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These days, there is a lot of news. It can be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This Podcast from NPR. Jack Spear Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump says his administration will begin direct nuclear talks with Iran next weekend. He made the announcement in the Oval Office as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. More from NPR's Michelle Kellerman.

Michelle Kellerman Prime Minister Netanyahu says he and President Trump are united in the goal that Iran will never get nuclear weapons. President Trump says he would prefer a diplomatic deal and says his administration is having, in his words, a very big meeting on Saturday. We're dealing with them directly and maybe a deal is going to be made, that would be great. It would be really great for Iran, I can tell you that.

He would not say where or with whom, though Trump says the meeting will be at, quote, almost the highest level. The last time he was president, he pulled the U.S. out of a nuclear deal with Iran. This time, he says he wants to negotiate something different. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. Netanyahu's trip to Washington is the first visit by a foreign leader to the U.S. since the imposition of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Netanyahu announcing even before discussions began,

Israel will do away with levies against the U.S. We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States. We intend to do it very quickly. We think it's the right thing to do. And we're going to also eliminate trade barriers. Given the small amount of trade the U.S. does with Israel and the billions in military aid the U.S. provides, the announcement is largely symbolic as to whether its global tariffs are permanent or subject to negotiation, Trump said two things can happen simultaneously. They can both be true. There can be permanent tariffs and there can also be negotiations because there are

things that we need beyond tariffs. We need open borders. Trump also threatened even higher tariffs against China today in response to China's retaliatory tariffs. Supreme Court has agreed to stay a U.S. District Court judge's order requiring the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who the government has acknowledged was accidentally deported to a prison in El Salvador. Chief Justice John Roberts saying the order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia is stayed

till the Supreme Court waves in. Deadly flooding in Kentucky has led to evacuations and road closures. Karen Czar with member station WKYS more. The Kentucky River crested in Frankfurt Sunday night less than half an inch shy of the record set in 1978. But the water is still rising in rivers in other parts of the state. Governor Andy Beshear says there is another threat, hypothermia. This is going to be a dangerous night where temperatures fall where it gets potentially below freezing. Kentucky's emergency management director says since Friday more than 425 people and animals have been saved with

the help of swift water rescue crews. For NPR News I'm Karen Zahr in Lexington. This is NPR. Friends and family of former representative Mia Love gathered in Salt Lake City today to pay tribute to the first black Republican woman elected to Congress. The former Utah lawmaker had undergone treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer and died at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, weeks after her daughter said she was no longer responding to treatment. Hundreds of mourners attended today's service. Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, but NPR's Maria Godoy reports new research finds regular exercise can help survivors live longer. While colon cancer death rates overall have been falling, survivors still tend to have a shorter life expectancy than the general population. Researchers surveyed nearly 3,000 colon cancer patients about their exercise habits during and

after treatment. Dr. Jeff Meyerhart of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says, for patients who were three years cancer-free, exercise made a big difference. Those patients not only had a better overall survival if they were more physically active, they actually looked like they had a slightly better overall survival compared to the general population. Even patients whose cancer recurred had improvements in survival if they were doing the equivalent of a brisk walk for about an hour a day on most days. Maria Godoy, NPR News. Federal judge opened a hearing today on a landmark $2.8 billion settlement by saying

it will impact every part of college athletics, though the judge also indicated she would not be granting formal approval today. Settlement costs were paying billions in damages to athletes who say the NCAA and five big conferences prevented them from earning money off their celebrity status. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News.