AMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: Senate Republicans are requesting a billion dollars to fund security improvements for President Trump's White House ballroom.

The money is attached to a broader measure they hope to pass this month aimed at funding ICE and Border Patrol.

Republicans have been pushing for the financing after a man was charged with trying to assassinate President Trump at a dinner late last month.

It's not clear exactly how the $1 billion would be used, but it is more than double the $400 million to build the ballroom, which the president said would be privately funded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are observing a temporary truce tonight.

Earlier, Russia announced its own cease-fire for Friday and Saturday for Victory Day celebrations, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

But both sides are accusing the other of last-minute attacks.

In Ukraine, authorities say Russian strikes killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more, as Moscow targets the country's power grid.

President Zelenskyy says the attacks prove what he calls Moscow's utter cynicism.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President (through translator): A one-day cease-fire, but killing our people beforehand is, to put it mildly, simply not fair, dead, wounded, adults, children.

I'm sorry, but after all this to say, let's have a 24-hour cease-fire, that is not serious.

AMNA NAWAZ: Russia today released videos showing Ukrainian drones striking the city of Cheboksary east of Moscow.

Russia says three people were injured.

Ukraine says it was targeting military sites.

In Central China, authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion at a fireworks plant in Hunan Province that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more.

Eyewitness video caught the sound of popping fireworks and smoke rising from the site yesterday.

China state broadcaster says investigators believe the blast started in a workshop where fireworks are made and packaged and that at least one company official has been detained.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called today for a prompt investigation and the punishment of those responsible.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing The New York Times, alleging the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee when he was passed over for promotion last year.

The suit claims The Times violated federal laws that prohibit hiring or promotion decisions based on race or sex, saying -- quote - - "There is no diversity exception to this rule."

The unnamed employee filed a complaint with the EEOC last year after the job went to a person described as a nonwhite female.

The Times says it categorically rejects the allegations and is vowing to defend itself vigorously.

Meantime, the Trump administration is investigating whether Smith College violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing transgender students to enroll.

The inquiry by the Education Department's Civil Rights Office accuses the all-women's college of -- quote -- "admitting biological men."

It's an expansion of the Trump administration's push to limit the rights of transgender students, which until now has largely focused on sports and the use of women's bathrooms.

In response, the Massachusetts-based school says it's -- quote -- "fully committed to its institutional values, including compliance with civil rights laws."

In Georgia, Fulton County is seeking to block the Justice Department from acquiring the identities of every person who worked there during the 2020 election.

That is in response to a DOJ subpoena demanding the names and contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers.

County officials call that order overbroad, saying it was meant -- quote -- "to target, harass, and punish the president's perceived political opponents."

It's the latest effort by the Trump administration to target the Democratic stronghold, which the president has falsely accused of widespread voter fraud in his 2020 election loss.

On Wall Street today, stocks rose as oil prices eased.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 350 points.

The Nasdaq added around 250 points, or more than 1 percent.

The S&P 500 also closed firmly in positive territory.

And a pair of Broadway adaptations are leading the way among this year's Tony nominations.

"Schmigadoon!," a parody of Broadway musicals based on an Apple TV show, earned 12 nominations.

So too did "The Lost Boys" based on the 1987 teen vampire film.

Close behind are a pair of revivals, with "Ragtime" getting 11 nominations and Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" earning nine.

June Squibb made history as the oldest ever Tony nominee at 96 for her performance in "Marjorie Prime."

And Danny Burstein is now the most-nominated male actor with nine career nods.

The Tonys will be handed out next month in New York.

Still to come on the "News Hour": a suspected outbreak of a rare and deadly virus kills three people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of West Africa; thousands of immigrant truck drivers lose their commercial licenses in the Trump administration's latest crackdown; author Douglas Stuart discusses his new novel about a fractured family in Scotland; and renowned musician Wynton Marsalis explains why he thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy.