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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Representatives from Ukraine and Russia are in Istanbul, Turkey. They're supposed to be holding direct negotiations about ending Russia's war in Ukraine. Expectations for success are low. And after Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Turkey, but he's not at these talks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is there. NPR's Michel Kellman reports. He's sounding pessimistic about the negotiations.
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Marco Rubio
Secretary Rubio says President Trump is impatient and wants the war to end, but the Kremlin balked at the idea of high level talks with Ukraine. So now Rubio is talking about a one on one between Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin.
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Unnamed Analyst
I think he's ready to have that engagement and determine once and for all if there's a path forward and what that path is. And it's my assessment that I don't think we're going to have a breakthrough here until the president and President Putin interact directly on this topic.
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Marco Rubio
Rubio sounded disappointed that the Russians sent a low level team to Turkey. So he doesn't expect much to come out of the talks in Istanbul. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
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Korva Coleman
The U.S. supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on whether President Trump can use an executive order to overturn birthrights citizenship for some Americans. It's a right guaranteed by the Constitution. But the justices also looked at how lower court district judges have blocked this executive order and other ones that Trump has signed. Some justices are concerned that these judicial blocks called injunctions may go too far. Amanda Frost is a law professor at the University of Virginia.
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Amanda Frost
The nationwide injunction question is vital not just to the birthright citizenship litigation, but but to a large number of this president and previous president's executive branch policies. There's now 40 nationwide injunctions in place against President Trump's executive branch policies. And of course, he's issued 150 executive orders.
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Korva Coleman
She spoke to NPR's All Things Considered. There's no public transit train service today in New Jersey. The rail agency and a key labor union have failed to reach a new contract. Bruce Konviser reports. The rail workers are now on strike.
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Bruce Konviser
More than 450 train engineers walked off the job demanding a larger pay increase. The train engineers earn an average gross salary of $135,000 per year, according to New Jersey Transit, but union officials dispute that figure. Exactly how large of a pay increase the engineers want is unclear, but union leaders say that engineers at other regional rail services get at least $10 more per hour. Those rail companies, as well as New Jersey Transit bus service are not affected by the strike. The two sides actually shook hands on a deal back in March, but the union membership voted it down overwhelmingly in April. New Jersey Transit officials are urging its customers to work from home, if at all possible. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Konfeiser in New York.
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Korva Coleman
You're listening to npr. As many as nine tornadoes crashed through Wisconsin and Minnesota yesterday. Significant damage has been reported in the town of Juneau, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. The storms have cut power to the Great Lakes region south. A tracking site says more than a quarter of a million customers in Michigan are without power. The WNBA season tips off tonight. The league is looking to build on last year's historic season. That's when ratings and attendance were up. NPR's Becky Sullivan has this preview.
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Becky Sullivan
The first game will include the debut of the hyped rookie Paige Beckers, who just last month won the NCAA title with her UConn Huskies. She was just chosen first overall in the draft by the Dallas Wings, who will take on last year's league runner up in the Minnesota Lynx as their MVP candidate, Nafisa Collier. On Saturday, there are two marquee games. First, a heavyweight matchup between the New York Liberty, the defending champs, and the Las Vegas Aces, the great team they knocked out en route to their title last season. Then Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will take on Angel Reese in the Chicago Sky. The WNBA has extended the regular season from 40 to 44 games, and the league has added a 13th team, the Golden State Valkyries, whose first game is Friday night. Becky Sullivan, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
The maker of the video game Fortnite says that big tech company Apple is blocking it from its App Store. Epic Games now says that Fortnite will be offline on devices that use Apple's software system until Apple unblocks the game. This is the latest development in a five year long antitrust lawsuit that Epic Games brought against Apple. Epic Games has prevailed in much of the case, but Apple still controls access to its App Store.
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