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This message comes from Home Instead. Home Instead knows that if you leave home to seek aging care, you say goodbye to where you built your life. So why not stay with help from Home Instead? Learn more at HomeInstead.ca. Home Instead. For a better what's next. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump hosted Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House today and used it as an opportunity to both renew his insistence on the U.S. taking over Gaza and Palestinians moving elsewhere in the Middle East. Questioned by a reporter about statements about the U.S. owning Gaza, Trump said the

U.S. does not actually have to buy it. There's nothing to buy. We will have Gaza. What is that? No reason to buy. There is nothing to buy. We will have Gaza. What is that? No reason to buy. There is nothing to buy. It's Gaza. It's a war-torn area.

We're going to take it. We're going to hold it. We're going to cherish it. We're going to get it going eventually where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East. It's going to be for the people in the Middle East, but I think it can be a diamond. Trump said the U.S. would ensure peace there and carry out large-scale economic development,

including building hotels and office buildings. As for accepting refugees from Gaza, Jordan's King Abdullah repeated he opposes the idea. U.S. teachers who spent more than three years in a Russian jail is heading home. The Trump administration says it negotiated a deal with Russia, but has not revealed what the U.S. offered in return. Morphman Bureaus, Michelle Kellerman.

We are absolutely in celebration, major relief vote. This is Ann Fogle, whose brother Mark was arrested in August 2021 on drug charges. He was passed over in previous prisoner swaps with Russia. Their mother, who lives in Pennsylvania, kept raising the case, including directly with President Trump. My mother spoke to President Trump shortly before he was shot in Butler. He told her then that he would get my brother out and, and I give him great credit. He was true to his word.

Trump sent his Middle East envoy to Russia to pick up Fogel and bring him back to his family. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been given a reprieve from the Trump administration. That says the Justice Department today moved to drop federal corruption charges against the head of America's biggest city. Adams visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago and has pledged support for the administration's deportation efforts that prompted speculation some kind of deal might be in the offing. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola says it expects packaging cost increase with the effects of President Trump's tariffs on aluminum. Marlon Hyde from member

station WAB is more. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump increased a 10% tariff on aluminum imports to 25%. Coca-Cola company officials say if aluminum cans become more expensive they could pivot to using more plastic bottles. Here's company chairman and CEO James Quincy. It's a cost it'll have to be managed it would be better not to have it relative to the US business but we are we are gonna manage our way through. The company reported that net revenues increased 3% to more than 47 billion dollars for last year, and it expects more revenue growth this year.

For NPR News, I'm Marlon Haad in Atlanta. On Wall Street, the Dow was up 123 points, the Nasdaq fell 70 points. This is NPR. Well then, candidate Donald Trump pledged last year to bring down the cost of food for Americans on Day 1, that is most definitely not happening in one area down the cost of food for Americans on day one that is most definitely not happening in one area the price of eggs with the bird flu outbreak continuing to push prices higher some stores including Trader Joe's and others are now limiting the number of eggs people can buy Trader Joe's for example limiting purchases to one carton per customer per day

the Waffle House restaurant chain recently put in place a 50 cent per egg surcharge for customers. Since 2022, the price of eggs in the US have doubled. This week's Billboard charts are out and for several big stars, the so-called Grammy bump is real. And pure Stephen Thompson has the story. The new number one album in the country is Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd.

The Weeknd is one of many artists who rose on this week's Billboard charts following their performances at the Grammy Awards earlier this month. While The Weeknd's album is brand new, older albums by Chappell Rhone, Benson Boone, and Dochi also rose dramatically on this week's charts. But maybe the biggest boost of all went to the Grammys' Album of the Year winner. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter had dropped all the way off the Billboard 200. This week it re-enters the chart at number 19. Stephen Thompson, NPR News. Crude oil futures prices bumped up to a two-week high amid concerns about Russian and Iranian

oil supplies and rising Mideast tensions, or gained a dollar a barrel to settle at $73.32 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington. This message comes from NYU Langone. The NYU Langone Health app gives you access to your electronic health record. Keep track of your visits, lab results, and images all in one place. Better Health starts with a Better Health System.