Oh, man, I mean, that might have been the only time I've really faced myself.

I'm Jesse Thorne.

On Bullseye, George Lopez, on the time that he swung a bat at a pinaata of George Lopez.

You know, like, I wasn't supposed to hit it that many times that hard.

Getting very real with George Lopez on Bullseye from Maximumfund.org and NPR.

Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. A federal judge is denying a request to temporarily block Doge's takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace or USIP.

Some former members of the congressionally funded think tank have sued the government, alleging they were unlawfully removed

from their positions. More from MPR's, Brian Lucas. The lawsuit seeks to reinstate the board

members who were removed and to block Doge from further accessing the institute or its

systems. At a hearing in federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said she was very offended by how Doge has moved to take over USIP.

That includes threatening criminal prosecution and showing up with armed law enforcement to remove senior employees from the building.

But Judge Howell says there is confusion in the lawsuit and that she

has concerns about its likelihood of success on the merits. She therefore denied the former

USIP board member's request for a temporary restraining order blocking Doja's actions while the

lawsuit proceeds. Ryan Lucas and Pierre News, Washington.

The North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a case stemming from protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline nearly a decade ago.

The case raised questions about the limits of free speech and protest rights and whether private companies can claim restitution for blocked or delayed projects.

Demonstrators led by the

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe camped out for months drawing worldwide media attention to the project.

Energy transfer, which built the pipeline, claimed the environmental group's actions raised

the cost of construction by at least $300 million. And now a jury says Greenpeace is on the hook for that.

Ukrainian President of Lonerizzolynski says he had a frank and substantial conversation with President Trump today just a day after Trump spoke for more than two hours with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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