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| 0:28.3 | Russian leader of Vladimir Putin says he is open to a possible ceasefire in the Ukraine war, |
| 0:34.3 | but he also raised a number of conditions. |
| 0:37.0 | His NPR's Greg Myrie reports, President Trump |
| 0:39.1 | says he's still hopeful Russia will join Ukraine and agreeing to a truce. In his first public comments |
| 0:43.7 | on the proposed ceasefire, Russia's President Putin said he supported the idea. But he also listed |
| 0:49.1 | conditions he wants to discuss, like whether Ukraine will continue receiving weapons during the 30-day truce. |
| 0:55.8 | Speaking at the White House, Trump called Putin's statement, promising, but incomplete. |
| 1:01.1 | Trump's envoy, Steve Whitkoff, is in Moscow holding talks with Putin. |
| 1:05.9 | Meanwhile, Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Putin was, quote, afraid to tell President Trump directly that he wants to continue this war. |
| 1:15.2 | Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire earlier this week. |
| 1:18.5 | Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:21.1 | The federal judges ruled that Trump administration must offer reinstatement to thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings across |
| 1:28.7 | multiple agencies. The U.S. District Court Judge determining the firings did not follow federal law |
| 1:34.0 | and ordering reinstatements of the Departments of the Departments of Veterans Affairs, |
| 1:37.0 | Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, and Treasury. MPRs Emily Fang has more in reaction from |
| 1:42.4 | the White House. There are other court cases where agencies have been ordered to reinstate workers, and it's still a really confusing process. |
| 1:49.0 | So, for example, there are workers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who have been told they're going to be getting back pay, but they still don't know when they're actually going to start work again. |
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