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Ryland Barton
See Terms Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Border czar Tom Homan says President Trump has agreed to end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Homan says local law enforcement is responding more quickly and more consistently to. Meanwhile, Democratic Governor Tim Walz says the state is now entering a recovery phase. As Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports.
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Governor Tim Walz
Governor Tim Walz says he is cautiously optimistic that Trump will keep his word. The Democratic governor says Homan personally assured him that agents are leaving immediately. Now Wall says the operation caused an economic crisis here similar to Covid and left the state with generational trauma. The governor says the feds need to pay for what they broke, but for now, he's urging state lawmakers to approve an aid package for small businesses.
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Ryland Barton
Min Public Radio's Matt Sepik reporting. A federal judge has ordered the return to the US Of a group of Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador last year. The administration said they were members of the Venezuelan criminal gang tren de Aragua. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has the latest.
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Sergio Martinez Beltran
137 Venezuelans were deported in March to the notorious Secot prison in El Salvador, despite an emergency ruling ordering the flight to be returned to the U.S. the men were later sent back to Venezuela. Now U.S. district Court Judge James Boasberg has ruled the government must pay to fly back or accept at a US Port of entry any of the men who want to challenge their deportation and are currently in countries other than Venezuela. Those still there can challenge their deportation from abroad. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security accused Boasberg of a crusade to stop President Trump from doing the will of the American people. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.
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Ryland Barton
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today and talked about the chances of securing a nuclear deal with Iran. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
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Daniel Estrin
Netanyahu told reporters that Trump believes the conditions he's creating now can lead to a deal with Iran. Netanyahu said, quote, I will not hide from you that I expressed general skepticism regarding the nature of any agreement with Iran. He said any nuclear deal with Iran must also take into account Iran's ballistic missiles and proxies that threaten Israel. Next week, Trump will convene his Board of Peace in Washington. A U.S. official tells NPR on condition of anonymity that Trump is expecting, expected to announce an international stabilization force with thousands of troops from several countries to deploy in Gaza, along with raising billions of dollars for reconstruction. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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Ryland Barton
South Korea's spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader. The assessment comes as Kim moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation. And it comes as North Korea is preparing to hold its biggest political conference later this US Stock indexes fell today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A wastewater spill in the Potomac river is now considered one of the largest in American history. The river connects Washington, D.C. maryland and Virginia. The local water utility estimates more than 240 million gallons of wastewater has overflowed from the sewer pipe that collapsed last month. A fix could still take many weeks. DC Water says it's working on a plan to remediate the area after one of the biggest new stars in country music has the number song on the Billboard singles chart. NPR's Stephen Thompson has more.
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Stephen Thompson
Most of this week's Billboard charts are dominated by artists who made their presence felt at the recent Grammy Awards. But at the top of the singles chart is a song by a singer who's never even been nominated. That's Ella Langley. Her song choose in Texas has been climbing the charts for months, and it's far and away the biggest country hit of the year so far this week, choose in Texas has done something only three other songs have done before. It tops the Hot 100 singles chart, the Hot Country Songs chart and the country airplay chart simultaneously. She's the first woman ever to pull off that trifecta. Stephen Thompson, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated the eastern U.S. it was functionally extinct by the 1950s because of a fungal blight and root rot. Researchers are hoping to combine the height of the American chestnut with the disease resistance of the shorter Chinese chestnut. Some experts say gene editing would make the process even faster. This is NPR News from Washington.
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