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Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on the street.

Counterterrorism police are investigating.

Pop star Taylor Swift is making legal moves to protect her voice and image.

NPR's Netta Ulaby reports this reflects growing concern from entertainers about AI-generated content.

California regulators have apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as part of a settlement it reached this week with a billionaire entrepreneur.

The state concedes members of the Coastal Commission improperly commented on Musk's political beliefs during a 2024 hearing on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch program.

The commission opposed expanding the launch schedule for Falcon 9 rockets.

SpaceX said it was a victim of political discrimination and sued.

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The Pentagon says the cost of the war with Iran so far is $25 billion.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testified today on Capitol Hill.

The Federal Reserve has voted to hold interest rates steady as the war with Iran continues to drive up energy prices.

The rate-setting meeting was likely the last one that Jerome Powell will preside over as Fed chairman.

This morning, the Senate Banking Committee endorsed President Trump's nominee, Kevin Warsh, to take over as head of the central bank when Powell's term expires next month.

Former FBI Director James Comey made a brief court appearance today in the Washington, D.C.

area after he was indicted in North Carolina on charges that he made an online threat on President Trump's life.

The Justice Department is homing in on Comey's social media post last year involving seashells arranged in the numbers 8647.

As the DOJ describes it, 86 is slang for rejecting or eliminating, and 47 a reference to Trump as the 47th president.

Comey says he did not know the image could be interpreted as a call to violence.