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The White House's telling Congress that the Iran War has ended, even though U.S. armed forces are still in the region.
“The message effectively skirts the May 1st legal deadline to gain approval from Congress”
to continue the war. That deadline was already set to pass without action from Republican lawmakers who are deferring to the president. Trump told reporters today he's not getting along with Iran's leadership. Trump made it clear in the letter that the war may be far from over.
Major tech companies, including Amazon and NVIDIA, are set to expand their classified military work as NPR's Bobby Allen reports. The Trump administration announced new deals to tap leading Silicon Valley firms for battlefield operations. Starting on official say Microsoft Amazon Google, open AI, and other companies will soon make
the U.S. military an AI-first fighting force.
The Pentagon's new deals mean cutting-edge AI tools will be used to generate target lists for military strikes and to analyze data before deploying lethal weapons. The deals come as anthropic refuses to let the defense department use its technology for things like mass surveillance and autonomous drones. Anthropics pushback has led till litigation and President Trump ordering the federal government
to cut ties with the company. Trump officials are hoping the new deals with Silicon Valley's biggest players will lead to a compromise from Anthropic, which did not return a request for comment. Bobby Allen and PR news. Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical company behind the U.S. government, blamed by U.S. government
officials for fueling the deadly U.S. opioid crisis shut down today. The maker of OxyContin ceased to exist as part of a bankruptcy settlement valued at more than $7.4 billion. PR's a Brian Mann reports. Purdue Pharma marketed OxyContin aggressively in ways that company later admitted were
criminal pleading guilty to federal charges twice. As part of the bankruptcy settlement, the firm's longtime owners, members of the Sackler family, will now lose all ownership and control. In a statement New York State Attorney General, Titia James, said that the company that put profits over people is now shut down forever.
Purdue Pharma's operations have been reorganized into a new nonprofit called NOAA Pharma. NOAA will operate under close government oversight and is barred from lobbying activities.
The Sacklers, who have never admitted wrongdoing, are expected to make their first settlement
installment payment of $1.5 billion before the end of this year. Brian Mann and PR news. A former Republican congressman and close friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been
“convicted in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela's”
socialist government during the first Trump administration. Acturers found David Rivera-Gilty on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of his work for former President Nicolas Maduro's government. This is NPR News from Washington.
President Trump says he's still considering a taxpayer-funded takeover of spirit airlines. Trump didn't offer any details about what he was considering, but said he'd like to save jobs at the airline, which has filed for bankruptcy twice in two years. Trump said his administration gave spirit a final proposal and would make an announcement in the coming days.
Safety measures have been ramped up across a Louisville for Tomara's Kentucky Derby, Karen Zarr, with member-sacient W. UK Y reports. The Kentucky Derby typically draws more than 150,000 racing fans to Churchill Downs, making it one of the largest single-day sporting events in the world. Governor Andy Beshear said officials have implemented a multi-layered security plan at the
race track. Having been behind the curtain, the level of security at the Kentucky Derby is really significant, is state-of-the-art, and involves all levels of government, including the federal government. Owners, staff and fans will pass through security screenings and metal detectors and can expect an increased police presence, including patrols on horseback.
More NPR news, I'm Karen Zarr, in Lexington. A young Southern Sea, odd-or-named ray has become a surrogate mother to an orphaned pup sunny at the aquarium of the Pacific and Long Beach, California. They arrived last month through a surrogacy program that it runs with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The program pairs maternal-age female otters with motherless pups to help them survive.
“Ray once stranded herself is now teaching sunny essential skills, though neither can return”
to the wild.
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