Janine Herbst

That's followed by Michigan playing Arizona.

Those are both No.

1 seeds.

I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expanding the ground invasion in southern Lebanon.

NPR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv.

Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will provide air defense technologies to three Gulf nations that have been targeted by Iran in retaliatory strikes for the U.S.-Israeli war.

NPR's Joannika Kisses has more.

ICE officers could remain at airports even after TSA workers start getting paid again, according to White House Border Czar Tom Holman.

NPR's Jeff Brady reports TSA paychecks could resume as early as tomorrow, even though Congress hasn't allocated money for that.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

NASA is preparing to send four astronauts on a mission that could take them around the moon.

NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports officials say everything's on track for a launch attempt on Wednesday.

At the weekend box office, Amazon MGM's Project Hail Mary took the top spot again with an estimated $54 million in ticket sales.

The Phil Lord and Chris Miller sci-fi adventure dipped only 32 percent after notching the best non-franchise opening weekend since 2023's Oppenheimer.

The film, which cost $200 million to produce, has already grossed $300 million worldwide in just two weeks.

In second place, Disney Pixar's original Hoppers, with $12 million in its fourth weekend.

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