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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump's position on the war in Ukraine has shifted. In a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky Tuesday, Trump blamed Russia for the ongoing conflict. It could be that Russia is a paper tiger. I don't know what they are, but three and a half years of fighting and killing everybody, and killing 7,000 people a week for nothing. Trump praised Zelensky's handling of the war and says he believes Ukraine, could regain all of its land seized by Russia.

The President also says that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace. The Secret Service says it shut down a network of devices as world leaders and diplomats gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly. As NPR's Ginne Glofflin reports, the agency says the network could have been used to spy or disrupt communications. High-profile meetings of world leaders are extremely attractive targets for espionage. So it's no surprise the U.S. Secret Service uncovered a network of more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards in New York City in the days leading up to the 80th U.N. General Assembly. According to the Secret Service, those devices could have enabled bad actors to shut down communication networks in the area or to spy on the session. Matt McCool is the special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office. He made brief remarks in a video message.

This announcement is designed to safeguard critical infrastructure and responsibly provide the public what we can at this time. He said the investigation already uncovered a potential foreign actor involved. Jen McLaughlin, NPR News. President Trump's warning about Tylenol and autism has created confusion. NPR's Alison Albury reports that pediatricians are now trying to help patients understand the evidence. There is no evidence that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism and children, which the FDA has acknowledged. Dr. Nicole Baldwin is a pediatrician who says Tylenol has been shown to be safe and left untreated high fevers can cause complications. for the mother and the fetus.

We don't want parents to just tough it out. You know, we want moms to be treated. Some studies have pointed to a link between autism and Tylenol, but these correlations could be a fluke or coincidence. Baldwin says both shark bites and eating ice cream increase in summer, but that doesn't mean that one causes the other. She says correlation is very different from proving that something causes harm. Alison Aubrey, NPR News.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airways Tuesday night. ABC suspended Kimmel's late-night show last week over remarks he made about the murder of Charlie Kirk. The show was not seen in some markets, broadcasters' Next Star and Sinclair preempted Kimmel's show with alternative programming. The two companies own local stations in hundreds of U.S. markets where viewers can still see Jim and Kim alive on streaming. U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street on Asia-Pacific markets, shares are higher. This is NPR. The Trump administration is canceling more grants over diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The move affects nine grants for college prep programs nationwide, as idea stream public media's

Connor Morris explains. The federal gear-up grant pays for counselors and other programs to teach students how to apply for college, write resumes, and more. Winter Mason, one of those counselors at a high school in Akron, says her work went far beyond that, though. Those students see you every day and they believed in you and you built that relationship with them. So it's just an amazing feeling to have and we don't want that to be removed. Advocates say the canceled gear up grants total almost $170 million and impact students at 220 schools across the U.S. Cleveland and Akron are two of the biggest, but grants were also

canceled in New Hampshire, Indiana, and California. The Department of Education says the majority of gear up grants are continuing. For NPR news, I'm Connor Morris in Cleveland. Hurricane Gabrielle remains a category four storm as it moves in the open Atlantic towards the Azores, but is expected to weaken as it approaches land. Still, Gabriel threatens to cause coastal flooding and dangerous waves. It could arrive in the Azores late Thursday or early Friday. At least 14 deaths in Taiwan and four in the Philippines are being blamed on a storm now pounding Hong Kong in southern China. As many as 400,000 people were evacuated from the Chinese city of Xinjiang.

Super Typhoon, Ragasa, is being called the strongest storm to hit the region in years. Ragasa is projected to make landfall on Wednesday. This is NPR News. 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.