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Amy Held
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. President Trump this morning threatened to raise global tariffs from 10 to 15%. They can only be imposed for 150 days. This a day after the Supreme Court ruled Trump overstepped his tariff authority under a diplomatic different legal statute. Now the question remains, what happens to the $133 billion in now unlawful tariffs collected? Companies and Democratic governors are demanding refunds. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. It's a blow to Trump's presidential power.
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Danielle Kurtzleben
Tariffs have just given Trump enormous power. He had claimed he had the ability to impose tariffs when he wanted, at what level he wanted, and as the head of an economic superpower, that gave Trump massive leverage over other countries. And he used that to make trade deals on pharmaceutical pricing, even for diplomacy. And now he doesn't necessarily have that same power anymore.
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Amy Held
Some of the tariffs Trump imposed under different sections of the trade act, including on steel, aluminum and cars, will stay. A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Louisiana to require the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. NPR's Matt Bloom has this report.
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Matt Bloom
Republican lawmakers first passed the measure two years ago. It requires all public K 12 school colleges to post the biblical text for students to see. A group of families from multiple faith backgrounds sued, arguing it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. While a lower court initially agreed, the fifth Circuit Court of Appeals did not, primarily because the posters have not gone up yet. And the court says the family's case was filed too early. Republican leaders say the ruling means schools must now comply, but critics of Louisiana's law say they will look for more ways to fight it. The case's outcome could also affect the future of similar Ten Commandments laws passed in Texas and Arkansas. Matt Bloom, NPR News, New Orleans.
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Amy Held
The number of student loan borrowers considered delinquent on their payments has nearly tripled since 2019. NPR's Jonaki Mehta reports. It's hurting students credit scores.
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Jonaki Mehta
The new report, which comes from the Century foundation and Protect Borrowers, says student loan delinquency has spiked a record 25% of borrowers and those considered delinquent, meaning students who've been late on their payments have seen their credit scores go down by an average of 57 points. The report blames the Trump administration's policies for blocking borrowers from, quote, accessing the income driven repayment plans. They're legally entitled to that and the increasing cost of living in this country. In response, the Trump administration told NPR it has been, quote, reporting full inaccurate data on student loan repayment instead of extending so called flexibilities related to a pandemic that ended five years ago. Janaki Mehta, NPR News.
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Amy Held
This is NPR News. More potential delays for NASA's Artemis moon mission, its launch window likely being pushed back from opening March 6 after NASA observed an interrupted flow of helium. They had just addressed a liquid hydrogen leak. Now NASA troubleshooting once again, people seem to link shapes with sounds, a tendency that is thought to be related to the origin of language. Now NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports research is showing chickens may do the same.
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Nell Greenfield Boyce
For decades, scientists have known about something called the bouba kiki effect. If you show people two shapes, one spiky and one that's round and blobby, and ask them which shape matches the made up word bouba and which shape matches the fake word kiki, most people think that bouba goes with the rounded shape and kiki goes with the spiky one. Now in the journal Science, researchers describe some clever experiments with newborn chickens showing that these baby birds made the same links between these particular sounds and these shapes. That means whatever the bouba kiki effect is all about, it's not unique to humans or spoken language. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
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Amy Held
The UK Government is considering introducing legislation to remove the former Prince Andrew from the line of royal succession. Today, King Charles's brother is eighth in line to the throne. He was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having shared confidential trade information with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Police say they will continue to search his home on the grounds of Windsor Castle this weekend. Andrew has denied wrongdoing. And you're listening to NPR News.
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