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Amid uncertainty about talks between the U.S.

and Iran, the Trump administration is moving more troops to the Middle East.

A contingent of Marines on their way to the region and paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing for deployment, as NPR's Tom Bowman reports.

President Trump repeated Wednesday that Iran is interested in cutting a deal, but Iran has dismissed a ceasefire plan.

And Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakhchi said on state television that Iran has no intention of negotiating for now.

As a war in Iran led by the U.S.

and Israel nears a one-month mark, conservatives across the country are gathering at CPAC.

The conservative convention is being held near Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas.

The Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey has more.

The White House is poised to miss a deadline for naming a new leader at the nation's top public health agency.

And Pierce Ping Huang reports that leaves the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an unusual position.

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Big Tech has lost its second case over social media harm in two days.

In Los Angeles, a jury Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction trial and awarded a 20-year-old woman $6 million.

In New Mexico on Tuesday, a jury imposed a $375 million civil penalty on Meta, finding that Meta knowingly harmed the mental health of children.

and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation.

Today is the first of nine equal paydays throughout the year.

This symbolic day marks how far into the new year women have to work in order to make what men earned the previous year.