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Imagine, if you will, a show from NPR that's not like NPR, a show that focuses not on the important but the stupid, which features stories about people smuggling animals in their pants and competent criminals in ridiculous science studies, and call it Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me because the good names were taken. Listen to NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Yes, that is what it is called wherever You Get Your Podcast. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump had a wide ranging interview with NBC News Meet the Press that's being

aired in full today. He was asked by Kristen Welker if he will abide by the courts on the rights of migrants. Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree, Mr. President? I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.

Well, the Fifth Amendment sets us off. I don't know. It seems it might say that. Last month, the Supreme Court temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting some suspected gang members from Venezuela. His lawyers are asking the court to lift or narrow that order. Warren Buffett had a surprise yesterday for the tens of thousands of people who went to Omaha, Nebraska for the annual shareholder meeting of his company,

Berkshire Hathaway. He's stepping down at the end of the year. NPR's Maria Aspin has more. Maria Aspin Way past the retirement age is kind of an understatement. He's 94 years old. And look, there have been signs that he's been working towards this. His longtime business partner, Charlie Munger, died a couple of years ago. And Buffett had already announced that one of his deputies, Greg Abel, would eventually succeed him. But Buffett has still been the public face of his company. He spent nearly five hours yesterday answering questions from his investors in public.

NPR's Maria Aspin. Israel is vowing retribution after a missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen landed near Israel's main airport today. Flights were disrupted. Israeli officials say four people were lightly injured. NPR's Carrie Khan reports. Sirens went off in many cities in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, early Sunday morning, sending Israelis into bomb shelters and halting flights at the international airport. The

missile or debris from it fell in a field near Ben Gurion Airport. Most missiles from Yemen are intercepted, but some have penetrated Israeli airspace and caused damage. A Yemeni official posted on social media that the attack is a warning to international airlines to not fly into Israel's main airport. Since the start of the Gaza war in solidarity with Palestinians, the Houthis have sent missiles into Israel. Israel's defense minister says forces will no longer use restraint against Yemen, adding, quote, whoever harms us, we will harm them sevenfold. Kari Kahn, NPR News, Tel Aviv. In remarks aired today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hoped there would be

no need to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. He told state television Russia has sufficient strength and resources to take the war to what he called its logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires. Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, starting the biggest ground conflict in Europe since World War II. A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight killed at least 11 people. This is NPR News in Washington. Voters in Romania are casting ballots today in a presidential election. The polls suggest

a hard-right candidate is leading the field of 11. George Simeon opposes military aid to neighboring Ukraine and has aligned himself with the policies of President Donald Trump. Doctors Without Borders says a hospital in Market were bombed this weekend in South Sudan, killing at least seven people. Kate Bartlett reports. A helicopter dropped a bomb on the hospital in Jonglai State, the aid agency said, and a drone then bombed a nearby Market. All medical supplies were destroyed at the only hospital in the area serving more than 100,000 people. Doctors Without Borders called it a clear violation of international humanitarian law.

It was unclear who was responsible, though in recent weeks the South Sudanese government has been cracking down on areas that support Fais President Riek Macha, who was arrested in March. Macha had been part of a unity government. The UN has warned that the country is on the brink of returning to full-blown civil war. For NPR News, I'm Kate Butler in Johannesburg. The seventh season of a popular Swedish television show ends today. For 20 days, the Great Moose Migration let viewers watch the annual Spring Migration live 24 hours a day. The show premiered in 2019, attracting nearly a million viewers.

The audience grew to nine million last year. The project manager for the great Moose migration told the Associated Press he's very satisfied with this year providing 478 hours of uninterrupted Moose content. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News. Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.