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By Molly English, CNN

(CNN) — The number of Republicans leaving the US House of Representatives after this term has reached a historic high, deepening concern in the conference over the chamber’s already razor-thin margins.

Thirty-five House Republicans are now retiring or running for higher office. That’s the most since at least 1930, according to data from the Brookings Institution, and surpasses the previous record from 2018, a midterm cycle when Republicans lost a whopping 40 House seats. (Members who lost renomination, like Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, are not included in these numbers.)

Oklahoma Republican Rep. Kevin Hern became the 35th member of the GOP conference to announce his departure Wednesday, saying he would run for the US Senate.

Hern is hoping to fill Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s seat for a full term, should he be confirmed as homeland security secretary. A former businessman, Hern was first elected to the House in 2018 and is the first to jump into the race since Mullin was nominated.

“The American dream is under threat by the radical left and RINO Republicans who oppose President Trump’s America First agenda and want to turn the United States into a third world country,” Hern said in his announcement video.

“That’s why I’m running for U.S. Senate: to ensure President Trump has a loyal ally.”

House Republicans headed toward the exits had already made history this cycle.

There are 10 House Republicans running for governor this cycle, the most who have run from either party in the available data compiled by CNN dating back to 1974.

Hern’s announcement comes as Speaker Mike Johnson already needs near-unanimous support of his party to advance legislation, adding to what increasingly looks like a tough midterm environment for Republicans.

In total, 56 House members from both parties are retiring or running for other offices, still short of the overall record of 65 set in 1992. Sixteen of those members, including Hern, are running for Senate.

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Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español

La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de Hollywood informó el martes en un comunicado que el trío Huntr/X de la película “KPop Demon Hunters” y la leyenda del blues Buddy Guy, de la cinta “Sinners”, cantarán este domingo en la gala de la edición 98 de los premios Oscar.

Los productores ejecutivos de la ceremonia, Raj Kapoor y Katy Mullan, dijeron en el comunicado: “Este año, nuestras presentaciones musicales están inspiradas en dos de los fenómenos culturales más poderosos del cine: ‘Sinners’, la película más nominada en la historia de los Oscar, y ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, una sensación de la cultura pop global. Estos momentos del espectáculo son más que simples actuaciones: se convierten en homenajes cinematográficos que celebran la relación entre la música y la narración”.

La sección dedicada a “KPop Demon Hunters” se iniciará con una fusión de instrumentos tradicionales coreanos y danza antes de dar paso a las cantantes Ejae, Audrey Nuna y Reri Ami —las voces reales de la agrupación Huntr/X en la película— para que interpreten el éxito “Golden”, la canción original nominada al premio Oscar.

El tributo a “Sinners” promete ser uno de los momentos cumbres de la gala, con la presentación en vivo en el Dolby Theatre de Los Ángeles del músico revelación de la película, Miles Caton, y el compositor Raphael Saadiq, nominado al premio Oscar, para interpretar la canción nominada “I Lied to You”. Y les acompañarán en escena la leyenda del blues Buddy Guy junto con Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey y Alice Smith.

Además, el espectáculo contará con la participación del cantante Josh Groban y el Coro Maestro de Los Ángeles.

Los productores Kapoor y Mullan informaron que en los próximos días anunciarán qué otros músicos participarán de la ceremonia.

El comediante Conan O’Brien será el presentador de la edición 98 de los premios Oscar, que se celebrará este domingo 15 de marzo en el Dolby Theatre de Los Ángeles, California.

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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN

(CNN) — Team USA is on the verge of one of the most embarrassing exits in World Baseball Classic history and, at this point, there’s nothing the Americans can do about it.

After a shocking 8-6 defeat to Italy on Tuesday, a game that saw the Americans fall behind 8-0 before trying to rally in the final innings, Team USA will be stuck watching Italy-Mexico on Wednesday night to determine whether a pre-tournament favorite can continue into the quarterfinals or if the squad is to make a shock tournament exit.

This American team was constructed with nothing less than winning in mind. Going out in pool play, for the first time in the tournament’s 20-year history, would be an incredible upset of a group that was thought to be baseball’s answer to the Dream Team.

Not only would it be shocking for the nation who called baseball “the national pastime” to be sent home before the knockout rounds, it would also mean arguably the tournament’s top team being eliminated and ending its attempt at avenging a loss to Japan in the 2023 final. The field would be wide open for teams like the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and defending champion Japan.

Beyond the play on the field, there are real questions over whether manager Mark DeRosa understood his team’s qualification status and purposely picked a weaker lineup against the Italians and Team USA went from tournament favorite to the verge of being a laughingstock in the span of about four hours on Tuesday.

Here’s what you need to know about Team USA’s current predicament and how the team can still keep its World Baseball Classic bid going.

Wait, the USA got beat by Italy?

So, let’s start with the results on the field. Yes, Team USA and its roster of stars like Aaron Judge were defeated by the Italian national team. But it’s not like these are some random guys who grew up tossing around a baseball among the olive trees of Tuscany.

The World Baseball Classic has incredibly loose rules on what allows a player to qualify to play for one of the national teams. That means that the Italian team is full of American-born players who have some connection to Italy through one of their parents, and most of them are playing in the major leagues.

Still, that 8-6 loss could have been much, much worse – it was 8-0 after five-and-a-half innings – and there might be a reason for that.

Why is Team USA’s manager being criticized?

Part of how that may have happened could be explained in a pre-game interview on MLB Network’s “Hot Stove” on Tuesday.

In the interview, DeRosa, Team USA’s manager, tells the hosts that he planned to give some of his players a rest in the game against Italy.

“I’m gonna get some guys off their feet, no question about it,” DeRosa said, before discussing his desire to start Paul Goldschmidt of the New York Yankees and Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles in Tuesday’s game.

But then he continues with a quote that has since