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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has lost his bid for a third term in the U.S. Senate.

The Republican had faced backlash from his party after voting to convict President Trump during his second impeachment trial.

The Gulf State Newsroom Drew Hawkins reports.

Cassidy finished third in Saturday's Republican primary behind Congresswoman Julia Letlow,

who was endorsed by President Trump and state treasurer John Fleming.

They now advanced to a runoff next month.

In his concession speech, Cassidy referenced Trump's repeated false claims about the 2020 election.

And when you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you wanted to.

But you don't pout, you don't whine, you don't claim the election was stolen.

Cassidy thanked voters for what he called the privilege of serving Louisiana.

For NPR News, I'm Drew Hawkins in New Orleans.

President Trump's request for money for ballroom security has been dealt a setback.

A nonpartisan Senate referee said the billion dollars requested for the Secret Service tied to the ballroom project

breaks a budget bill rule and can't move forward for now.

NPR's Eric McDaniel reports. It's a fun name for an

arcane process, the Senate bird bath. That's B.Y.R.D. The Senate parliamentarian has combed through

the $75 billion immigration and customs enforcement funding bill to make sure all of its

provisions are okay under the bird rule named for a a former senator, that let some budget bills

slide through the Senate with a simple majority vote rather than the usual 60-vote threshold.

As it's written now, secret service funding to secure President Trump's ballroom project

didn't make the cut. But that's good news for some Republicans who don't want to spend

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