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Chapter 1: What updates are there on the Iran war and U.S. military involvement?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The White House is telling Congress that the Iran war has ended even though U.S. armed forces are still in the region. The message effectively skirts the May 1st legal deadline to gain approval from Congress to continue the war. That deadline was already set to pass without action from Republican lawmakers who are deferring to the president.
Trump told reporters today he's not getting along with Iran's leadership.
It's a very disjointed leadership. And with that being said, they all want to make a deal, but they're all messed up.
Trump made it clear in the letter that the war may be far from over. Major tech companies, including Amazon and NVIDIA, are set to expand their classified military work, as NPR's Bobby Allen reports. The Trump administration announced new deals to tap leading Silicon Valley firms for battlefield operations.
Pentagon officials say Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other companies will soon make the U.S. military an AI-first fighting force. The Pentagon's new deals mean cutting-edge AI tools will be used to generate target lists for military strikes and to analyze data before deploying lethal weapons.
The deals come as Anthropic refuses to let the Defense Department use its technology for things like mass surveillance and autonomous drones. Anthropic's pushback has led to litigation and President Trump ordering the federal government to cut ties with the company.
Trump officials are hoping the new deals with Silicon Valley's biggest players will lead to a compromise from Anthropic, which did not return a request for comment. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical company behind the U.S. government's Blamed by U.S. government officials for fueling the deadly U.S. opioid crisis shutdown today, the maker of OxyContin ceased to exist as part of a bankruptcy settlement valued at more than $7.4 billion. NPR's Brian Mann reports.
Purdue Pharma marketed OxyContin aggressively in ways the company later admitted were criminal, pleading guilty to federal charges twice. As part of the bankruptcy settlement, the firm's longtime owners, members of the Sackler family, will now lose all ownership and control.
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Chapter 2: How are major tech companies expanding their role in military operations?
Karen Tzar with member station WUKY reports.
The Kentucky Derby typically draws more than 150,000 racing fans to Churchill Downs, making it one of the largest single-day sporting events in the world. Governor Andy Beshear said officials have implemented a multi-layered security plan at the racetrack.
Having been behind the curtain, the level of security at the Kentucky Derby is really significant, is state of the art, and involves all levels of government, including the federal government.
Owners, staff and fans will pass through security screenings and metal detectors and can expect an increased police presence, including patrols on horseback. For NPR News, I'm Karen Czar in Lexington.
A young southern sea otter named Ray has become a surrogate mother to an orphaned pup, Sunny, at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. They arrived last month through a surrogacy program that it runs with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The program pairs maternal-age female otters with motherless pups to help them survive.
Ray, once stranded herself, is now teaching Sunny essential skills, though neither can return to the wild. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
I'm Jesse Thorne. This week on Bullseye, Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson. Ask him whatever you want. Just don't ask him to hang out late at the after party. They're just like, oh, don't you want to like come to this next kind of thing? And then, oh, that's right. You got, yeah, you can't. All right. Well, we'll see you later, man. We'll get Kenan and you home in time for bed.
That's on the next Bullseye from MaximumFun.org and NPR.
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