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Ryland Barton (0:00)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The White House is telling Congress that the Iran war has ended even though US Armed forces are still in the region. The message effectively skirts the May 1 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.
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It's a very disjointed leadership. And with that being said, they all want to make a deal, but they're all messed up.
Ryland Barton (0:34)
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.
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Pentagon officials say Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI and other companies will soon make the US 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.
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Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical company behind the U.S. government blamed by U.S. government officials for fueling the deadly U.S. opioid crisis, shut down 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.
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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 own. In a statement, New York State Attorney General Letitia James said the company that put profits over people is now shut down forever. Purdue Pharma's operations have been reorganized into a new nonprofit called NOAA Pharma. NOAA will operate under close government oversight and is barred from lobbying activities. The Sacklers, who've never admitted wrongdoing, are expected to make their first settlement installment payment of $1.5 billion before the end of this year. Brian Mann, NPR news.
