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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The Prime Minister of India is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Trump, but first, he met with tech billionaire Elon Musk. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Musk is also currently a special government employee, leading a project to slash the size of the federal government.

Musk still owns Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, and the social media site X.

Modi's account on X posted a photo of the Prime Minister meeting with Musk, with American and Indian flags behind them.

Of the meeting, President Trump said he assumed Musk wants to do business with India.

I would imagine he met possibly because, you know, he's running a company.

He's doing this as a, as something that he's felt strongly about for a long time,

because he sees what's happening.

And he sees how the country is

really being hurt badly by all of the fraud, waste and abuse.

Trump continues to downplay the risk of any conflict of interest between Musk's business dealings

and his government role. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

A federal judge has extended for another week. The pause on the Trump administration's

plan to put thousands of federal employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave.

NPR Sanzi Lo Wong reports the judge is expected to release another ruling on that controversial plan next week.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, has ruled to keep blocking the Trump

administration from putting more than 2,000 USAID workers on leave.

Federal Government Employee Union is leading this law suit to challenge the administration's

efforts to gut the agency and stop most foreign aid. In court, the administration's attorneys

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