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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. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is stepping up its attacks against Iran. NPR's Quill Lawrence has more.
At a Pentagon news conference, Hegseth said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S. and Israel establish control of the airspace over Iran. The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters.
America is winning, decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy.
Hegseth sidestepped a question about whether the U.S. is working with ethnic Kurdish rebel groups in northwestern Iran to further destabilize the Iranian regime. When asked if the U.S. has enough munitions to outlast Iran's missiles and drones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Kaine said there are sufficient precision munitions for the matter at hand, but wouldn't go into detail, citing operational security. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
The Senate is on track to vote today on whether to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran. Democrats have insisted that Trump seek permission from Congress before acting. Republicans are expected to block the resolution. Texas Republicans are heading into a high-stakes runoff election. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports incumbent Senator John Cornyn failed to secure the majority needed to win the GO primary yesterday.
No one broke 50 percent, so it's going to a May 26th runoff. So Texas, get ready for more money and more nasty attacks between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and State Attorney General Ken Paxton.
It's NPR's Domenico Montanaro reporting. The House Committee on Ethics says it's opening an investigation into Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez. David Martin Davies from Texas Public Radio reports the announcement comes a day after Gonzalez survived his primary challenge.
Gonzalez is being investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct with a staffer in his congressional office. Gonzalez had been dealing with the scandal after the San Antonio Express News first published allegations that Gonzalez had an affair with his former staffer, Regina Santos Aviles. Gonzalez denies the affair and calls the scandal a political attack. Santos Aviles took her own life last September. Tuesday, in the Texas Republican primary for the 23rd congressional district, Gonzalez came in second with just under 42 percent of the vote, trailing Brendan Arreta, a pro-gun activist. The two are heading into the May 26 runoff for the sprawling congressional district that includes 800 miles of the Texas border.
For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
On Wall Street, the Dow was up 283 points. This is NPR News. A recent survey found 85 percent of college students are using artificial intelligence for their assignments. Lee Gaines reports students and professors are navigating what AI means for learning.
Dan Cryer is a professor at Johnson County Community College near Kansas City. He says using AI to write a college essay is like bringing a forklift to the gym.
If all we needed was the weights moved, then that would be great. But we need the muscles developed.
Cryer worries that if students rely too much on AI, it could end up cheating them out of their education. But Anjali Tatini, a 19-year-old sophomore at Duke University, says AI helped her better understand chemistry and biology concepts.
It's nice to have something that's on my own time, able to respond to me the same way that maybe a person would.
Titini says she draws the line at having AI right for her. For NPR News, I'm Leigh Gaines.
A Texas biotech that wants to bring the woolly mammoth and other extinct species back to life is dismissing doubts and criticism from independent scientists.
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