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In a statement, she says she's grateful doctors detected the cancer early and that she'll continue in her role at the White House as she undergoes treatment.
The 68-year-old didn't offer more details about the treatment, but President Trump praised her, saying she's an amazing fighter.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers women face, and the American Cancer Society estimates more than 321,000 women will be diagnosed this year.
Extreme weather alerts span the U.S.
from near-record heat in the west to twisters in the east and mid-Atlantic to blizzards in the Midwest.
Rick Brewer of member station WCWMU is in Michigan, where heavy ice and heavy snow have forced snow plows off some roads.
Wall Street was higher by the closing bell.
I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas is urging Iran to stop attacking its Gulf neighbors.
It's a rare plea by Iran's key ally, and the first time Hamas has weighed in on Iran's actions during the war.
There have been three separate attacks in the U.S.
in the last week, one at a synagogue in suburban Detroit, another at Old Dominion University in Virginia, and an attempted attack on anti-Muslim protesters in New York.
They're being called political violence and two are being investigated as acts of terrorism.
This as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran continues, providing a new opening that foreign terrorist groups may be exploiting, including calls for violence from Iran and from its proxies.
NPR's Odette Youssef says people answering these calls are doing it quicker than ever online.