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This is Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what. To try and do that, we've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stevens. Both the White House and Kremlin say Monday's phone call

between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was constructive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging Western allies to step up pressure on Russia while Putin is insisting on concessions from Zelensky is urging Western allies to step up pressure on Russia while Putin is insisting on concessions from Zelensky. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says President Trump wants to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine, which he blames on the last administration.

He's grown weary and frustrated with both sides of the conflict. The president and his team have put an enormous amount of effort in solving this very complicated war that again began because of the last administration's weakness. Levin says President Trump wants a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine. European leaders are calling for new sanctions on Russia within days if the Kremlin fails to agree to peace talks and a 30-day ceasefire. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with both President Trump and President Zelensky. As NPR's Eleanor Beersley reports, Macron is pushing for a high-level Russian-Ukrainian

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putting a spotlight on the most common cancer diagnosed in men. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports that treatment and survival rates for prostate cancer have changed dramatically. 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. Yukie Noguchi, NPR News. This is NPR. The Trump administration has repatriated 64 Colombian and Honduran migrants who agreed to self-deport. The group was equipped with a $1,000 stipend and given a charter flight out of the U.S. with an offer to apply for legal entry sometime in the future. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has warned people who enter the U.S.

illegally that those who refuse to self-deport will be arrested, fined, and deported with no opportunity to return. The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Justice Department's request to end special legal protections for Venezuelan migrants. The justices have approved DOJ's request to end a lower court order that blocked plans to lift temporary protective status or TPS for Venezuelan migrants. Sesame Street is headed to Netflix. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, the iconic kid's show was without a distributor after it was dropped by Max last year. Netflix says it will begin streaming the 56th season of Sesame Street later this year. Under its previous distribution deal, PBS had to wait months before airing new episodes after they first ran on Max. Now, PBS Stations and the PBS Kids platform will run new episodes

on the same day and date as they stream on Netflix. As an educational show steeped in research, Sesame Street is expensive to produce. In March, Sesame Workshop announced it was laying off 20% of its staff amid the changing media and funding landscape. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News. U.S. Futures are flat and after hours trading. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. With WISE, you can send, spend, or receive money across borders, all at a fair exchange rate.

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