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Know that fizzy feeling you get when you read something really good, watch the movie everyone's been talking about, or catch the show that the internet can't get over? At the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, we chase that feeling four times a week. We'll serve you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, and more. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, catch the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR. stuff in between, catch the pop culture happy hour podcast from NPR. Jack Spear Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The US Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to end temporary legal status for 350,000 Venezuelans, reversing the Biden administration's decision to extend

the short-term protections. NPR's Amandaispo explains the decision could lead to deportations. The Trump administration sought to reverse temporary protected status for Venezuelans after former President Biden extended it in 2023. A federal judge paused the White House's plans a week before protections were scheduled to expire. The Trump administration appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court in an emergency application. The court didn't weigh in on whether the Trump administration could end TPS for Venezuelans permanently. That continues to be litigated in lower courts.

Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington. House Republicans during a rare Sunday session were able to push ahead President Trump's so-called big beautiful bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security provisions. Package moving through a key House committee. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson has admitted more work needs to be done. Fiscal conservatives have been pushing for deeper cuts to programs like Medicaid and green energy.

Johnson said he hopes to have a budget deal approved by the House before Memorial Day. The initial first round of aid trucks have went their way into Gaza following nearly three-month total blockade by Israel. The trucks will include food, medicine and other sorely needed supplies. Five trucks carrying baby food and other aid entered the territory of over two million Palestinians, where some countries including the UK, France and Canada say it is not enough. President Biden's diagnosis is putting a spotlight on prostate cancer,

the most common cancer diagnosed in men. Nperiwaki Noguchi reports treatment and survival rates have changed dramatically in recent decades. The 82-year-old former president is one of about 300,000 men who are or will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. It kills about 35,000 people a year. But the mortality rate from the disease is half what it was in the 1990s, largely thanks to better earlier detection and more targeted treatments that improve survivorship. It's generally a slow-growing cancer that, if caught early, can be monitored or treated relatively easily. President Biden has an unusually aggressive form of the disease that spread to his bones before it was caught. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.

New Jersey Transit says it's reached a tentative deal to end a three-day walkout by engineers. The strike-holding service for about 100,000 daily riders in New York and New Jersey, including routes to Newark Airport and into New York City. Two sides say they reached a deal on Sunday with train service to resume at 12 a.m. tomorrow. Wages were the main sticking point. Stocks closed mostly higher on Wall Street today. The Dow was up 137 points. The Nasdaq rose four points today. You're listening to NPR News.

At their first formal summit since Brexit, Britain and the European Union have You're listening to NPR News. At their first formal summit since Brexit, Britain and the European Union have opted to reset relations to some degree, to signing new agreements on defense cooperation and the easing of trade flows. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the deals will slash red tape, help grow Britain's economy and re-establish relations with the 27-member EU trade bloc that he was Britain's economy and reestablish relations with a 27 member EU trade bloc. He was Britain's biggest trading partner. The sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs continues in New York City.

Three witnesses taking the stand today. Zimbabwe's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. And a note this report does contain mention of physical assault. Two of the prosecution's witnesses testified that they saw Sean Combs violently beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. The first, Dawn Richard, is a singer who worked with Combs from 2004 to 2011. The second, Kari Morgan, was Ventura's best friend for nearly two decades. Both say they witnessed Combs behaving violently toward Ventura on more than one occasion.

Afterwards, a man named David James took the stand. He worked as a personal assistant for Combs from 2007 to 2009. James will continue testifying Tuesday about his experience as Combs' employee. The rapper and entrepreneur faces charges that include sex trafficking by coercion and racketeering conspiracy. Isabella Gomez-Ramiento, NPR News. Inside Edition host Deborah Norville has anchored the program for 30 years but now says she will step down later this month.

Norville, who is 66, says she's looking forward to a long vacation and trying something new. In this case, it would be hosting a game show. In an interview, Norville said she's proud of her connection with the audience and making a solid show on a genre once criticized as tabloid. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News.