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despite bashing the voting method as a source of fraud and pushing Congress to curtail the practice.

A jury in New Mexico has found that Facebook parent company Meta failed to warn users about the dangers of its platforms to children.

NPR's Shannon Bond reports.

Investors are still deliberating a similar case in Los Angeles.

A plaintiff argues that the platforms operated by Meta and YouTube were designed to be addictive, especially for young users.

TikTok and Snap each settled before the trial began.

Oil prices have eased.

The international standard Brent crude is down nearly 4% to around $96 per barrel.

And the financial markets in Asia advanced today after President Trump spoke of negotiations with Iran.

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Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing to deploy to the Middle East, as could signal an escalation in possible use of ground troops in the war with Iran, as NPR's Quill Lawrence reports.

Word of the deployment follows President Trump's remarks in the Oval Office Tuesday that the U.S.

is in talks with Iran to end the fighting.

But Iran is again denying any negotiations in a pre-recorded video on state television Wednesday.

An Iranian military spokesman said the U.S.

is negotiating with itself.

A bid reports the Trump administration has sent Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan through intermediaries.

ICE is leasing and buying warehouses across the country to retrofit them into immigrant detention centers.

But there's widespread outcry as the agency pushes forward without consulting local officials.