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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Ukraine's president Zelensky is set to meet with President Trump this hour on Russia's war in Ukraine.

Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will meet separately with

Trump, are in Washington today to attend the funeral for Senator Lindsey Graham. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians with temporary protected status in the US could face deportation any day now after work permits allowing them to remain in the U.S. and it yesterday George Shilcock with Member Station W.O. Yes, S.U. has more. Ohio Republican Governor Mike Twine told reporters Monday he'd seen reports that

immigration and customs enforcement will begin deporting Haitians in Ohio, but Twine says he hasn't heard anything himself. I'm reading the same reports that you're seeing was indicates that that will be happening, but we don't have any official word at all for nice. I says in statement, it doesn't comment on ongoing or future operations.

Ten to thousands of Haitians live in cities like Columbus in Springfield, where U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies smeared Haitian immigrants with false accusations that they were eating cats and dogs. The wine says ending TPS is a mistake and defends the community, noting their contributions

to the economy at restaurants and in healthcare.

For NPR news, I'm George Shilcock in Columbus. Doeszens of people have been injured after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck South Western Japan and Pierset Wengang reports from Seoul that others appear to be trapped in a collapsed mall. The tremor could defelt in some parts of South Korea and China that are hundreds of miles

away from the epicenter in Kumamoto prefecture. In Kumamoto, more than 48,000 households lost power, rail services and airport runway were closed. Road, breach, and building collapses have been reported. It's the first earthquake that reached the maximum seven in Japan's seismic intensity

scale since January, 2024. When an earthquake hit central Japan and killed more than 700 people, Japan's weather agency

warned that more powerful cakes can follow in the coming days.

Tengong and Pierset news is over.

Your city, Mayor of Momsdani, is opening government-owned grocery stores with cheaper prices,

Steve Castenbaum reports. Mayor Zaron Momsdani is looking for operators to run five government-owned groceries across the city, which will feature a core group of stable products at reduced prices. Once a month, our five city-run grocery stores will set prices for this core set of goods at 30% below typical retail prices.

They can charge less because the stores will operate rent-free in government-owned buildings. Mayor Momsdani pushed back against concerns that they'll put small local shops out of business. When you are speaking about a dense neighborhood, there is more than enough market for both existing groceries as well as one city-run grocery store.

Moms call for the first store to open by the end of 2027, for NPR News, I'm Steve Castenbaum in New York. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A final vote is expected in the Senate today on the confirmation of Jay Clayton's nomination to become head of the nation's intelligence agencies.

He's expected to be confirmed along party lines after contentious hearing two weeks ago where he repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Still Democrats say they have more confidence in Clayton than they do in President Trump's temporary pick for the job Bill Pulti, who has no known intelligence experience and he investigated Trump's perceived enemies in his previous post as federal housing regulator.

And he go thought to be one half of a famous and widely watched couple that lives in a nest in Big Bear, California, is doing better. That's after being treated for an illness for more than a week. Madison Ahmed of Member Station KVCR has more. The Ohio Raptor Center says the female eagle believed to be Jackie of the pair Jackie

and Shadow is doing better in his eating on her own. That's after a slight setback over the weekend.

While left officials say she remains in critical condition, they still don't know what's

making her sick. The eagle was brought to the center after being found on the ground after fighting two younger eagles. Jackie is not banded so she can't be ID. Jackie and Shadow have become internet celebrities thanks to a live stream camera trained

on their nest. For NPR News, I'm Madison Ahmed and Sam Bernardino. You as future's contracts are trading in mixed territory at this hour, doubt futures are up about 517 points, NASDAQ futures are down around 181 points. I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

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