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Trump said the objective is to defend the American people by eliminating what he calls imminent threats from the Iranian regime.

A person briefed on the operation tells NPR that Israel targeted Iran's supreme leader and president trying to assassinate them.

Israel has declared a special state of emergency, saying retaliatory attacks are expected.

Sirens sounded across the region today as defense forces warned Israeli civilians to prepare for the possibility of incoming missile fire.

Iran's foreign ministry calls the airstrikes by the U.S.

and Israel a gross violation of Iran's national sovereignty.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports Tehran says it will respond decisively.

Jackie Northam, NPR News.

Iran's state broadcaster says Iranian missiles were launched at U.S.

military targets in four Arab Gulf states.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, says it struck a deal with the Pentagon for use of its artificial intelligence models.

The announcement comes after President Trump blacklisted OpenAI competitor Anthropic following a dispute with the Defense Department.

NPR's John Ruich has more.

This is NPR News in Washington.

A U.S.

civil rights agency says the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decided against a civilian IT specialist for the Army who asked to use bathrooms and locker rooms that aligned with her gender identity.

The World Health Organization is recommending an update to next year's flu vaccine to include strains that drove a surge of cases this year.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports.

President Trump says the United States is in talks with Cuba and raised the possibility of what he called a friendly takeover of the island.