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Rachel Martin (0:00)
I'm Rachel Martin. If you're tired of small talk, check out the Wild Card Podcast. I invite influential thinkers to open up about the big topics we all think about but rarely talk about. Tune in this fall to hear Mel Robbins, Malala Yousafzai and Brene Brown talk about everything from grief and God to ambition and forgiveness. Watch or listen on the NPR app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lakshmi Singh (0:25)
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A day after California voters approved a ballot measure in response to Republican redistricting efforts in other states, the California Republican Party is suing. This afternoon on X, it streamed a news conference in which Dillon Law Group partner Mike Colombo says the map enacted in Proposition 50 is designed to favor one race of voters over others and is unconstitutional.
NPR Announcer (0:52)
When drawing the Proposition 50 map, the chief consultant who drew the map has stated that the first thing that he did was to increase the power of Latino voters. Additionally, the state legislature has announced that the maps increase the power of Latino voters.
Lakshmi Singh (1:16)
The measure California voters backed could help Democrats flip as many as five congressional seats. It is part of an expanding redistricting race across the country for control of the US House. The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that could end many of President Trump's tariffs. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. The case is yet another opportunity for the high court to determine how much power a president has.
Danielle Kurtzleben (1:42)
The case focused on the country by country tariffs that Trump imposed on goods from nearly the entire world. This year, Trump authorized those tariffs using a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers act, or iepa, which gives a president broad powers during an emergency. The businesses and states bringing the case argued that IPA does not explicitly give presidents the power to tariff, just to regulate imports. They added that the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to raise revenue. The administration argued, however, that the phrase regulate imports includes the power to tariff. They also argued that a president has broad powers when it comes to foreign relations. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Lakshmi Singh (2:25)
President Trump is blaming the ongoing federal government shutdown as part of the reason Democrats scored big in off year elections yesterday. NPR's Rachel Treisman reports. As of today, it's officially the longest in US history.