Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
President Trump has since Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, to Pakistan, to meet with
“Iran's foreign minister for ceasefire talks, but Iran's government says a boss or”
roti will have no direct negotiations with American representatives during his visit to White House continues to say that meeting is on for Saturday. As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised many things from fixing the economy and bringing down prices to creating lasting peace in the Middle East. So far, all those things have alluded to him, and as NPR's deep as shift from
it tells us, he's struggling to regain momentum as the midterm elections get closer.
This message is basically, you know, it could have been worse.
This war could be going on longer. Gas prices could be higher. He wants to try and talk about, you know, other issues and his other economic messaging things like no tax on tips in Las Vegas or his plans to lower the cost of drugs. Meanwhile, people are in polling clearly showing that they're really, really worried about
the economy, and he's standing in front of voters saying that the economy is booming. So his message right now is to sort of dance around the main topic without hitting it head on.
“That's NPR's deep as shift from with a report.”
George's governor says almost 1,000 homes are in danger from wildfires, and the southern part of that state, Robo Bali of Member Station, W.A.B.E. reports that more than 120 homes and structures have been destroyed, and that's the most in state wildfire history. When a Brian Camp spoke after flying over the wildfire zone. Unfortunately, we believe that fire activities get a remain extremely high throughout
the weekend, and really we need to change in the weather. All of this is happening as a southern part of this state deals with extreme to exceptional drought conditions. There's now a mandatory outdoor burn ban in place. Any fire that breaks out that we have to go chase or the locals do takes resources away
from us dealing with these devastating fires that potentially can burn another home. The governor says one of the largest wildfires is believed to have started when a balloon hit a power line. For NPR News, I'm Robo Bali in Atlanta. Ukraine and Russia carried out another prisoner exchange Friday, and the words of President
Vladimir Zelensky, 193 Ukrainian defenders returned home. The president of Ukraine and the coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners
of war released a video showing the first moments of the Ukraine and soldiers returned.
Most of them were held in the Chetchen Republic. Two of the released prisoners are celebrating their birthday. I wish to spend my birthday at home.
“I will remember this day for the rest of my life, says one of them.”
This exchange is a part of the Easter exchange and the implementation of related agreements with the assistance of the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, Hanna Palomarenko, and Perenuse Peev. And you're listening to NPR News. A federal appeal court is Black President Trump's executive order that suspended the
asylum access at the Southern border, the court ruled Friday that immigration laws allow people to apply for asylum at the border and it cannot be stopped by the president. Trump made the decision on his inauguration day last year. Arizona's Attorney General filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the Department of Homeland Security from turning a warehouse in the Phoenix suburb into a detention facility, Cameron
Sanchez of Member Station KJZZ reports. Attorney General Chris Mays, a Democrat, says the location of the facility in the city of Surprise is inappropriate for housing human beings and says DHS didn't submit necessary environmental reviews. The warehouse is across the street from a hazardous chemical storage facility.
Mays says the government is obligated by its own laws to conduct a safety analysis. In their rush to expand detention capacity across the country and implement a deportation system that operates, quote, like Amazon Prime but with human beings, DHS and ICE have run roughshod over federal law. In her lawsuit, Mays seeks to permanently bar DHS from using the warehouse as a detention
center. For NPR News, I'm Cameron Sanchez in Phoenix.
Carlos Alcarez will not be playing for a third successive French open because of a
right wrist injury. He made the decision Friday after undergoing medical tests. The number two world ranked player was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first round match. He also said he will not play in the Italian Open in Rome where he also won last year.
I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, for decades the Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked and even infiltrated hate groups. But the Justice Department now alleges the way they funded that work amounted to bank fraud. Is it an honest pursuit of justice or just the latest example of the Trump DOJ targeting
the president's political opponents?
