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Windsor Johnston (0:11)
Rated R. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump appears to be sending mixed signals about whether he plans to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump has been pressuring Powell for weeks to lower the nation's interest rates.
Donald Trump (0:30)
We should be saving a trillion dollars a year in interest. You know, when he talks about cost, we should be saving, think of it, a trillion dollars a year. Add that with the tariffs and everything else, but he just doesn't want. He's a, he's a knucklehead.
Windsor Johnston (0:43)
Trump appointed Powell to lead the central bank during his first term in office. In recent weeks, the Fed chair has criticized the president's economic policies, warning they could lead to higher inflation and slower growth. The Federal Reserve act states that the Fed chair can only be removed for cause, not for policy disagreements. The man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March is still in federal custody despite a court ruling that he's eligible for release. That's because the court fears that Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported before his trial. Mariana Baccalau from member station WPLN reports from a hearing held today in Nashville.
Narrator (1:27)
Federal immigration officials have said that they intend to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country, such as Mexico or South Sudan, upon his release. During the hearing, prosecutors argued that Abrego Garcia should be kept in federal custody because they cannot control whether immigration officials deport him before he's able to stand trial for human smuggling charges. At the same time, witnesses in the case have been given deferred action on their own deportations. That cooperating with the government's case. The judge says he intends to rule next week on what's next for Abrego Garcia. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bacallau in Nashville.
Windsor Johnston (2:06)
A class action lawsuit against Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders got underway today in Delaware. As NPR's John Ruich reports, the $8 billion suit brought by shareholders stems from massive settlements the company paid after allegedly selling user data.
John Ruich (2:24)
The case has its roots in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In 2018, it came to light that information about tens of millions of Facebook users may have been improperly leaked to that company. Facebook denied wrongdoing but settled, agreeing to a record breaking $5 billion penalty imposed by the Federal Trade Commission and a $725 million settlement with users. Now, shareholders in Meta the parent company of Facebook, are suing Zuckerberg, former chief operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and others. They want them to reimburse the listed company for the settlement money and other, which they estimate at more than $8 billion. Zuckerberg and Sandberg are expected to testify in the trial, which is slated to last about a week. John Ruich, NPR News.