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Live from NPR news, I'm Koraa Coleman. President Trump meets Ukrainian president

Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House today. They're supposed to sign a critical minerals

deal that Trump insists is an important step toward reaching a peace deal with Russia. Trump has

personally attacked the Ukrainian leader. Last week, he called Zelensky a dictator. Yesterday,

Trump was asked by a reporter about labeling Zelensky that way, and Trump replied,

Did I say that? I can't believe I said that. Next question. The meeting between Zump and Zelensky

happens later this morning. A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration's

mass layoffs of federal workers are illegal. He has ordered a halt to the firings at some agencies

and says they should be rescinded. The federal judge has scheduled another hearing

for next month. Meanwhile, hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

are getting layoff notices, and Pierre's Alejandra Burundah has more. If you check the weather

today, you interacted with the agency known as NOAA. Noah is America's top ocean, weather, climate, and environmental science agency.

That's Tim Gallaudet. He led NOAA under the First Trump administration.

Gallaudet warned that deep cuts to the agency's staff or budget could hamstring its ability

to provide services many Americans rely on,

like free weather forecasts or tidal predictions that help keep seafaring ships safe.

The fired staffers were so-called probationary employees. That means they were relatively new

to the agency or had recently gotten a promotion. The Trump administration has asked all

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