NPR News: 06-25-2026 5AM EDT

Dave Mattingly· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. Authorities in Venezuela are reporting more than thirty deaths and widespread destruction from a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck the country yesterday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake had a magnitude of seven point two. That was followed about a minute later by a stronger seven point five earthquake. The country's acting president says dozens of buildings collapsed north of Caracas. Reporter Maria Graterol is in Caracas.

Maria Graterol0:33

We see people out in the streets. They are, like, in groups with their families, with their pets, cats, and, well, they are basically waiting outside the buildings and outside their houses. Um, they are covered with some sweaters. They have some blankets, and they, they are just, you know, like, trying to, to, to wait for something because they cannot really enter their houses.

Dave Mattingly· Host0:59

That's reporter Maria Graterol in Venezuela's capital. A day after passing a war powers resolution on Iran, the Senate rejected a similar measure. The late-night vote was fifty to forty-seven, with one GOP lawmaker, Rand Paul of Kentucky, voting present. The vote came hours after President Trump went to Capitol Hill and criticized senators in his party for supporting Tuesday's resolution, denouncing the lawmakers as losers. Afterwards, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana