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News Wrap: Friday marks 6 months since Iran war started

Season 2026 Episode 177 | 5m 56s

In our news wrap Friday, it has been six months since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, a conflict that President Trump said would last weeks, Trump honored the Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and Anthropic says it remains focused on working "productively" with the administration after a judge ruled the Pentagon's measures against the company were illegal.

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