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President Trump is expressing frustration over the pace of efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump is also criticizing Russia over the airstrikes that killed 12 people and wounded dozens more in Kiev on Thursday.
During an Oval Office appearance with his Norwegian counterpart,
Trump was asked what concessions Russia is willing to make.
Stopping the war.
Stopping taking the whole country.
Pretty big concession.
Trump's remarks came a day after he accused Ukraine's president of prolonging the war.
Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected the framework for a U.S. proposal that calls for Ukraine to give up territory already seized by Russia.
The director of the National Science Foundation is stepping down.
NSF is a major source of government funding for research into basic science and math,
as well as engineering and technology.
And as NPR's Neil Greenfield-Boyce reports,
the director's departure comes as the independent agency faces more cuts to its budget and staff.
Sethuraman Panchanathan is a computer scientist who took charge of the agency during President Trump's first term.