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Jack Spear
News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump says he expects to know soon if Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about ending the war in Ukraine. NPR's Greg Myre reports. Trump has been increasingly critical of the Russian leader in recent days.
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Greg Myre
President Trump says he still believes a ceasefire is possible in the Russia Ukraine war, but he wants a clear answer from Putin within the next two weeks.
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Donald Trump
We're going to find out whether or not he's tapping us along or not. And if he is, we'll respond a little bit differently.
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Greg Myre
Trump has criticized Putin for a series of heavy air strikes on Ukraine in recent days. The US President is threatening additional sanctions but has not taken any action. Ukraine says Russia is stalling for time with no intention of agreeing to a truce. Russia, meanwhile, is calling for a new round of ceasefire talks next week in Turkey. Greg Myre, NPR News, Washington.
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Jack Spear
Elon Musk, the world's richest man who's also served as a top adviser to President Trump, is saying tonight his time with the administration is over. Musk, who spearheaded efforts to cut costs through overhauling the federal government via his Doge group in a post on social media saying, quote, as my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end, I'd like to thank President Ealdonaldtrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. Musk's departure was confirmed by a White House official. It comes just a day after he criticized the administration budget for not doing enough to reduce the deficit. Native American voters in North Dakota are asking a federal appeals court to review a decision critics say has made it more difficult to enforce protections against racial discrimination in elections in seven states. As NPR's Hansi Luong reports, the case is a step closer to the U.S. supreme Court, where a decision could weaken the federal Voting Rights Act.
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Hansi Luong
Across the country for decades, private individuals and groups have brought most of the lawsuits focused on enforcing the Voting Rights Act Section 2, which has protections for ensuring voters of color have an opportunity equal to white voters in electing their preferred candidates in places where voting is racially polarized. But this month, a panel of the 8th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a part of the federal code known as section 1983 does not allow private individuals and groups to sue because those private individuals groups are not explicitly named in the words of the Voting Rights act, that ruling applies to seven mainly Midwestern states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Now, Native American voters in North Dakota, led by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, are asking all eight circuit judges to review the ruling, setting up a potential appeal to the Supreme Court. Han Zi Le Wang, NPR news Vice President J.D.
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Jack Spear
Vance continues to push the cryptocurrency industry. Speaking at a bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Vance urged crypto execs and others to keep up the pressure on Congress to put pass pro crypto legislation backed by the White House. President Trump addressed the same conference last year, vowing to make the US Quote the crypto capital of the planet. On Wall street, The Dow fell 244 points. This is NPR. On the heels of his move to have the government no longer recommend COVID 19 booster shots for pregnant women and healthy children, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Now appears poised to go after peer reviewed medical journals. Speaking on a recent podcast, RFK Jr. Said he may bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of in house publications by his agency. Kennedy accusing the journals like the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA without evidence of being under the control of pharmaceutical companies. The first Broadway revival of the musical Chess opens in the fall. Reporter Jeff London says the show, with a score by ABBA's songwriters and Tim Rice, will feature some well known stars.
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Jeff London
The Cold War story about American and Soviet chess grandmasters who fall in love with the same woman, will star Tony winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy nominee Lea Michele and Broadway vet Nicholas Christopher. While the original production was a hit in London, it flopped on Broadway in 1988. Still, the 1984 concept album with songs by Bjorn Elva, Benny Anderson and Tim Rice is filled with popular hits. The Broadway revival will be directed by Michael Mayer, who previously worked Lea Michele on Spring Awakening and Funny Girl. No theater or dates were announced. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.
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Jack Spear
Crude oil futures prices moved higher today. Oil up 95 cents a barrel to 61.84 a barrel. I'm Jack Speier, NPR News, in Washington.
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