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Anthropic is the maker of the chatbot Claude, which is used in classified military networks, but the company has refused to allow its technology to be used for lethal attacks or mass surveillance.

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Waymo is sending its robo-taxis to four more cities in Texas and Florida, expanding the territory covered by its fleet of self-driving cars to 10 major metropolitan markets.

The move into Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando, Florida, widens Waymo's early lead in autonomous driving, while rival services from Tesla and Amazon are still testing their robo-taxis in a few cities.

Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez is under pressure from fellow Republicans to resign following a report alleging an affair with a former staffer who later took her own life.

Gonzalez has denied the allegation.

Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies has more.

Chicagoans took a jab at President Trump choosing to name a snowplow Abolish Ice in a contest.

Trump sent ICE officers into the city during a crackdown last year.

They arrested more than 4,000 people and clashed with protesters.

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A federal lawsuit in Maine alleges federal immigration agents are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who record them.

NPR's Jude Jaffe Block reports the lawsuit accuses the Department of Homeland Security of violating the First Amendment.

President Trump honored Lakin Riley at the White House today and signed a proclamation declaring February 22nd as Angel Family Day.

Riley was a nursing student who was killed two years ago by a Venezuelan national who was in the U.S.

illegally.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.