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Trump told reporters Secretary of State Marco Rubio is speaking with Cuban leaders at a very high level.

The comments come as Cuba confirms communication with the U.S.

following a deadly shooting involving a Florida-registered speedboat near the island.

I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.

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Air raid sirens are sounding across Israel this morning.

This comes after the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran.

The Israeli military is warning of retaliatory attacks following today's operation.

NPR's Daniel Estrin reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the goal is to help the Iranian people topple their regime.

Iran's foreign ministry calls the airstrikes a gross violation of Iran's national sovereignty and that it will respond decisively.

Former President Bill Clinton testified before a House panel in New York on Friday about his past relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a closed-door deposition, Clinton told the committee he did nothing wrong and had long-ended contact with Epstein before his 2008 guilty plea.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee did not immediately announce any accusations following Clinton's testimony.

AI company Anthropic says it plans to challenge the Trump administration in court after the Pentagon moved to label the firm a supply chain risk to national security.

NPR's Shannon Bond reports the dispute marks a sharp escalation in a growing fight over the military's use of artificial intelligence.

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Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scout, says it will keep its new name while continuing to welcome roughly 200,000 girls in its programs.

The decision comes despite criticism from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who called the rebrand part of so-called woke culture.

The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013, lifted its ban on gay adult leaders in 2015, and opened membership to transgender youth in 2017.

The time left to register to vote in this year's primary elections is ending soon in a couple of states.