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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine for about two hours today.

NPR's moralason reports the results were

modest. After the phone call, President Trump posted that Russia and Ukraine would begin talks about a

ceasefire. Ukraine has already agreed to a U.S. ceasefire plan, but Russia has not. Trump said the tone

of the conversation was excellent and that Russia wants, quote, large-scale trade with the U.S.

But there was no indication that the call had produced a breakthrough.

After the call, Putin repeated his view that the root causes of the crisis need to be addressed,

his way of saying that Ukraine would return to its former status as a satellite of Russia.

Trump has shown increasing frustration with the lack of progress.

Before the call, Vice President J.D. Vance repeated that the U.S. was willing shown increasing frustration with the lack of progress. Before the call,

Vice President J.D. Vans repeated that the U.S. was willing to walk away from the negotiations

if they made no headway. That's one of the outcomes Russia would welcome and Ukraine would not.

Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump

administration, ending temporary

protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S. Protected status had been

extended under President Biden. High Court granted the Justice Department's request to lift a judge's

order that had blocked Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome for moving to deport Venezuelans

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