Ryland Barton

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President Trump told Republican lawmakers a short time ago that the war in the Middle East won't last long.

His comments come after oil and gas prices fluctuated wildly in recent days, sending financial markets reeling because of the conflict.

Today, the price of oil whipped from nearly $120 a barrel, the highest since 2022, to back down below $90.

Meanwhile, Iran is signaling that it's prepared for a long war with the U.S.

and its allies as the conflict stretches into a 10th day.

Kamal Karazi, a foreign policy advisor to the Office of Iran's Supreme Leader, told CNN the country is ruling out diplomacy for now.

Karazi says Gulf Arab countries and other U.S.

allies need to pressure the U.S.

into ending the war.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's sent drone teams to the Middle East to help the U.S.

and its allies combat the drone weapons being fired by Iran.

As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, Ukraine has become a world leader in this type of warfare after being invaded by Russia.

Anthropic is suing the Trump administration.

The AI company wants the Pentagon to reverse its decision, designating it as a supply chain risk.

over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology.

The Pentagon made the formal designation last week after an unusually public dispute over how Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude could be used in warfare.

The Trump administration is criticizing lower courts that slowed its efforts to strip legal protections from many foreign nationals.

It's asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for moves that could expose thousands more people to deportation