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Look, we get it. When it comes to new music, there is a lot of it. And it all comes really fast. But on All Songs Considered, NPR's music recommendation podcast, we'll handpick what we think is the greatest music happening right now and give you your next great listen. So kick back, settle in, get those eardrums wide open, and get your dose of new music from All Songs Considered, only from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the start of a short trip to the Middle East. Trump is focused on trying to arrange deals.

One of them could be fostering links between the Saudi government and Israel, but Saudi leaders say that won't happen without an end to the war in Gaza. Separately, NPR's Aya Batraoui reports Trump and his family are striking significant business deals in the region based on personal ties. Those personal ties are linked to his family's business interests in the Gulf. You know, just less than two weeks ago, his son, Eric Trump, who runs the family business, the Trump organization was in the region launching new projects, a Trump hotel tower in Dubai, a Trump golf course in Qatar.

There's also money from the Gulf flowing into the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture. And Qatar has just offered Trump a new Boeing airplane to replace one of the aging Air Force One jets. And Piers Ehebetraoui reporting. Israel is sending mediators to Qatar for talks to try to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. The U.S. is trying to jumpstart negotiations after Hamas released a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen from captivity in Gaza. And Piers Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv. 21-year-old Edan Alexander is undergoing tests

at an Israeli hospital. He spoke with President Trump on the phone, according to U.S. envoy Steve Woodcoff. The U.S. negotiated directly with Hamas for his release from Gaza. He's the first Israeli soldier Hamas has freed since capturing about 250 hostages in the October 7, 2023 attacks. Israeli negotiators are meeting for talks in Qatar. They want to work from a previous U.S. proposal for Hamas to release half of its remaining living hostages and then

to discuss the terms of ending the war. After a pause in airstrikes to facilitate Alexander's release, Israel resumed attacks in Gaza targeting Hamas including at a hospital. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. The federal sex trapping trial against Sean Combs resumes today in New York City and Pierce Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports this follows yesterday's opening statements and testimony from two witnesses. Prosecutors alleged that Sean Combs used his businesses to carry out and cover up crimes.

His defense attorneys argued that the rapper and music mogul was in toxic relationships that had nothing to do with his companies. After opening arguments, two government witnesses testified. First, a Los Angeles police officer who was working as a hotel security guard in 2016 described how he responded to an altercation between Combs and his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Video of the incident, which shows Combs kicking and dragging Ventura, has been widely viewed since CNN obtained and released a version of it last year. Then, a man who claims Ventura paid him

for sexual encounters that Combs watched took the stand. He said he witnessed Combs violently attack Ventura more than once. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News. On Wall Street, the Dow futures are down 160 points. It's NPR. The government says consumer prices rose 2.3% in April from what they were a year ago. But inflation is cooling a little. The consumer

price index was a little higher in March at 2.4%. A new study estimates nearly one in four children in the U.S. has at least one parent with a substance use disorder. Alcohol use is the most common, as NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports. The new study used the latest data from the Household-Based National Survey on Drug Use and Health and found that nearly 19 million U.S. kids have a parent with a substance use disorder. Study author Sean McCabe directs the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health at the University of Michigan. It makes you realize that the scope of this issue is vast.

McCabe says a significant proportion of those children, 7.6 million, have a parent whose addiction is severe or moderate as opposed to mild. The findings are published in the latest JAMA pediatrics. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News. Officials in India say they have killed three people in the Indian-controlled area of Kashmir province. India claims they were terrorists. This comes after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire last weekend and followed several

days of the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors in decades. An international aviation body has ruled that Russia is responsible for shooting down Malaysia Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014. Nearly 300 people aboard were killed. The plane was hit by a missile fired by Russian-led separatists. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News. Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? Well, don't sweat it. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.