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Korva Coleman
In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The U.S. supreme Court has struck down many of President Trump's tariffs and NPR Scott Horsley reports. The High Court ruled 6 to 3 that the President overstepped his authority in ordering double digit taxes on virtually everything the US Imports.
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Scott Horsley
A group of small business owners and states had challenged the tariffs, noting the 1970s emergency statute the president relied on never uses the word tariff. A majority of justices ruled that absent specific authorization from Congress, that statute does not give the president power to order import taxes. The decision invalidates about half the $30 billion a month in tariffs the federal been collecting. Businesses that paid those taxes will be lining up to collect refunds. The administration still has authority to impose tariffs on national security grounds or to address unfair practices, but those statutes are more limited than the sweeping powers Trump had claimed. Even with the highest tariffs in nearly a century, the US Trade deficit barely budged last year. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Korva Coleman
President Trump continues to amass U.S. military assets in and around the Middle East. This morning, Trump said he is considering a limited military strike on Iran. He did not give any details. Trump has been warning leaders in Iran that they need to reach a nuclear agreement with his administration or he will take further steps. NPR's Greg Myhre says there is a lot of U.S. materiel in the region.
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Greg Myhre
This buildup has been underway for a month and more key pieces are now moving into place. And this includes a second aircraft carrier, which will be in the Mediterranean. Some 50 additional fighter jets have been arriving in recent days. The US has also added defensive measures to guard against Iranian missile strikes. So it really is a critical mass.
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Korva Coleman
NPR's Greg MyReporting. Several Democratic members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to drop certain plans to ask people about their citizenship rather status. This would be part of this year's field test for the 2030 census. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports. The plan is likely to decrease participation in the national headcount four years from now.
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Hansi Lo Wang
The Census Bureau plans to Prepare for the 2030 count by asking households in parts of Alabama and South Carolina to fill out an unrelated online survey starting this April. The form asks, is this person a citizen of the United States, which the bureau's research shows is likely to hurt the accuracy of numbers used to redistribute political representation and federal funding. In a letter citing NPR's reporting, Representative Robert Garcia of California leads 90 House Democrats in calling for the Trump administration to change its 2026 census test plans. That call comes as the administration signals in a filing for a census lawsuit that it may soon formally propose to exclude U.S. residents without legal status from counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the whole number of persons in each state. Ansi Luang, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
You're listening to npr. Three veterans of the Vietnam War are suing the federal government. They want to block any construction of President Trump's triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery. Trump says he wants to start building a 250 foot arch in commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary. But the Vietnam veterans say this arch will harm views of the military cemetery and disrupt visitors experience of Arlington. At the Winter Olympics today, the US Men's ice hockey team will play Slovakia in the semifinals. In the other matchup today, Canada will face off against Finland. The winners will play for the gold medal in the game on Sunday. Medical historians in Turkey are reporting a discovery it's connected to early human efforts to make medicine. Ari Daniel has more.
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Ari Daniel
Rana Chelabi, a medical historian at Istanbul Metopol University, and her colleagues analyzed the residues of a set of ancient Roman bottles. Most didn't contain anything that interesting, but
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Rana Chelabi
one of them ended up revealing something even more surprising and medically significant. It turned out to be feces, human feces.
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Ari Daniel
The use of especially animal fecal matter was once considered a potent treatment for infections and inflammation. The team also found aromatic compounds, perhaps to mask the odor. It's worth noting that some modern physicians are using feces for a hard to treat bacterial GI infection as a kind of reset of the gut microbiome. For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.
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Korva Coleman
And I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News from Washington.
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