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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House confirms that US Air support is among the options under consideration as Western leaders discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as he seeks to mediate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. President Trump mentioned air support in passing during a Fox and Friends interview today. He explained that his European counterparts were willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to help meet maintain a peace deal in Kyiv. NPR's Greg Myrey reports on a poll indicating where Ukrainians stand on the process.
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Greg Myre
The Gallup poll that asked Ukrainians if they wanted to negotiate an end to the war. 70% said yes. But then a separate poll asked them if they would give up land to end the war and 76% said no. And so this sounds pretty contradictory, but when you talk to people, it tends to make sense. They're exhausted, they're tired, they're open to negotiations. They're not opposed to talking, but they're not ready to give up the 20% of their land that Russia currently holds.
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Lakshmi Singh
NPR's Greg Myra reporting. Texas legislators are gearing up to vote on a redistricting bill tomorrow to ensure the Democrats stick around. House Speaker Dustin Burroughs is requiring all members who broke quorum to sign off on having a police escort. The Texas Newsroom's Blaze Gainey reports. One House Democrat is refusing to do so.
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Blaze Gainey
Representative Nicole Collier says she's used to long days working in Texas, the Legislature. But she hasn't left the House floor since session began Monday afternoon. She says while her Democratic colleagues signed the slip allowing themselves to be monitored by state law enforcement officers until Wednesday's session, doing so didn't feel right with her.
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Chantaly's Duster
I feel like that is an invasion of my rights as a person and it's dehumanizing and demeaning, and I just won't take it. I won't agree to it.
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Blaze Gainey
The vote to pass the redistricting bill is slated for Wednesday. It would give Republicans a leg up in five Democratic districts they are trying to flip once that passes. Collier believes the House speaker will no longer require DPS escorts for cornbreakers. I'm Blaze Ganey in Austin.
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Lakshmi Singh
Federal judge handling an immigration case in Florida has transferred a lawsuit to another district. A suit was brought by lawyers who represent detainees at a Florida site known as alligator Alcatraz. Here's NPR's Greg Allen.
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Greg Allen
The Trump administration filed a court document over the weekend saying that people held at the detention center in the Everglades now will have their cases heard before immigration judges at another South Florida detention center. That answered one of the plaintiffs key demands in the case, and U.S. district Judge Rodolfo Ruiz dismissed that part of the lawsuit. Lawyers for detainees said they were pleased with that decision. Judge Ruiz was considering the plaintiff's request for preliminary injunction to force the state and federal authorities to ensure detainees rights to legal counsel are respected. But Ruiz says he agrees with Florida and the Trump administration that the case now should be moved to Florida's middle district and heard in Fort Myers. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.
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Lakshmi Singh
This is NPR. An Air Canada strike that's affected more than 130,000 air travelers is effectively over. The airline says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing 10,000 flight attendants to end the walkout for higher pay. Air Canada said in a statement that flights were expected to gradually resume operations to tonight, Major stakeholders in the future of the Amazon are holding a summit in Bogota, Colombia. Indigenous leaders are urging South American presidents to commit to stronger protections of the rainforest, which they note is a lifeline for the planet's survival. Groups from eight Amazonian nations are in attendance. Stargazers are in for a rare lunar event this weekend. NPR's Chantaly's Duster previews the phenomenon known as the black moon.
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Chantaly's Duster
When the visible side of the moon is not illuminated by the sun, we can't see the moon in the sky. That is called the new moon phase of the lunar cycle. Saturday's new moon is called a black moon because it is the third of four new moons to occur this season. And because our side of the moon will be in darkness this weekend, the black moon will be invisible. But planetary scientist Ashley Walker says the occurrence is still important. This is not an astronomical term.
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Lakshmi Singh
However, I definitely think that this is something that folks could share their love and their passion for astronomy.
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Chantaly's Duster
The next black moon is not set to take place until August 2027. Chandelyse Duster, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
Still seeing a slide in the Nasdaq, which is now down 340 points or more than one and a half percent. This is NPR News.
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Greg Allen
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