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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Ryan Ruth, the man charged with plotting to assassinate then candidate Donald Trump in Florida last year, has been found guilty on all counts. He now faces life in prison. A jury in Fort Pierce deliberated a few hours before the verdict was announced. Ruth's was the second assassination attempt during Trump's presidential campaign. NPR's Greg Allen has more on the trial in which Ruth represented him. himself in court. Ruth was arrested after a secret service agent as he spotted him holding a rifle near where Trump was golfing at his West Palm Beach Club in September. Ruth presented three witnesses

Monday. Two were friends who testified to what he claimed is his peacefulness, gentleness, and nonviolence. The third, a former Marine sniper serving as an expert witness, did little to help Ruth's defense. He said the spot prosecutors called a sniper's hide just outside the golf club's fence offered what he called a clear shot at the sixth hole where Trump was soon to arrive. Greg Allen, NPR News, Fort Pierce, Florida. President Trump and the Food and Drug Administration are offering different messages about whether a common pain killer is a cause of autism. NPR's John Hamilton has more on the apparent disagreement. At a press briefing Monday, Trump offered unequivocal advice to pregnant women regarding acetaminopin, the active ingredient in Tylenol.

With Tylenol, don't take it. Don't take it. Pregnant women who do, he said, put their child at risk of developing autism. But a statement from the FDA took a different tone. It describes a possible association between acetaminopin and autism. And in a letter to physicians, the FDA commissioner stated that a causal relationship has not been established between the drug and the disorder. The agency says it plans to require a new warning label on products containing acetaminopin, but it remains unclear what it will say. John Hamilton, NPR News.

Hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank marched in muted celebration. today after the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia announced they would formally recognize a Palestinian state. More on this from NPR's Emily Fang. Palestinians gathered in the city of Ramallah to cheer the recognition, but also to mourn the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed and to call attention to the plight of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Some marchers waved Palestinian flags, and a few waved the flag of Spain, which has recognized a Palestinian state last year, and the that of France, which also has joined the list of countries. Rowan Ziyadh is a student at nearby

Burzai University. She applauds the wider recognition of Palestinian statehood. She said it gave Palestinians a seat at global institutions like the UN. But Zia Day and most other Palestinians say they want to see more concrete actions to end Israel's war in Gaza. Emily Fang and Peer News. This is NPR. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, is disputing bribe allegations that surfaced in recent days. I'm sorry. Look, I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal. And it's hit piece after hit piece after hit piece. And I'm glad the FBI and DOJ came out and said. And, you know, said that nothing illegal happened and nothing, you know, no criminal activity. You're talking about a guy spent 34 years enforcing the law. He spoke out himself yesterday on Fox News, the Ingram Engel, hours after, The White House strongly defended him. MSNBC and the New York Times were among the news organizations that reported at home and had been recorded accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover federal agents in exchange for agreeing to help win contracts. NPR has not independently verified the allegations.

Elon Musk wants to build millions of dollars of tunnels under Houston to alleviate flooding. That's according to a new investigation by the Texas Newsroom in collaboration with the Houston Chronicle, ProPublica, and the Texas Tribune. The Texas Newsrooms, Lauren, McGovern. has more. According to emails obtained by the Texas newsroom, reps with Musk's tunneling firm, The Boring Company, said they could install two narrow tunnels for $760 million. The conversations happened privately and ahead of the formal bidding process. Musk responded on X, saying his tunnels would be cheaper than those the county has studied. That's Laura McGahey reporting. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 112 points now at 46,268. The Nazak has lost 243 points, now down more than 1%, and the SMP down 45 points. This is NPR News.