Louise Schiavone

Negotiators for Ukraine are in West Palm Beach, Florida, to talk about a U.S.

plan to end the fighting with Russia.

They're meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The president has signaled he will send Witkoff and perhaps Kushner to Moscow this week to meet with Putin about the plan.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Some states are watching for a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act that may prompt a new wave of congressional redistricting.

The timing of the court's decision could have a big implication for the gerrymandering fight ahead of next year's midterm elections.

NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports.

In Switzerland, voters are considering a referendum to require that women, like men, be called up for national service.

This could involve participation in the military, civil protection teams, or other public service.

The Swiss parliament opposes the idea, arguing that it could involve costs and poses the likelihood that it would take too many young people out of the workforce.

For its part, the government says there's no shortage of military and civil defense staff and that compulsory female military service could place an extra burden on women with families.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Investigators are still searching for a motive for an Afghan refugee shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.

this week.

One of the soldiers has died.

Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was memorialized in her hometown yesterday.

She was 20 years old.

Fellow West Virginia National Guardsman Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition.