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Ryland Barton
See Terms live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Supreme Court has ruled that most of President Trump's tariff policies are unconstitutional. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, it's a major blow to Trump's economic agenda.
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Scott Horsley
There's a lot of money at stake. The federal government's been collect about $30 billion a month in tariffs and this ruling strikes down about half those import taxes. So it's a big deal, especially for the US Businesses that have been paying the lion's share of these tariffs. But as big as this ruling is, tariffs are still just a fairly small slice of overall government revenues, about 5%. So if half that tariff money goes away, it will mean a larger federal deficit, but it's not a crippling blow for the U.S. treasury.
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Ryland Barton
NPR's Scott Horsley reports. The EPA is weakening limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal fired power plants. The limits were first put in place by the Obama administration and the Biden administration tightened them further. The rules are credited with cutting mercury pollution by roughly 90%. Industry groups say tougher rules make power plants too costly and hurt grid reliability. The EPA says looser rules should save hundreds of millions of dollars, but environmental groups warn the rollback will harm children's brain development and adult health. The British government is steps to remove King Charles's brother Andrew from the line of succession to the crown. That's after Andrew's arrest yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to The Epstein Files. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
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Andrew's been stripped of his title, Prince, and evicted from his royal lodge over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He settled a lawsuit with one of Epstein's underage victims, but denies wrongdoing and has not commented on the latest files, which appear to show he shared sensitive government information with the late financier and that led to Andrew's arrest. But he is still eighth in line to the throne. The British government now says it may draft legislation to prevent Andrew from ever becoming king. It would have to be approved by Parliament and more than a dozen other countries where the British king is head of state. The last time the line of Succession changed was 1936 after Edward VIII's abdication. Lauren Frayer, NPR News, London.
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Ryland Barton
Team USA has earned its 10th gold medal at the Winter Olympics, tying the U.S. record set in 2002. NPR's Ping Huang reports on the accomplishment.
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Ping Huang
Alex Ferreira, 30, 21 year old freestyle skier from Colorado, earned gold on the halfpipe with a score of 93.75 out of 100. For Ferreira, who's at his third Olympics, it adds to the silver and bronze medals he'd earned before completing his set for the US it was the 10th gold medal at these Games, matching America's highest total in the Winter Olympics, last achieved at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. Here's Alex Ferreira.
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I'm happy to support the team.
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Ryland Barton
Thank God I pulled my weight.
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Ping Huang
The US Has a few more opportunities to surpass that record with speed skating and bobsled events to come. Ping Huang, NPR News, Cortina, Italy.
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Ryland Barton
US Stocks ticked higher today. This is NPR News from Washington. Poland has officially left the Ottawa Convention which bans the use of landmined mines. Warsaw argues it needs to use landmines to defend its eastern borders against Russian threats so the mines can harm civilians. For years, Poland, Poland joined Finland, the Baltic states and Ukraine in arguing the ban limits their defense abilities. Russia has never signed the treaty. A new study finds that teens who use cannabis are at a higher risk of developing mental illness. The findings, published in JAMA Health Forum, finds that the risk was highest for psychosis and bipolar disorder. NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports.
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Ritu Chatterjee
Researchers followed more than 450,000 teens in the Kaiser Permanente Health System in Northern California all the way into young adulthood. They found that teens who reported using cannabis in the past year were at twice the risk of developing bipolar disorder years later compared to those who didn't use cannabis. Pediatrician Dr. Lynn Silver is at the Public Health Institute in California and one of the authors of the study. She says the risk of psychotic disorders also doubled.
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Ping Huang
And psychotic disorders means ones where you hear or see things that aren't real. Typically, it can be anything from in episode two, actual schizophrenia.
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Ritu Chatterjee
She says cannabis users were also at a higher risk of developing depression and anxiety. Read the Chatterjee, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
The Japanese city of Osaka has received an anonymous gift of gold bars to help its aging water pipes. The mayor says the gold is worth about $3.6 million. Public worry about old pipes grew after deadly sinkhole linked to a damaged sewer line last year. A Waterworks official says Osaka needs to renew 160 miles of pipes. This is NPR News.
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