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U.S. officials are dissatisfied with Israel strikes on Iranian oil facilities over the
weekend, sources tell NPR.
“It is the first time in the war Israel has openly attacks civilian industrial infrastructure”
in Iran. NPR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv." Israeli air strikes hit an oil depot and a refinery in Tehran, sending fiery pillars and black smoke into the sky and causing oily rain drops to fall onto the city. Israel said Iran's military was using the oil to fuel its missile launches at Israel.
U.S. officials were displeased with the extent of the damage that's according to a person briefed on the matter not authorized to speak publicly. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham also expressed dissatisfaction.
He tweeted at Israel to be cautious about its targets.
He said Iran's oil economy will be needed when Iran's regime collapses. Daniel Estrin NPR News Tel Aviv. Today the State Department held a flag ceremony in observance of U.S. hostage and wrongful detainee day. Secretary Marco Rubio opened his remarks with a somber reminder that in waging war against
Iran, the U.S. is targeting the world's leading hostage taker.
“"The goals of this mission are clear and it's important to continue to remind the American”
people of why it is that the greatest military and history of the world is engaged in this operation. It is to destroy the ability of this regime to launch missiles, both by destroying their
missiles and their launchers, destroy the factories that make these missiles and destroy
their Navy." Independent researchers are suing the Department of State and Homeland Security over a policy to deny visas to or deport non-citizens who work on or study certain things namely online trust and safety, fact checking and other activities that the administration deemed censorship and PR Shannon Bond reports a lawsuit alleges the administration is chilling
free speech. The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of trying to silence people whose work supports online content moderation, arguing that amounts to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. The State Department says it's restricting visas for those that says are "complicit censoring Americans."
In December, it banned five Europeans from entering the U.S. including a former EU tech regulator and advocates who worked to curb online harms. The government also threatened to deport one who is a permanent U.S. resident. The lawsuit says that's having a chilling effect on independent research into internet platforms, Shannon Bond's and PR News.
Anthropics suing the administration for alleged retaliation over the company's position on artificial intelligence security and filed two federal lawsuits today. Last week, the Defense Department cited national security concerns in designating Anthropics apply chain risk, as after Anthropics CEO declined to allow the company's clot AI model be used for autonomous weapons or surveillance of Americans.
You're listening to NPR News. Your city police commissioner Jessica Tish says authorities are investigating whether an incident during counter protest outside New York City's mayoral residence over the weekend was inspired by ISIS. Tish says men brought improvised explosive devices that were hurled during a Saturday demonstration
led by far-right activist Jake Lang. Tish says the devices did not explode. Two people were taken in a custody, but were not charged yet. The federal government released new dietary guidelines in January that turned the food pyramid on its head.
Those guidelines are also used to set school nutrition standards. PPR's Kate Mills reports a school nutrition association is worried those standards affecting students could also change. The new guidelines encourage Americans to consume more animal products like red meat and full fat dairy.
They also push for fewer processed foods, but many school cafeterias around the country rely on heavily processed heat and serve meals. Moving away from those foods would likely require schools do more scratch cooking. May and Pratt Havner is a spokesperson for the school nutrition association. They simply do not have the money, the staff, the equipment to be able to prepare all
of their meals from scratch. She said schools would quote "absolutely need more funding."
“Should the federal government propose stricter school nutrition standards?”
Kate and Mills and PR News. The Dow's down 443 points are nearly 1%. I'm Lakshmi saying NPR News in Washington.
