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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.

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.

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

Air raid sirens are sounding across Israel this morning.