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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met at Trump's Mar a Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine's war with Russia. Both leaders said they made progress. NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben has more.
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Daniel Kurtzleben
Zelensky and Trump said they agreed on several issues, but acknowledged that they're still discussing sticking points like withdrawing troops from the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine and also the fate of a Russian occupied nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine. When asked about how long it might take to come to a full agreement, Trump was non committal.
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Donald Trump
So if it went really well, you know, maybe a few weeks, and if it went poorly longer, and if it went really poorly, it's not going to happen. That would be a shame.
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Daniel Kurtzleben
Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the meeting and told reporters he would also talk to him after the meeting. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, is on his way to Florida right now to meet with President Trump on Monday. They will be discussing a possible second phase to the ceasefire already in place in Gaza. Nimrod Novik was an advisor to late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. He says a vote this coming year is making negotiations much more difficult.
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Nimrod Novik
There's one common denominator to it all, and that is that we are in an election year. And Netanyahu, whom I've known since the early 80s and whom I respected as a patriot even though I disagreed with him on virtually everything over the last three years, it's not the same Netanyahu since he formed this coalition with people who should have never set foot in our cabinet. So I'm afraid that what we are watching and what we will watch tomorrow in the meeting is a tug of war where Netanyahu is the rope and President Trump pulls one way and the lunatics in our coalition pull Netanyahu the other.
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Dale Willman
That's former Israeli adviser Nimrod Novik on Wall Street. Stocks are headed into their final week trading week of the year after making sizable gains. And as NPR's Rafael Nam reports, 2025 has been a busy year for Wall.
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Rafael Nam
Street's it was a year defined to a large extent by tariffs. Markets tumbled earlier this year amid fears about the potential impact of tariffs, but stock market since have recovered. All three major indexes are heading to the end of the year with double digit gains. With the Nasdaq up 22% so far in 2025, the economy appears to have been able to withstand the effects of these import taxes. And now that the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates, investors are ending the year with a bit of hope about next year. In fact, this week the Fed is set to release the minutes from the latest policy meeting. Rafael Naum, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
And you're listening to NPR News. A major winter storm is moving east from the Plains states at this hour carrying heavy snow, ice and severe weather. Forecasters are warning of possible blizzard conditions and whiteouts in parts of the Great Lakes and upper Midwest. Snow levels could reach as much as 2ft near Lake Superior. Another storm, meanwhile, is bringing freezing rain to parts of upstate New York. Shed hunting, which is the collection of shed antlers and horns, has become an extremely popular pastime, but many Western states restrict it in the winter. Colorado Public Radio's Stina Seeg explains Colorado.
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Stina Seeg
Banned shed hunting January through April to help keep wild animals from being stressed by humans. John Livingston with Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the number of shed hunters has exploded in recent years, things going from.
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John Livingston
Just a few people out there with their backpacks looking for sheds to folks even out there on ATVs and side by sides chasing animals around that haven't dropped their antlers yet, hoping to stress them out and get them to drop those antlers.
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Stina Seeg
Deer, elk and moose lose those antlers annually. They're used in decor, dog toys, even medicine. For NPR News, I'm Steena Sieg in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Dale Willman
North Korea says its military fired long range strategic cruise missiles into the sea on Sunday to test that country's nuclear deterrence. The country's news agency reports that the missile launches occurred off the country's west coast. Last week, North Korea also test launched new anti air missiles off its east coast. It also showed photos of what could become the country's first nuclear powered submarine. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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