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On the Throughline podcast from npr. Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Illinois's Democratic governor, J.B. pritzker says President Trump is intentionally, intentionally escalating violence in Chicago amid crackdowns on crime and illegal immigration in the city. Pritzker said he thinks Trump is using federal law enforcement as political props.
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Let me be clear. Donald Trump is using our service members as political props and as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation's cities.
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Illinois and Chicago are suing to stop Trump from sending National Guard troops to the city. The White House says the troops are addressing what it calls ongoing violent riots and lawlessness. ICE agents have targeted immigrant heavy and largely Latino areas. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson says it's up to Democrats to, quote, stop the madness on the sixth day of the government shutdown. He's calling for the passage of a stopgap spending bill that already passed the House but is stalled in the Senate. Democrats want to extend health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. President Trump and fellow Republicans want to temporarily preserve current spending. The government may be shut down, but the federal courts are still open. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the new term of the U.S. supreme Court, which began today.
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The court's docket includes many muscular assertions of presidential power, assertions that likely will have a willing audience at a court dominated by a majority more conservative than at any time since the early 1930s. Bottom line, the court could end up overturning a nearly century old decision that established independent regulatory A agencies with fixed terms and barred the president from firing agency directors except for misconduct. Also on the docket is a challenge to Trump's massive tariffs as well as a case that could end what's left of the landmark Voting Rights Act. In addition, Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is also back before the court. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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President Trump has announced another tariff, this time on trucks. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. U.S. companies will now pay 20%, 25% more to import some trucks starting next month.
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Trump made the announcement in a social media post saying the tariff would apply to medium and heavy duty trucks. Those types of trucks are larger than standard passenger pickups and include vehicles like delivery trucks and semis. The White House in April started investigating tariffing these trucks under a law that allows the president to tariff goods for national security purposes. The Trump administration has imposed several of these tariffs on goods, including steel and aluminum, cars and car parts, some copper goods and lumber. These tariffs are separate from the country specific tariffs Trump has announced for most countries, and which the Supreme Court will soon rule on. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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The White House Wall street is hanging near its records. The S&P 500 added 4/10 of a percent today. This is NPR News. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped recommending everyone get a COVID 19 shot, leaving the choice up to patients. The recommendations come from a new panel that was selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kenned. Before this year, US health officials recommended annual COVID 19 boosters for all Americans aged six months and older. Three scientists were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden, today. NPR's Rob Stein reports. They've made discoveries in how the immune system is kept in check.
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The three scientists are two Americans, Mary Brunko and Fred Ramsdell, and one Japanese, Shimon Sakaguchi. The researchers won for explaining something called peripheral immune tolerance. This is a key part of how the immune system protects but does not harm the body. The Nobel committee says the trio made groundbreaking discoveries that explain the function of cells. The committee calls the immune system's security guards cells called regulatory T cells. Those cells help prevent other immune system cells from attacking healthy tissue. The three scientists will share more than $1.1 million. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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The first supermoon of the year is tonight. The moon will appear slightly larger and brighter. This happens when the full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit. But the difference can be tough to discern, especially if people haven't observed the regular moon on the nights leading up to it. There are two more supermoons this year in November and December. I'm Ryland Barton. This is NPR News from Washington. Listen to this podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app, by subscribing to npr news now +@ +npr.org that's +npr.org.