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Jackson Financial
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Shea Stevens
Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. A federal trade court is blocking President Trump's sweeping tariffs on Global Imports. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the court says Trump overstepped his authority when he used an emergency Powers act to justify the tariffs.
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Scott Horsley
In a unanimous ruling, the three judge panel said the Constitution gives Congress the exclusive power to regulate trade and impose tariffs. The court says the 1977 emergency law trump relied on in ordering tariffs does not give the president unbounded power to tax imports from nearly every other country.
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Shea Stevens
NPR's got Horsley reporting. A federal judge says Secretary of State Marco Rubio likely violated the Constitution by order ordering Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil deported over his pro Palestinian activism. But as NPR's Adrian Florido reports, the judge stopped short of ordering Khalil's release from federal custody.
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Adrian Florido
Judge Michael Farbiar said in his ruling that Rubio likely overstepped when he relied on an obscure statute that allows him to personally order someone deported who he thinks threatens U.S. foreign policy goals. Rubio claimed, without offering evidence, that Khalil's protests were anti Semitic and therefore undermined what Rubio said are the government's efforts to fight antisemitism worldwide. The judge said using that authority to go after Khalil for his protests would probably be proven unconstitutional at trial. His lawyers hoped the judge would free Khalil from immigration detention as the case moves forward. But the judge said his legal team needs to submit more evidence to show how Khalil is being harmed by his detention. Adrian Florido, NPR News.
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Shea Stevens
The State Department has stopped interviewing international students seeking visas to study in the US Pending reviews of their social media postings. The department says the move is temporary and does not affect applicants who already have interviews scheduled. General Motors is investing almost $900 million in an engine plant located near Buffalo, New York. The automaker picked that site to make its sixth generation small block V8 engines. Jim Fink with Buffalo Toronto Public Media has the story.
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Jim Fink
GM is making its largest ever single investment among its five engine production plants. The $888 million move secures the suburban Buffalo plant's future and the 870 people who work there. Local UAW Assistant director Ray Jensen Jr. Says the union is still looking into whether it's part of an existing company strategy or spurred by the Trump administration's Made in the USA agenda.
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Mary Barra
It's not about building new facilities. It's just about bringing back volume and putting new work in facilities that have the capacity.
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Jim Fink
GM CEO Mary Barras says the major investment shows the automaker's commitment to strengthening American manufacturing and jobs. For NPR News, I'm Jim Fink in Buffalo.
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Shea Stevens
This is NPR. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says he may bar government scientists from publishing in the world's most prominent journals. Speaking on a podcast, Kennedy said the journals and several health agencies are being controlled by drug manufacturers. He's proposing that HHS produce its own scientific journals. Motown legend Smokey Robinson is countersuing four ex employees who've accused him of sexual assault. As NPR's Nita Uluby reports, Robinson claims that his accusers are defaming him.
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Netta Ulaby
In the suit filed in California Superior Court. Smokey Robinson and his wife Frances say the four women are extorting them. Robinson became known for a string of Motown hits in the 1960s. The women worked as housekeepers for the couple. They accused Robinson of multiple instances of rape. In a civil lawsuit, the Robinsons countersuit claims the accusers demanded $100 million before taking legal action and seeks damages $500 million. The Robinsons lawyers also argue in a separate filing that the women, who filed anonymously as Jane does, lack the legal standing to hide their identities. A criminal investigation into the women's claims is ongoing. Netta Ulaby, NPR News.
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Shea Stevens
The defending champion Florida Panthers have advanced to their third straight Stanley cup final. The Panthers beat Carolina 53 in Game 5 of the playoffs. US futures are higher in after hours trading on Wall Street. On Asia Pacific markets, shares are mostly higher. This is NPR News.
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Scott Horsley
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