"Live from MPR News.
Wednesday, the subject, a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. It appears more Elias and reports.
“President Trump told reporters he spoke to Putin on the phone about the war in Iran and also”
about what he called a "little bit of a ceasefire in Ukraine." Trump said he thought the Russian leader might go along with the idea. Seasfire proposals in the war started by Russia's
invasion of Ukraine have not always materialized and Trump has often praised Putin and criticized
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for not agreeing with Russia on a way to end the war. The Russian news agency Tass reported that Putin told Trump he was ready to declare a temporary ceasefire in honor of victory day. A Russian holiday on May 9 commemorating the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Mar Elias and NPR News. "Dependent Secretary Pete Hagseth was on Capitol Hill Wednesday making his first appearance before Congress since the start of the Iran war.
Hagseth faced skeptical Democrats on the House Arms Services Committee, including California
“Congressman John Garamendi." Secretary Heseth, you have been lying to the American public”
about this war from day one and so has the president. You have misled the public about why we are at war. You and the president have offered ever changing reasons for this war. You've misled the public about the progress of the war. Hagseth counter Garamendi's remarks saying his hatred for President Trump blinds him to the war's success. The NAACP is calling Wednesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a majority black congressional district in Louisiana, a devastating
blow to the Voting Rights Act. The White House is calling the decision of victory. It could open the door for more redistricting efforts across the country that could aid Republican efforts to retain control of the House. The hottest ticket in Silicon Valley, the Musk vs. Altman trial entered its third day Wednesday. Elon Musk is suing Altman and open AI claiming they
“abandoned the company's founding promise to develop artificial intelligence for the public good.”
From every station KQED, Rachel Myro reports. Elon Musk still has more cross-examination to get through first from Open AI than Microsoft before his own lawyer gets a final word trying to re-narrate what's happened before. Open AI's lead lawyer has already spent hours using Musk's only males and texts to argue he pushed for a majority control of Open AI, poached top employees
for Tesla and pulled his funding when he didn't get his way. Musk countered he never saw
an absolute control and waited to sue because it took years. For him to conclude Open AI had truly walked away from its nonprofit roots. Open AI's co-founder Greg Brockman is expected to take the stand for the first time Thursday. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro and Oakland. This is NPR. On Capitol Hill, the House has approved a budget resolution Republicans plan to use to fund the Homeland Security Department with no democratic vote supporting at the House
voted 215-211 Wednesday evening to approve a three year budget plan that unlocks the reconciliation process, allowing Republicans to get around democratic demands at immigration enforcement operations be reigned in. China's top spy agency warns hostile foreign forces are amplifying a feeling of anxiety among Chinese youth. The authorities say it's an attempt to undermine the Chinese economy in Paris to enter for PAC reports from Shanghai. China's Ministry of State Security
says it found brainwashing campaigns funded by foreign groups, though it didn't name them. This is from a video it posted online. Anti-China media think tanks and influencers fabricate narratives, it says, like struggling equals exploitation and that it's futile to work hard. The spy agency says it's a mindset called lying flat and this must be rejected. Some comments online criticize the message, complaining about long work hours and the lack of
well paid jobs. Youth unemployment remains high hitting nearly 17% in March. Jennifer Papp and PR News Shanghai. I'm down to about the reopening of the state of foreign moves, oil prices are rising. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, now around $125 a barrel, and with the Iran war now in its ninth week shares in Asia or down the markets in Japan and Hong Kong leading the way, both declining more than 1%. I'm Jial Snyder in PR News.
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