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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump now says the US hasn't agreed to grant Ukraine licenses to produce patriot missile systems. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.
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Less than three weeks ago, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the US Would give Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense missiles, something Kyiv has long wanted. But now Trump says the US Must be judicious with sharing the technology.
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Now, we, we have not agreed to that. We're talking about it. But it's a hard thing to give away that kind of technology, and I don't think this would ever happen. But you know those people that you give that technology, they can someday turn on you.
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Access to the missiles has been a critical part of Ukraine's defense in the war. The Biden administration sent stockpiles over to assist, but Trump has so far resisted doing so. Francois Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
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The Trump administration has dropped its case against a former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool in Washington, D.C. nPR's Chloe Veltman reports. The motion to dismiss charges against David Hearn blames the damage on a botched renovation.
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In the 20 page filing. Government prosecutors say the damage to the reflecting pool was caused by contractor errors and rushed construction rather than vandalism. National Guard troops and US Park Police arrested David Hearn at the reflecting pool after he stopped to examine appealing section of the new pool liner. Federal prosecutors charged Hearn with felony property destruction, alleging he deliberately tore the lining installed as part of a $14 million rehab. Hearn pleaded not guilty. In a statement to NPR, Hearns legal team said the dismissal quote, does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
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And the US Says Hamas has confirmed that it will disarm as part of a deal announced by President Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza. It marks a potential breakthrough in ending the war, but implementation faces major challenges. The FBI says that water facilities across the U.S. were victims of recent cyber attacks. NPR's Jenna McLaughlin spoke to cybersecurity experts who say they've seen hackers widely targeting industrial devices.
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According to multiple cybersecurity experts interviewed by npr, there's evidence that bad actors have been scanning the Internet in recent weeks looking for insecure industrial control systems. Those devices are used in critical infrastructure. From water to power. Michael Crean of cybersecurity firm Sonicwall says his company has seen broad opportunistic attacks on this technology explode in recent months, highlighting the risk of connecting these devices to the Internet. Another cybersecurity expert, who requested anonymity to protect sources on sensitive security matters, said the recent attacks were almost certainly linked to Iran. The timing suggests they were likely motivated by U.S. strikes. Jen McLaughlin, NPR News.
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This is NPR. Arizona, California and Nevada would get a lot less water from the Colorado river under a proposal to stave off a crisis in the river. The U.S. bureau of Reclamation plan spares Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming from facing mandatory cuts for now, but it's a temporary fix as the states fight over management of the dwindling river, which powers huge swaths of the Western U.S. public health nurses in Michigan have found themselves on the front lines of the cyclospiriasis outbreak. The state has over 10,000 cases. Kate Wells with our partner KFF Health News, has more.
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When it comes to public health, foodborne illnesses are some of the most complicated to investigate, especially cyclospirasis, because symptoms may not appear for up to two weeks after eating contaminated food. Linda Kim is a public health nurse in Washington County. She's been spending hours on the phone helping patients comb through their grocery receipts and their takeout orders. Kim says the people she's talking to now have been much more forthcoming compared to the people she contacted during a measles outbreak in the spring.
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People were guarded and didn't want to talk to us versus this is just like food poisoning and people want to share for some reason where they got it exactly.
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Federal funding cuts have affected the state's public health system, reducing staff and capacity at the labs that handle disease samples. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, I'm Kate Wells.
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A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers last year. It's expected to slam into the moon unintentionally on Wednesday. The impact will carve out a crater and send up a plume of dust that can be seen from Earth with a telescope. This is npr.
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