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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Iran says it is suspending talks via mediators with the US Over Israeli military operations in Lebanon and in Gaza. Israel has continued to bomb south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, considered Hezbollah strongholds, even though a ceasefire was reached in April. Here's NPR's Hadil Al Shalchi.
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The semi official Iranian news agency Tasnim, which is associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said that Tehran was demanding the end of what it called the aggressive and brutal Israeli army operations in Gaza and Lebanon. It also called for the complete withdrawal of Israeli military forces from Lebanon. Iran said that unless those conditions were fulfilled, talks with the US to end the war would halt. There was no immediate confirmation from senior Iranian officials that messages mostly relayed via Pakistan, between the warring parties were being suspended. The US And Iran said last week they were close to a tentative 60 day ceasefire extension and framework to start talks to end the war. But the agreement is waiting on President Trump's approval. Hadil Al Shalchi, NPR News.
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With rising gas prices, an unpopular war in Iran and affordability concerns top of mind, American voters say they are unhappy with Republican leadership. NPR's Stephen Fowler has this report on the party's effort to explain why they should stay in power.
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There's roughly five months to go until the November general general election, and the GOP message is mixed at best. At a campaign event in Iowa last month, Vice President Vance said the election is actually not any specific question of public policy, but voters disagree. Polls show Americans have soured on multiple Trump administration policies. At a Cabinet meeting last week, President Trump touted policies like a prescription drug savings program as proof his administration was working. But in a defense of the Iran war, he also said, I don't care about the midterms. The next set of midterm primaries Tuesday include key races in Iowa and California. Stephen Fowler, NPR News.
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New Jersey officials say several protesters were arrested overnight for ignoring a curfew at Newark's Delaney Hall. The immigration detention center has been the site of days of clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters over allegedly poor facility conditions. This morning on npr, Democratic Senator Cory Booker spoke of outside agitators, but stopped short of accusing them of inciting violence in the first place.
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We have a lot of people from the proud boys to Greg Bevino coming from outside of our state to try to escalate violence and conflict in front of the facility and distract from the moral urgency of this facility that should be closed.
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That's Democratic Senator Cory Booker on NPR's Morning Edition from Washington. This is NPR News. Anthropic, maker of Claude artificial intelligence models, says it confidentially filed a proposal today with the securities and Exchange Commission to possibly go public. It says moving forward with an initial public offering would depend on market conditions and other factors. The number and price of shares have yet to be determined. Anthropic has experienced booming growth over the past year, and last week its funding round closed at a more than $960 billion valuation, far surpassing rival OpenAI. Opposition to AI data centers is growing in many parts of the United States, where some residents worry about environmental and quality of life impacts. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports. Supporters argue the facilities are essential to powering the next generation of technology.
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Residents in several communities say they're worried about noise, electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts that AI data centers could bring. Terry Clower with George Mason University says some of those concerns are not supported by evidence.
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It almost reminds me of the stuff that we used to hear about cell phone towers in the 1990s. We were all going to become X men because we were radiated or, you know, we have brain cancer from using our cell phones. And it's just become almost hysteria in some cases now.
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Clower says AI data centers are becoming critical infrastructure for technologies like artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, but says that communities need facts to weigh the trade offs. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
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