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military capabilities to eliminate the threat or risk an attack by what she called the rogue Iranian regime.

The Israeli military says it began striking Hezbollah targets after the Lebanese militant group launched rockets into Israel in what it called solidarity with Iran.

NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi reports officials in Lebanon say more than 70 people were killed in the attack.

A new NPR review has compiled dozens of accounts describing what it's like to be caught in the Department of Homeland Security's growing surveillance web.

NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports those accounts paint a picture of the broad tools the DHS is using to monitor people it seeks to deport.

On Wall Street, the Dow was up 314 points.

This is NPR News in Washington.

The number of Black-owned bookstores in the United States has risen substantially over the past decade.

That's according to numbers from a new trade organization formed last year, as NPR's Netta Ulibi reports.

For the first time, Anthropix chatbot Claude has surpassed ChatGPT in phone app downloads in the U.S.

Analysts say the surge may reflect growing public support for the company after its recent standoff with the Pentagon over the use of AI.

While some experts have praised Anthropix's stance as ethical, critics say the industry has spent years lobbying to deploy AI in sensitive, high-stakes settings.

a push that's drawing new scrutiny.

Stocks continue to trade higher on Wall Street at this hour.

The Dow is up 322 points, the Nasdaq up 348.

I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

The Pentagon has released the names of four of the six U.S.

soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike on Sunday.

They served with a command based out of Des Moines, Iowa.