-ring leader on track to join SpaceX and OpenAI in this fall's tech listing wave. The Finnish company is on track for roughly $1.5 billion in 2026 sales as wearable health adoption broadens past wrist-worn trackers.

The Knicks will tip off Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 against Cleveland on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden, hunting a 2-0 series lead. Jalen Brunson's 38 points led New York's comeback from 22 down in Game 1.

Carolina will host Montreal Thursday in NHL Eastern Conference Final Game 1 at Lenovo Center, with the Hurricanes 8-0 in the playoffs at home. The Canadiens arrive after back-to-back Game 7 wins over Toronto and Florida.

ESPN's live scoreboard for the Thursday-night Canadiens-Hurricanes Game 1 tips at 8 p.m. ET on TNT. The series opener brackets a packed Thursday night that also includes Knicks-Cavaliers Game 2 in New York.

Networks and cable channels expanded their list of canceled TV series as streaming competition reshaped programming budgets. Entertainment companies are focusing more heavily on franchise hits and lower-cost productions.

The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday morning called Rami Malek's turn in the Cannes premiere of "The Man I Love" his most disciplined performance since Bohemian Rhapsody. The festival drama centers on a New Orleans pianist navigating mid-century Jim Crow segregation.

Netflix will begin streaming “The Breakfast Club” live as the platform deepens its move into real-time programming. Streaming companies are increasingly betting on live content to compete for advertising dollars and audience attention.

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SpaceX prepared to launch the first Starship V3 test flight with upgrades designed to improve payload capacity, engine reliability and long-range performance for missions beyond Earth orbit. Success would move the company closer to operating a fully reusable transportation system capable of lowering launch costs for satellites, cargo deliveries and future astronaut missions to the moon and eventually Mars.

Earlier Starship flights produced both engineering breakthroughs and dramatic failures during ascent, booster separation and atmospheric reentry as SpaceX rapidly tested new hardware under real flight conditions. Engineers are now trying to prove that redesigned fuel systems, stronger heat shielding, upgraded engines and revised flight software can survive repeated launches without major structural failures slowing development timelines again.

NASA remains closely tied to Starship because the spacecraft is expected to support Artemis missions aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface later this decade after more than 50 years. Delays or another high-profile failure could complicate broader moon-landing schedules, increase pressure on backup contractors and raise questions about how quickly governments can expand human activity beyond low Earth orbit.

Commercial competition is also intensifying as governments, satellite operators and defense agencies race to secure cheaper access to orbit for communications, military systems and scientific research missions. SpaceX now faces growing expectations to show that Starship can evolve from an experimental project into a dependable transportation platform capable of reshaping the economics of global spaceflight for businesses, researchers and future deep-space exploration programs.

- A Kansas City Topeka veterinary clinic is hosting a tortoise convalescing from a backyard pond rescue and asking the public to please not call asking how to date a giant African Sulcata.

- A New York commuter caught a black bear cub riding the Croton-Harmon Metro-North platform escalator three times in a row before transit officers gently coaxed it back to the parking lot tree line.

- A Manitoba farmer celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary discovered a rare 1936 Canadian dot penny tucked inside the back of his late grandfather's pocket watch worth roughly $215,000 at auction.

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