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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump announced a series of

U.S. business deals with Saudi Arabia. As NPR's Franco-Ordoñez explains, the White House says the deals add up to a

$600 billion investment in the U.S. President Trump sat down with the Crown Prince,

Mohamed bin Salomon, to sign multiple business deals, including economic partnerships and arms

programs. You're going to be creating tremendous numbers of jobs in the United States.

We have the best product. We have the best military equipment in the world by far.

Here are some specific ones.

A $142 billion arms deal involving more than a dozen U.S. firms.

$80 billion in technology investments from Google, Oracle, Salesforce, Uber, and Saudi companies,

and a $20 billion agreement in AI data centers.

Trump and the Crown Prince also signed agreements to work together on energy, defense, and minerals.

Specific details about each were not yet available.

Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, Riyadh.

Vaccine experts are questioning a new project the Trump administration has launched to try to create

what is known as a universal flu vaccine. Here's NPR's Rob Stein. The Department of Health and Human

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