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President Trump says plans are in place for a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine starting this weekend.
“It'll happen as Russia celebrates victory day, marking the defeat of the Nazis in World”
War II. And PR's Danielle Kurtz-Lavin has more. Trump says in a social media post that the ceasefire will be Saturday, March 9th through Monday, March 11th, and then it will include a swap of 1,000 prisoners for each country. It claims that he asked for the ceasefire, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed. He added that peace talks are continuing in the war. Zelensky previously proposed a truce. Last year, ending the Russia Ukraine conflict was a central goal of the Trump administration's foreign policy.
However, the administration this year has been occupied, first by deposing Venezuela and
President Nicolás Maduro, and now, by the war, the U.S. and Israel are waging in Iran. Danielle Kurtz-Lavin and PR news, the White House. The U.S. military says it fired on and disabled to Iranian oil tankers after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the state of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates reported another
missile and drone attack today.
“The violence further undermines a month-old ceasefire.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. was acting defensively and insists the ceasefire is still in effect. Of course, when fired back at them, they were shooting at us. That's what I would expect to do. Only stupid countries don't shoot back when you're shot at, and we're not a stupid country.
Iran says the U.S. strikes violate the truce. The Trump administration is awaiting Tehran's response to the latest U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war. Alabama is the latest Southern state rushing to change congressional maps in an effort to consolidate Republican power.
And PR's a Debbie Elliott reports the redistricting frenzy comes in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling that removed race as a consideration for drawing district lines. The Republican Supermajority in the Alabama legislature approved a congressional map that federal courts threw out for discriminating against black voters, protesters erupted outside the state house.
"I'm going to sign this up and sign up. This makes a lot easier." "No, no, we not go in big."
“One woman was dragged from the House Gallery for disrupting debate, Alabama GOP House Speaker,”
Nathaniel Ledbetter. "I mean, they're bushing these people in buses. I don't know. It's probably part of these people. It's not in front of Alabama.
You know, and I did it intensely to try to get attention." Ledbetter rejects allegations that the legislation is about disenfranchising black voters. Debbie Elliott and PR news, Montgomery. Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers in crew from
a haunt of iris stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, at least three passengers have died and five who left the ship are known to be infected with haunt of iris. The World Health Organization says the risk to the wider public is low. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
California will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds
of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth. Officials say the goal is to ease the financial burden on families welcoming newborns into the notoriously costly state. The program is in its first year and it'll be limited to hospitals largely serving low income patients and then it'll be expanded statewide.
France has escalated an investigation of Elon Musk and X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, as NPR's at John Ruitt reports the case hinges on a swath of allegations, including child pornography and unlawful collection of personal data. French authorities began investigating Musk and X last year focusing on algorithm manipulation and potential interference in French politics.
The probe was expanded earlier this year after a complaint accused X of spreading hateful racist and homophobic content and now French prosecutors say they've opened a criminal investigation. The Paris Prosecutors Office summoned X and X AI as well as Musk and former X CEO Linda Yakareno threatening to issue warrants equivalent to indictments if they failed to appear
for questioning. In February Musk called the investigation at that time a political attack, X did not immediately respond to a request for a comment. John Ruitt, NPR News Olivia and Liam have topped the list of U.S. baby names for the seventh year, the social security administration released the list just in time for Mother's
Day, Charlotte climbed to second place among girls ending Emma's six year run in that
spot. On the boy side, the top four names Liam Noah Oliver and Fiatore held steady. This is NPR News from Washington. This week on Consider This, every day Americans are feeling it more, a wartime economy. Energy prices in March went up over 10%.
Energy flows into everything else that we buy. The big picture on inflation, housing, and prices that aren't coming down, that's on Consider This, you can listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
