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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump is on his way to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. He'll attend along with scores of other world leaders. It's possible Trump could meet with a few of them, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump has been pushing Ukraine and Russia to accept a U S backed peace deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine. He wants Ukraine to give up territory to Russia, a position the Kremlin has demanded. Trump says he has sent his envoy, Steve Witkoff to Moscow.
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Donald Trump
Meeting with Putin right now as we speak. And we have a lot of things going on. And I think in the end we're going to end up with a lot of good deals, including tariff deals and trade deals. We're going to make our country rich, but we're going to try and get out of war so that we can save 5,000 people a week. And that's what my aim is. I want to save 5,000 young men.
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Korva Coleman
TRUMP also appears to be engaged in a kind of back and forth with Chinese officials over trade. He's been insisting the US had contact with China every day about tariffs. Yesterday, China said flatly that any report of trade talks was false. Trump continues to insist he is talking to Beijing. China snapped back today. That's not true and that the US should stop creating confusion. Stocks opened mix this morning as Americans voice caution about rising prices tied to the president's trade war. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 180 points in early trading.
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Scott Horsley
A new poll by the Associated Press finds most Americans think prices will rise as a result of the president's new import taxes, with about half of those surveyed expecting prices to go up lot. Many of those polled say they're concerned the US Is heading towards a recession. Google has suffered a number of legal setbacks in recent weeks, but that's not hurting the company's bottom line. Google's parent company reported a 50% jump in profits during the first quarter. That's giving a boost to the search engine giant's stock. Asian stocks were mixed overnight. Tokyo's Nikkei average jumped nearly 2%. Stocks were also up in Seoul and Hong Kong, but slightly lower in Shanghai. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Korva Coleman
The Trump administration says it did not violate a judge's order when it deported migrants to a country other than their own. NPR's Joel Rose reports. It's the latest immigration case where the administration has edged toward open defiance of federal courts.
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Joel Rose
A federal judge in Boston blocked the Trump administration last month from rapidly deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without first giving them a chance to object if they fear they'll face torture or death there. In in a court filing, a lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security now says four people who had been previously convicted of crimes were deported to el Salvador on March 31, three days after the judge issued his temporary restraining order. But DHS argues that their deportations did not violate the judge's order because they were carried out by the Defense Department, which is, quote, not a defendant in the case.
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Korva Coleman
NPR's Joel Rose reporting. It's NPR. The UN is urging Pakistan and India against a potential military confrontation. This follows a mass shooting this week by gunmen in India controlled Kashmir province. At least 26 Indian citizens were killed, apparently targeted because they were Hindu. India blames Pakistan, which has denied any link to the attack. A dozen states led by Oregon are suing the Trump administration over his sweeping tariffs. As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports. The lawsuit argues the president's actions could backfire, resulting in job losses.
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Conrad Wilson
Earlier this month, President Trump declared a national emergency over the nation's trade deficit. Most of his steep new tariffs are on hold, except against China. But some US States are especially vulnerable to their potential effects. Oregon's economy depends heavily on trade. State Attorney General Dan Rayfield says the president doesn't have the legal authority to impose tariffs in the way that he's done.
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Dan Rayfield
It's already begun increasing prices on things we regularly buy, from groceries to utility costs. And it's forced us into trade wars and ultimately it is going to cost our state jobs and our country jobs.
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Conrad Wilson
Trump argues the tariffs are necessary to correct trade imbalances and boost manufacturing jobs in the US For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
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Korva Coleman
Meanwhile, California filed its own lawsuit over the tariffs last week. This comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom says that his state has now become the world's fourth largest economy. The Democratic governor says California overtook Japan's economy to reach this ranking. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.
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