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When Malcolm Gladwell presented NPR's Throughline podcast with a Peabody Award, he praised it for its historical and moral clarity. On Throughline, we take you back in time to the origins of what's in the news, like presidential power, aging, and evangelicalism. Time travel with us every week on the Throughline podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit is hearing arguments over the Trump administration's use of rarely used wartime powers to deport more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang without due process. Here's Judge Patricia Millett.

It's insane from their complaint that their clients, at least the ones that we have, the named plaintiffs and some of the other ones are not members of Juan de Ragua and had no chance to demonstrate that when they were rushed onto airplanes. But the Trump administration maintains the migrants it deported are dangerous gang members. The hearing coming hours after US District Judge James Boasberg declined to dissolve his order that blocks the administration from invoking the rarely used 18th century wartime law. The editor-in-chief of the Atlantic says the Trump administration accidentally texted him

its war plans. Jeffrey Goldberg writes in an article published in The Atlantic Today that U.S. national security leaders included him in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen, two hours before the March 15th bombings on Houthi targets. As for a response to The Atlantic's story about the unusual disclosure of sensitive information in a text message group that included a journalist today. President Trump said quote I don't know anything about it. He says you're telling me about it for the first time. He goes on to say that he is not a big fan of the Atlantic. National Security Council

spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement quote at this time the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic. And he says, quote, we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain. He says the thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. He says the ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to service members or our national security. There were more protests over the weekend targeting Elon Musk and the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the federal

government. Here's NPR's Windsor Johnston. NPR's Windsor Johnston. Demonstrators gathered outside of a Tesla dealership in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday targeting Elon Musk and his Department of Government efficiency. Protester Dan Schwartz says people didn't vote for cutting Medicaid, gutting federal agencies and siding with Russia. Posing up to Vladimir Putin, I mean this guy's a murderous thug and this is supposed to be our new friend on the world stage and Elon Musk is a symbol of much of it. There's been a surge in violent attacks against Tesla properties, resulting in arson, vandalism,

and destruction at dealerships and charging stations. The Justice Department has charged three people in connection with the violence. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News. The Dow is up 543 points or more than 1 percent. This is NPR. China is beefing up punishments under its anti-foreign sanctions law. That's a law designed to punish companies from countries that slap tariffs on China. And as NPR's Emily Fang tells us, the strengthening of it comes after the U.S. imposed 20 percent

tariffs on China this month. China passed the anti-foreign sanctions law in 2021 after a trade war with the US under the first Trump administration. Now China is ramping up legal punishments on entities and companies Beijing perceives as helping any country that imposes tariffs. For example, the law has been broadened

so more types of assets can be seized from companies that run afoul of the sanctions law. And companies or their representatives can be blocked from government procurement bids and even forbidden from leaving China if they help implement foreign tariffs. China has also created what it calls a quote, unreliable entities list, which dozens of US companies are on for national security concerns or for hurting Chinese corporate interests. Emily Fang, NPR News. Well today President Trump said on social media that the U.S. will put a 25% tariff on trade with countries that buy Venezuelan oil. And that begins April 2nd.

Secondly, Usha Vance has announced plans to visit Greenland this week as President Trump has repeatedly talked about purchasing the island, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Denmark and Greenland have both said it is not for sale. Vance's office says she will be part of a U.S. delegation visiting historic sites and learning about the heritage. The Nasdaq is up more than 2%. S&Ps climb 1.5%. Dow also up 1.3%. It's NPR.

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