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President Trump has applauded the changes that Paramount owner Larry Ellison has made since acquiring CBS and says they're reviewing any new deal.

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The Trump administration says it plans to spend $12 billion to help U.S.

farmers stay in business and to compensate for their trade war losses.

Frank Morris of member station KCUR has details.

Paramount is mounting a hostile takeover bid for Warner Brothers Discovery.

As NPR's Maria Aspin reports, Saudi Arabia and China are involved in the latest Hollywood drama, and so is President Trump's son-in-law.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet with the European Union

and NATO leaders in Brussels.

As Terry Schultz reports, they are expected to discuss an EU plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's recovery and war effort.

U.S.

futures are flat and after-hours trading following today's losses on Wall Street.

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is with pulling back its changes to a policy on grants to ease homelessness.

HUD will now continue mandating treatment and transitional housing for the homeless grants, but it will also cap the amount of funding for permanent housing.

It will also require that aid be aligned with Trump administration policies against diversity, equity, and inclusion.

A new study finds that this is golden era for discovering the variety of life on Earth.

Details from NPR's Nathan Roth.

Security checks are underway at nuclear power plants in northern Japan following a strong earthquake resulting in at least 23 injuries.