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The Pentagon buildup near Iran intensifies. Plus, the U.S. and Taiwan finalize a trade deal centered around chip investments.

And the bill comes due for Detroit after Washington's EV U-turn.

The most notable feature, perhaps, is the $7,500 tax credit, which until the beginning of

October, you could get against the purchase of an EV.

And since that has fallen away, EV sales in the US have really fallen off a cliff.

It's Friday, February 13th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories, moving your world today.

The U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier is on its way to the Middle East. After spending

months in the Caribbean, the USS Gerald R. Ford will be joining another aircraft carrier and

nine warships already in the Middle East as the U.S. steps up plans for a potential attack on

Iran. Journal correspondent Jared Moussin says the Trump administration has been using a carrot

and stick approach with Iran since promising to protect protesters.

Since then, we've seen an evolution of U.S. policy.

The protests have died down after this brutal crackdown by the Iranian regime in which they

have apparently killed thousands of people. Now the administration has pivoted to this very

uncertain policy where they are both negotiating with Iran over their nuclear program and

also saying that if they don't make a deal, they will strike Iran.

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