This is Fresh Air contributor Anne Marie Baldinado. I talked with actor Colescola about their hit Broadway play, Oh Mary.

Cole plays an unhinged alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln, who's an aspiring cabaret performer. If that makes no sense, that's part of the point.

You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump welcomed South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa today, holding an oval office meeting that became heated more than once over questions about race relations in South Africa,

and over an airplane cutter has gifted the U.S., and Bios Daniel Kurtzleben, as more.

While the Oval Office meeting began cordially, it grew hostile when Trump repeated false claims of white genocide.

At one point, Trump paused the meeting to show the room a four and a half

minute video promoting the idea that white South African farmers are being targeted.

I must tell you, Mr. President, we have had a tremendous number of people, especially since

they've seen this. Generally, they're white farmers, and they're fleeing South Africa, and it's a, you know, it's a very sad thing to

see. South African President Ramaphosa pushed back against Trump's claims, also stressing that he

wanted to, quote, reset the relationship between the United States and South Africa. It wasn't the

only topic that angered the president. Trump also repeatedly insulted a reporter from NBC when he asked the president about his

administrations accepting a luxury airplane as a gift from Qatar.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.

The UN says it is continuing to try to get desperately needed aid into Gaza.

Whoever, even as some aid is starting to get in, it's not clear how much is getting

to those who needed the most. Fears of looting, along with restrictions imposed by the Israeli

military, are keeping trucks that have gotten in just inside Gaza. Food security experts,

meanwhile, say Gaza risk falling into famine unless Israel ends its three-month-long blockade.

Google is making artificial intelligence a more prominent part of its search engine.

It is a step to compete with AI chatbots, which analysts think will snag an increasingly large share of the market.

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