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and Israel have announced an attack against Iran, and Israel is preparing for retaliation from that country, as NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.

President Trump Friday ordered all government agencies to stop using Anthropix AI technology, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it's designating the company as a supply chain risk, which could prevent military vendors from working with it.

Empire's Jeff Brumfield says the action came after Anthropix expressed concern about how its AI might be used.

OpenAI, meanwhile, says it now has a deal for its AI to be used by the Pentagon.

Stock of the financial technology company Block has risen more than 20 percent in after-hours trading.

After the company's CEO announced he was laying off 4,000 of Block's 10,000 employees, Jack Dorsey says using AI, the company can now do more and do it more efficiently.

Former President Bill Clinton wrapped up more than six hours of testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee Friday.

The committee is investigating Jeffrey Epstein.

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A new federal study shows coal-fired power plants released more air pollution last year than in the past.

NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports that the Trump administration explicitly allowed pollution from the plants to increase.

Fighting is underway between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

For months, Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of harboring militants who attack western regions of Pakistan.

Late Thursday, Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack.

Pakistan then carried out airstrikes on Kabul and two other Afghan provinces on Friday.

Pakistan is one of just nine countries known to have a nuclear weapons arsenal.

FIFA officials are heading to Mexico soon to determine whether that country can safely host World Cup games this summer.

Mexico was recently wracked with violence following the shooting death of a major drug cartel leader there.