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Jack Spear
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Mixed messages on President Trump's tariffs roiled financial markets again. World leaders, investors and business executives all becoming increasingly vocal as trillions of dollars of US wealth continues to evaporate ahead of the imposition of more tariffs at midnight. NPR's Maria Aspin has more.
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Maria Aspin
Most CEOs have been pretty reluctant to criticize Trump in public, so the fact that more are speaking out now gives you an idea of just how worried they are about the damage the tariffs can cause. And we should note that even Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO who's Trump's close advisor and one of the wealthiest men in the world, he's not happy. Writing on his ex social network, Musk attacked Trump's very pro tariff trade advisor Peter Navarro and called him a moron.
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Jack Spear
Economists say the tariffs could push the country and the world into recession. While some countries say they're willing to talk, one notable exception has been China, which says it will retaliate against the Trump tariffs. The Dow fell 320 points today. A Louisiana judge says she'll decide later this week whether a Columbia University activist involved in pro Palestinian protests can continue to be detained by the government. 30 year old Mahmoud Khalil was the first of a number of foreign born students target for deportation. NPR's Adrienne Florido reports.
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Jamie Coman
Judge Jamie Coman set a lightning fast timeline. She gave the government a day to submit its evidence to support the charge that Khalil poses a threat to the foreign policy interests of the United States and that he committed fraud on his green card application. She said that two days later on Friday, she's going to rule on whether he should be released or whether he should be deported. His lawyers were a little bit concerned that that wouldn't give them enough time to review the evidence that the government submits against him. But if the judge rules that he should be deported, that decision would be appealable.
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Jack Spear
Meanwhile, new data from Gallup and the Lumina foundation finds students are increasingly concerned about discussing their views supporting Palestine or Israel on campus. A federal judge has ruled the Trump White House must admit the Associated Press's journalists and news events ruling its exclusion over what to call the Gulf of Mexico was unlawful. Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the White House pool to cover a Trump speech. More from NPR's David Folkenflick.
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David Folkenflick
President Trump and other senior government officials had shut the Associated Press out of dozens of major events at the Oval Office and elsewhere because the news service refused to go along with Trump's decree that the Gulf of Mexico should henceforth be known as the Gulf of America. The AP goes by the historic name for the body of water, but notes Trump's order. Judge Trevor McFadden had seemed skeptical of the AP's arguments last month. In his order, however, he found that the White House actions had harmed the AP's ability to cover the news. McFadden, a Trump appointment appointee, wrote, quote, The AP's exclusion has been contrary to the First Amendment. No comment yet from the White House. David Folkenflick, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
You're listening to NPR News in Washington. US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon made a rare appearance at a conference in San Diego today where she was asked about changes to her department, including telling school leaders recently they had to get rid of DEI programs or risk losing funding for low income students. Janaka Mehta reports.
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Linda McMahon
Asked about what exactly the administration meant by DEI programs, here's what Secretary McMahon said.
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Janaka Mehta
We need to continue to focus on where these funds need to be spent, but making sure that we are treating everyone equally. We're not taking away the rights of anyone to serve the rights of another.
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Linda McMahon
There's been confusion around how state and local leaders should respond to the latest threat to poll funding. Many say they already follow civil rights laws, including New York and Minnesota's education departments, which pushed back against the federal directive, saying there is nothing illegal about diversity programs at schools. The U.S. department of Ed has not said how they will enforce the ban on dei. Chenaki Mehta, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
The measles outbreak in Texas is showing no sign of easing, with multiple cases being reported today, including some involving children who are too young to be fully vaccinated. West Texas, which has been the epicenter of the outbreak, is now reporting more than 500 measles cases as of today. The highly contagious virus began spreading in January, primarily among unvaccinated people. Outbreaks have been reported in multiple states, at least three individuals who reportedly died from the disease, including two young children. In Texas, crude oil futures prices continued their downward slide. Oil fell $1.12 a barrel to $59.58 a barrel. In New York, I'm Jack Speier, NPR News, in Washington.
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