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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The nonpartisan congressional budget office

has updated an estimate for how much the House of Representatives tax and spending bill will

cost. His NPR's

Elena Moore reports, it's expected to add roughly $2.8 trillion to the deficit over the next

decade. That's a higher number than what the CBO originally projected the bill would cost. The new

estimate factors in expected economic growth from the bill, but it also includes costs from increased

interest rates. The CBO's projection deals with the House bill passed narrowly last month,

and the Senate may make changes that could increase the estimate again. But the estimate also

undermines GOP promises that their tax cut plan would grow the economy.

Republicans have tried to discredit the nonpartisan CBO, but the latest figures could create further issues for some Republican fiscal hawks who have criticized the bills.

Elena Moore, NPR News, Washington.

An environmental law group says it will file a suit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company AXI.

MPR's John Ruich reports the suit filed on behalf of the NAACP alleges XAI violated federal environmental law.

The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the NAACP gave XAI a 60-day notice.

It says it intends to sue under the Clean Air Act, which it says the company

violated by installing dozens of polluting methane gas turbines at its data center in Tennessee.

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