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And that's Up First for this Tuesday, May 20th. I'm Steve Inskeep.

And that's Up First for this Tuesday, May 20th. I'm Steve Inskeep.

How do you hear it if it's in your pocket? Anyway, today's episode of Up First was... Headphones. Oh, thank you. Thanks for the reminder. Bluetooth. There we go. Today's Up First was edited by Neela Banerjee, Rylan Barton, Carrie Kahn, Ali Schweitzer, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Ben Abrams, and Christopher Thomas.

How do you hear it if it's in your pocket? Anyway, today's episode of Up First was... Headphones. Oh, thank you. Thanks for the reminder. Bluetooth. There we go. Today's Up First was edited by Neela Banerjee, Rylan Barton, Carrie Kahn, Ali Schweitzer, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Ben Abrams, and Christopher Thomas.

How do you hear it if it's in your pocket? Anyway, today's episode of Up First was... Headphones. Oh, thank you. Thanks for the reminder. Bluetooth. There we go. Today's Up First was edited by Neela Banerjee, Rylan Barton, Carrie Kahn, Ali Schweitzer, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Ben Abrams, and Christopher Thomas.

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We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us again tomorrow.

We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us again tomorrow.

President Biden once championed an effort to cut cancer deaths in half.

President Biden once championed an effort to cut cancer deaths in half.

President Biden once championed an effort to cut cancer deaths in half.

I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israel has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza in an operation called Gideon's Chariots, forcing Palestinians to flee again. Why now amid ceasefire talks?

I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israel has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza in an operation called Gideon's Chariots, forcing Palestinians to flee again. Why now amid ceasefire talks?

I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israel has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza in an operation called Gideon's Chariots, forcing Palestinians to flee again. Why now amid ceasefire talks?

The news from his office comes as new attention is focused on Biden's decline while in office.

The news from his office comes as new attention is focused on Biden's decline while in office.

The news from his office comes as new attention is focused on Biden's decline while in office.

And Palestinians are fleeing bombardment. They report more than 100 people were killed on Sunday, including women and children. The intensified war comes at the same time that Israel and Hamas are holding new ceasefire negotiations, and Israel says it will let some food and medicine back into Gaza after a blockade of almost three months.

And Palestinians are fleeing bombardment. They report more than 100 people were killed on Sunday, including women and children. The intensified war comes at the same time that Israel and Hamas are holding new ceasefire negotiations, and Israel says it will let some food and medicine back into Gaza after a blockade of almost three months.

And Palestinians are fleeing bombardment. They report more than 100 people were killed on Sunday, including women and children. The intensified war comes at the same time that Israel and Hamas are holding new ceasefire negotiations, and Israel says it will let some food and medicine back into Gaza after a blockade of almost three months.