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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end the nearly four-year war. That's according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
What deadline has the U.S. set for Ukraine and Russia to end their war?
President Volodymyr Zelensky says the U.S. plans to pressure both sides to meet the timeline to end the near four-year war in less than four months. He also said the U.S. and Russia are preparing to sign an economic deal worth $12 trillion after Russia presented the U.S. with a lucrative proposal. Zelensky says the plan was uncovered by Ukrainian intelligence. He says Ukraine is ready to make concessions to end the war, but it must be on acceptable terms. Ukrainians say Russia has never wavered from its maximalist demands, yet Trump treats both the victim and aggressor as equally responsible. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Izyum, Ukraine.
A federal judge told the Trump administration it can't withhold billions of federal dollars for the New York-New Jersey Gateway Tunnel project while a legal challenge plays out. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, there's a bizarre naming rights dispute now wrapped up in that freeze.
The White House put a hold on the project's funding in October. Then this past week, several news outlets reported the White House had told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York that the president would release the funds if Schumer helped rename New York City's main train station and an airport near Washington, D.C. after Trump. Asked about it on Air Force One, Trump didn't entirely dismiss the idea.
Chuck Schumer suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station.
In a post on X, Schumer disputed Trump's account saying, quote, absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it. Tamara Keith, NPR News, traveling with the president.
A federal judge in Minneapolis is giving the Department of Homeland Security until Thursday to craft a plan to ensure that immigration detainees have access to attorneys. Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports the judge heard arguments yesterday in a lawsuit from a human rights group.
A Honduran asylum seeker alleges she was detained without access to a lawyer after ICE agents arrested her. Attorney Jeffrey Dubner says his client has since been freed, but ICE continues to violate the rights of many others.
All that we're seeking is what the Eighth Circuit has long said is required for people in detention. which is a reasonable opportunity to seek and receive the assistance of attorneys.
A DHS lawyer said detainees get unlimited attorney phone calls, but she did not provide evidence. Judge Nancy Brazel ordered lawyers from both sides to visit the Minneapolis Detention Center to assess conditions there. She promised to rule Thursday if the parties don't reach a deal. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. At the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, the host country has claimed its first gold medal. As NPR's Ping Huang reports, it was a decisive victory in speed skating.
On her birthday, in her home country, Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida powered through seven and a half laps on the long track course to set a new Olympic record for the 3,000-meter speed skate. She clocked in at 3 minutes and 54 seconds, a full two seconds ahead of the athlete in second place. She told reporters, this was the best day ever, a perfect day. For Lolo Brigida, who just turned 35, this is her fourth and last Olympics and her first gold medal. It's also the first gold medal for Italy in these games. After winning the race, Lolo Brigida scooped up her two-year-old son. After the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, she said she weighed becoming a mother against participating in the next Olympics in Italy, and she didn't want to give up on either of them.
Ping Huang and PR News, Milan.
President Trump is endorsing Nexstar Media Group's proposed $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna months after criticizing the deal.
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