Drone damages Chernobyl nuclear plant; egg prices hit record high

• On today's episode: A drone strike damaged the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant; Pope Francis will be hospitalized; another judge has blocked President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order; and a kayaker is swallowed by a whale and survives.
• Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty.
• Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts.
• NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be in peace talks as Trump touts Putin meeting.
• EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden.
• US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing.
• Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote.
• US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to Panama.
• Judge sides with gun advocates and pauses Maine gun law enacted in wake of Lewiston mass shooting.
• Injuries are reported in a more than 100-vehicle pileup near Portland in whiteout conditions.
• Stock market today Wall Street rallies near a record after yawning at Trump’s latest tariff threat.
• Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.87%, fourth straight weekly decline.
• Jets announce they've told Aaron Rodgers they're moving forward without him.
• Steph vs. Sabrina, the big hit of All-Star weekend last year, won't happen this year.

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About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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