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leave interest rates unchanged, demand ongoing concerns about inflation in the U.S. economy.
“The vote by members of the Fed's Open Market Committee was eight to four, marking the highest”
level of descent since 1992. Analysts say that signal's rate cuts could be coming later in the year. After the Fed's decision yesterday, Fed shared Jerome Powell announced he plans to remain as a member of the Fed's Board of Governors when his term as chair ends next month. Hours earlier, the Senate Banking Committee approved President Trump's nomination of Kevin Worst to succeed Powell as Fed chief. His nomination now heads to the full Senate.
President Trump says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, and PR's Mara Eliason says Moscow's ongoing war with Ukraine was the main topic of conversation. President Trump told reporters he spoke to Putin on the phone about the war in Iran and also about what he called "little bit of a ceasefire in Ukraine." Trump said he thought the Russian leader might go along with the idea. Seas fire 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. Mara Eliason and PR news. On the war with Iran, Trump says Putin offered Russia's help with regard to Iran's uranium
enrichment. Trump says he rebuffed Putin's offer. Gasoline prices in the U.S. continue to go up amid the uncertainty with Iran. Tripoli says the cost of regular rose another seven cents again on overnight. It's now averaging $4.30. A federal grand jury in New York has undided the governor of Senaloa and other state officials in Mexico when charges of colluding with a large drug cartel in that country. Here's NPR's Ader Paralta.
“The U.S. alleges that Governor Rwendrochamoia was helped to power by the chapter”
defaction of the Senaloa cartel. In the indictment, the U.S. alleges the cartel stole ballots that didn't benefit Rwchamoia and they intimidated and kidnapped his opponent. In exchange the governor allegedly allowed the Senaloa cartel to operate freely. Last year, after two boys were killed by cartel gunfire, thousands took to the streets of Senaloa. Calling for Rwchamoia to step down. They broke into his office and called him a
nautical governor. Rwchamoia is a powerful member of Mexico's ruling party and so far,
President Claudio Shambam has stuck by his side. The Foreign Ministry said the accusations were received with no evidence, but that the Attorney General's office is reviewing the extradition request. It's Ader Paralta and Perneus, Mexico City. This is NPR News. More testimony is expected today in a federal court in California where Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The lawsuit accuses Altman and the tech company of abandoning
the company's founding principles to develop artificial intelligence for the public good. Rachel Miro with Member Station KQED reports on Musk's testimony. Elon Musk still has more cross-examination to get through first from OpenAI than Microsoft before his own warrior gets a final word trying to reiterate what's happened before. OpenAI's lead lawyer has already spent hours using Musk's own emails and texts to argue he pushed for a majority control of OpenAI,
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, OpenAI had truly walked away from its nonprofit roots. OpenAI's co-founder Greg Brockman is expected to take the stand for the first time today. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Miro and Oakland. Later today, the state of Texas is scheduled to execute a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting two people during a robbery 18 years ago. That shooting occurred outside a
suburban Dallas music studio. The inmate James Broadnax insists he did not fire the fatal shots. His cousin was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his part in the shootings. The first full casino with live table games in New York City has opened in Queens, resorts world, as it's known features more than 200 games with live dealers.
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