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Afterwards, a Kremlin spokesman described the talks as constructive, while adding some aspects of the latest U.S.

peace proposal remain unacceptable to Moscow.

Key sticking points include Ukraine giving up territory to Russia.

A survey of U.S.

diplomats finds morale at the State Department is extremely low, with President Trump's second term in the White House approaching the one-year mark.

Here's NPR's Michelle Kellerman.

Republican Matt Van Epps is celebrating a win in Tennessee's special election for the 7th District congressional seat.

Van Epps defeated Democratic candidate Afton Bain in the race to replace GOP Congressman Mark Green.

He left the House for a job in the private sector.

Bain is a progressive state lawmaker who carried Nashville in yesterday's election.

Donald Trump carried the district by 22 percentage points in the 2024 presidential race.

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It's been nearly 12 years since a Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared over the Indian Ocean.

Before the end of the month, the country's transport ministry says it will resume the search for the Boeing 777.

It's believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean in March of 2011 after veering from its flight path with 239 people aboard.

Flight 370 was destined for Beijing when it disappeared.

Some pieces of wreckage from the flight were later discovered, having washed ashore along Africa's coastline.

That was in 2014.

Michael and Susan Dell, the billionaires behind the tech company Dell, say they're donating more than $6 billion to establish investment accounts for children.

NPR's Stephen Besahab says the money will be used to help millions of kids through so-called Trump accounts.