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The Trump administration has announced deals with pharmaceutical giants Norvo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower the costs for popular anti-obesity drugs.

NPR's Sydney Lupkin has more.

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Supreme Court has given President Trump the okay to require passport applicants to list their sex at birth without any accommodation for transgender individuals.

As NPR's Nina Totenberg reports, the decision overturns a lower court ruling that blocked implementation of the passport plan.

The Congressional Budget Office says it's been hit by a cyber attack partially disclosing government data to foreign actors.

A spokesperson for the agency says steps have been taken to contain the situation.

including adding new security controls.

Israel has carried out new airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing at least one person despite a U.S.

broker's ceasefire reached last year.

And PR's Jawad Rasala has details.

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For the second time in less than three months, Ukrainian drones have attacked a major oil refinery in southwest Russia, according to Ukraine's army's general staff.

The facility is the largest producer of fuel and lubricants in Russia's southern federal district.

and accounts for about 5% of the country's total refining capacity.

Officials in Moscow have not confirmed the report, although a local governor says drones started a fire at an unspecified facility in the same region.

2025 is on track to be the second or third hottest year on record.

The finding from the World Meteorological Organization's annual climate review comes as international climate negotiations begin in Brazil.

NPR's Alejandra Burunda has more.