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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump says his upcoming summit with Russian president, Vladimir Putin, could lead to a second meeting. That discussion would include Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. But as NPRs, Danielle Kurtzleben reports, Trump is also managing expectations. Trump says that Friday's meeting with Putin in Alaska will determine whether they have another gathering that includes Zelensky. Now, there may be no second meeting because if I feel that it's not appropriate to have it because they didn't get the answers that we have to have, then we're not going to have a second meeting. A White House official said the meeting will take place at Elmendorf Air Force,

base in Anchorage. Trump also said a call he had with Zelensky and other European leaders this morning went well. After that call, German Chancellor Friedrich Mayors said Ukraine must be at the table for negotiations with Putin. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News, the White House. Brazil says it's ready to help companies hurt by the 50 percent tariffs slapped on its exports by President Trump. The president of the South American country announced a multi-billion dollar fund to help exporters and what he says is a fight Brazil did not start. NPR's Kerry Kahn reports. President Luis Anasio Lula de Silva says his government will provide about $5.6 billion in subsidized loans for companies hurt by the Trump tariffs. He said the U.S. has portrayed Brazil as a devil they

must fight. Brazil had no reason to be taxed. We respect human rights, he says. The U.S. accuses Brazil of censoring critics and suppressing free speech with its regulations of social media. The finance minister says Brazil is more democratic than its aggressor, referring to the U.S. Trump has demanded that Brazil drop a criminal case against its former far-right president charged with attempting a coup to stay in power after losing his bid for re-election. Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. President Trump's decision to end temporary protected status for immigrants from a number of countries, has rattled care workers. NPR's, Andrea Hsu, has more. In coming months, immigrants from

Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, and other countries are set to lose their authorization to live and work in the U.S. Among them are home health care workers and nursing homeworkers, some of whom have been in the U.S. for decades. Arnufel de la Cruz leads SCIU-Local 2015, a union representing care workers in California. He worries the policy changes will hurt families who need help. We were already in a huge care shortage, so there's not enough caregivers to be matched with people who need care. The Trump administration says temporary protected status has been abused as a de facto asylum system, allowing unvetted people to settle in the U.S. indefinitely. Andrea Shue, NPR News. This is NPR News in Washington. AOL has announced that it's getting rid of its

dial-up service. The tech giant has. had a dominant stake in the early days of internet access, but in a statement, the company acknowledged that the technology is optimized for older operating systems. NPR's Ianna Archie reports. Dialup uses a modem to convert digital data from a computer into audio signals, which can then travel over standard phone lines. Users plug their computers into a phone jack using software that allows the computer and dial-up service to sync up. The technology has its drawbacks, like not being able to use the phone and internet at the

same time, and being much slower than the broadband internet that's widely offered today. Still, 0.1% of American households relied on it as of 2022, according to data from the Census Bureau. Ianna Archie, NPR News. President Trump announced today that he will personally host this year's Kennedy Center honors and noteworthy break from tradition. Trump says this year's honorees include and actor Sylvester Stallone, country legend George Strait, disco icon Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, and actor Michael Crawford. Trump took control of the Kennedy Center's board earlier this

year, pledging major changes to restore what he calls its prestige. Past honorees have included actress Merrill Streep, Beatles legend Paul McCartney, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and actor Dick Van Dyke. I'm Windsor Johnston and PR News in Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply.