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Right this moment’s prime tales
Right this moment, Beijing retaliated in opposition to U.S. tariffs on Chinese language items by slapping 125% tariffs on U.S. items. The tariff hike comes after the White Home clarified yesterday that China now faces a tariff charge of 145% on its exports to the U.S.

Folks stand outdoors a brokerage home as an digital board shows shares buying and selling index within the Central Business District, in Beijing on Thursday.
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- 🎧 Despite the fact that President Trump rolled again a few of his new tariffs, most nations on the planet are nonetheless seeing the very best import taxes in over a century, NPR’s Scott Horsley tells Up First. Traders are frightened that China’s triple-digit tariff on the U.S. may drag financial development. Tariffs may greater than double the value of products the U.S. buys from China, reminiscent of clothes, furnishings and electronics. Up till Wednesday, Trump’s tariffs had been pointed in all instructions. His deal with China now means extra importers have alternatives to decrease their tariff payments by procuring in different nations.
Home Republicans yesterday narrowly accredited a multitrillion-dollar funds framework that might permit the get together to resume Trump’s tax cuts and border safety insurance policies. They accredited the blueprint by a vote of 216 to 214.
- 🎧 The large package deal reveals that the Senate and Home agreed they need more cash for border safety and home power manufacturing, NPR’s Deirdre Walsh explains. The tax breaks will value round $5.5 trillion over a decade. Democrats are blasting the package deal, saying it will add trillions to the nation’s deficit. Lawmakers from swing districts and a few Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley are involved that cuts will come from Medicaid, nonetheless, Home Speaker Mike Johnson was cautious to say its beneficiaries will not lose their protection.
The Supreme Court docket yesterday ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. The El Salvadoran citizen, who was residing in Maryland and in 2019 was granted safety from being despatched again to his nation, was mistakenly deported final month to El Salvador. The excessive court docket sided with a district court docket decide regardless of an emergency attraction from the Trump administration.
- 🎧 In Choose Paula Xinis’ authentic order, she informed the Trump administration to “effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return. The justices say the scope of this time period is unclear and the wording may exceed the decrease court docket’s authority in relation to overseas coverage, NPR’s Joel Rose explains. Xinis clarified in a brand new revised order final night time that the federal government must take all steps to facilitate his return to the U.S. as quickly as attainable. The White Home deputy chief of workers, Stephen Miller, is framing the discourse as a win for the administration for the reason that Supreme Court docket says decrease courts cannot dictate overseas coverage.
A tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River yesterday afternoon, killing the pilot and a household of 5 visiting from Spain, mentioned New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams. (by way of Gothamist)
The state of the First Modification

A sequence from NPR’s Morning Version will discover who felt censored earlier than President Trump returned to workplace and who feels stifled now.
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Trump just lately declared throughout an handle to Congress that he had “stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America.” This week, Morning Version will discover who feels freer to talk below Trump’s administration, who feels they’re being pressured into silence and the extent to which the constitutional proper to free speech may be altering — for the higher or worse.
The Trump administration is investigating many universities for his or her packages that help minorities and alleged failures to handle antisemitism on campus. It is also attempting to deport some worldwide college students, most of whom participated in pro-Palestinian protests or advocacy. Within the face of those actions, Morning Version got down to reply the query: Is tutorial freedom on college campuses fading? Folks from throughout the political spectrum shared their experiences with NPR. Some conservatives attending a liberal campus specific extra willingness to talk their minds now that Trump is in workplace. In the meantime, a race and racism historian addresses how the warfare in opposition to DEI impacts his discipline of examine.
Weekend picks

Black Mirror‘s seventh season features a sequel to season 4’s “USS Callister”
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Try what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Motion pictures: Rami Malek stars in The Newbie as a CIA knowledge analyst attempting to trace down and kill the individuals who murdered his spouse. It hits theaters right this moment, together with three different flicks.
📺 TV: Season 7 of Black Mirror is formally out. The present’s creator and co-showrunner Charlie Brooker informed Morning Version that some episodes are a little bit of a intestine punch whereas others are emotive and reflective. This is what else has hit the small display this week.
📚 Books: 5 notable books got here out this week, starting from a story of tribal politics to a close-focus thriller. Every gives a stab at a proof or a deeper understanding of the questions concerned.
🎵 Music: Bon Iver’s first album in nearly six years, SABLE, fABLE, is one in all right this moment’s many new releases. All Songs Thought of has a playlist of one of the best songs from notable new data that had been launched at midnight.
🍲 Meals: Welcome again to your second serving to of therapeutic soups. A couple of of this week’s choices have uncommon substances, however the recipes have been tailored to make them accessible to house cooks.
❓ Quiz: On the finish of my quiz it mentioned I received an A- on my report card. I can not wait to share with my mother. Now it is your flip to attempt to match or beat that.
3 issues to know earlier than you go

Anchorage canines take a look at out masks that their proprietor acquired to guard their eyes in opposition to volcanic ash.
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- Anchorage residents are making ready their pooches for an anticipated volcanic eruption by placing them in PPE — that’s, pet protecting tools. From doggles to canine booties, take a look at these photographs.
- The nationwide Actual ID regulation will go into impact on Could 7, after 20 years of delays. You probably have a home flight arising, this is what you want to know because the deadline approaches.
- Former artwork influencer August Lamm desires you to ditch your smartphone for a “dumbphone.” She’s owned one in all these pared-down telephones since 2022 and has an illustrated information that can assist you make the swap.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.