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This message comes from Mint Mobile. Mint Mobile took what's wrong with wireless and made it right. They offer premium wireless plans for less and all plans include high-speed data, unlimited talk and text, and nationwide coverage. See for yourself at mintmobile.com slash switch. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across the US Saturday to protest President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk and their efforts to shrink the federal government. Thousands gathered in the mall in Washington, D.C. and among them was California Democratic Congressman Eric Smallwell. He says the breadth of the rallies has him fired up.

If this was the only place that it was happening, that would be inspiring, but it's happening in a thousand plus communities across America, and so that is invigorating. In Brattleboro, Vermont, meanwhile, one person carried a sign that read, voted for cheap eggs and a gada recession. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Trump in Washington this week. He hopes to reverse new tariffs that Trump imposed on Israel. In order to travel to Washington, though, an Israeli court had to give him permission

to postpone one day of testimony in his corruption trial. NPR's Daniel Estrin has our report from Tel Aviv. A lawyer for Netanyahu says President Trump invited the Israeli leader to the White House this coming Monday, the first world leader scheduled to meet Trump since the U.S. imposed tariffs on many countries. Netanyahu wants Trump to reverse the new 17% tariff on Israeli imports. Netanyahu is currently in Hungary. When he arrived this week, Hungary withdrew from the International Criminal Court.

The court has an arrest warrant out for Netanyahu for alleged crimes in the Gaza War. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Israeli troops, meanwhile, have now been deployed to a new security corridor across southern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced what he called the Moreg Corridor on Wednesday and he said it would cut off the city of Rafa from the rest of Gaza. Israel has already ordered an evacuation of Gaza. The White House, meanwhile, says Netanyahu will be meeting with President Trump on Monday.

Flooding is being blamed for two deaths in Kentucky this week and as Karen Czar with member station WUKY reports the rains keep coming down. Norman Jenkins has lived in central Kentucky for more than five decades and has seen his share of flooding. He surveyed what I thought was the nearby creek. No, no, no, no. This is the runoff across the road. That road now submerged by rushing water is the only way in and out of a nearby subdivision, and Jenkins thinks this is just the beginning.

I'm looking forward tonight to get really bad. Earlier in the week, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by floodwater and the body of a 74-year-old was found in a submerged vehicle. The state remains under flood watches and warnings. For NPR News, I'm Karen Zarr in Lexington. At least 16 people, meanwhile, have died from flooding and tornadoes that hit the Midwest and parts of the South this week. And the National Weather Service says more rain is expected throughout the region today.

And forecasters warn that rivers in some places will continue to rise. This is NPR News. The all-white board of one of Britain's wealthiest family trusts has resigned to make way for leaders of color. Vicki Barker reports from London. In recent years, the family behind the $400 million Tudor Trust had increasingly focused on issues of racial justice. And they ultimately decided to be the change they wanted to see, seeking replacements who

had both experience of and expertise in racism and colonialism. Of the eight new trustees on the board, only one is white. The new CEO is a woman of South Asian descent who's helped charities and large organizations affect social change. The chairman of the board is a black philanthropy advisor who's written extensively about race in Britain. He replaced the founder's grandson, who says he hopes other family trusts might learn from this example.

For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Singer and guitarist Amadou Bagayakov. Mali has died along with his wife. He was part of the duo Amadou and Mariam. He was 70 years old. The couple produced more than 10 award-winning albums and twice won France's equivalent to the American Grammy Award. Their 2008 album Welcome to Molly was also nominated for Best Contemporary World Music Album at the Grammys. Florida's moving into the NCAA Men's Championship game Monday after their 79 to 73 win over Auburn Saturday night. Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points in the win. They'll be joined by Houston which used a suffocating defense to erase

a 14-point second-half deficit in their 70 to 67 win over Duke. The Blue Devils made just one field goal over the last 10 and a half minutes of the game. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. You want to follow what's happening in Washington, DC, but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detro and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms, stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms.

They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't. Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR.