WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 3-5-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: March 5, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. On Capitol Hill. On this, the ayes are 47. The nays are 53. The motion to discharge is not approved. The Senate on Wednesday rejected an effort by Democrats to halt the military action against Iran. The Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asserts that the White House lacks a clear goal or an exit strategy in Iran. Wars without clear objectives do not remain small.

They get bigger, bloodier, longer, and more expensive. But Republicans accused Democrats. of putting politics first in their opposition to the mission, Majority Leader John Thune. And their blind hatred of the president just being opposed to anything that he wants to do. I mean, clearly there are Democrats, I believe, who understand that what we're doing in Iran right now makes all the sense in the world from a national security standpoint. Democrats claim that the president acted illegally by ordering the operation without prior approval from Congress. But the White House says the president is in full compliance with the 1973 war powers resolution,

granting him this authority. Still no winner in a big Texas primary election, World's Kristen Flavin reports. Voters went to the polls in primary elections in several states on Tuesday. Most of the outcomes were clear within hours, but in Texas, one big U.S. Senate race remained too close to call as of early this morning. With about 98% of the votes counted, incumbent GOP Senator John Cornyn held a narrow edge over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

One day earlier in North Carolina, former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Watley both secured primary victories as they prepared to face off for a U.S. Senate seat in November. For World, I'm Kristen Flavin. It now appears that neither Texas candidate will receive at least 50% of the vote, meaning that Cornyn and Paxton will advance to a May 26th runoff election. The House Oversight Committee met Wednesday to Grill Minnesota official, about rampant Medicaid fraud in the state, Chairman James Comer. What we've uncovered in Minnesota is not a paperwork error or a few bad actors slipping

through the cracks. It is sustained failure of leadership. Republicans picked apart statements from Governor Tim Walls and State Attorney General Keith Ellison, both Democrats, about their efforts to investigate misused welfare funds. For his part, Walls defended the state's decision to continue payments for autism support in food programs despite reports of fraud. We're not going to shut down programs that have things that are going well in it, and we need to find that proper balance. On a separate matter, the committee wrapped up by voting to subpoena U.S. Attorney General

Pam Bondi for mixed messages the panel says she has sent about handling the Epstein files. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit worldradiot news. Additional support comes from Waters Edge, competitive rates, and supporting churches. 4.55% APY on a 13-month term investment, watersedge.com slash invest.