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Psychologist Dali Chugg studies the lengths we will go to protect the way we see ourselves. We care about whether we're seen as a good person, whether others see us as a good person, and whether we feel like good people. Ideas about our self-image. That's on the TED Radio Hour podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. A second child diagnosed with measles has died in West Texas. A hospital spokesman confirmed the death to the Associated Press. Texas public radio's Dave and Martin Davies has more. The school-aged girl became the second to

die in the measles outbreak centered in West Texas. The first measles death in the U.S. in a decade was in an unvaccinated six-year-old girl in February, also in Lubbock, and an adult in New Mexico who was also unvaccinated and did not seek medical care died in March. The West Texas outbreak is the worst in Texas in more than 30 years. It has almost 500 cases, which continues to spread. Almost all of the infected were unvaccinated. The CDC says cases have topped 600 nationwide. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. Three days after President Trump announced a new regime of tariffs that includes a 20%

duty on European Union goods, Elon Musk now says he hopes the United States and Europe will move to a zero tariff situation. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports from Rome. Musk, the billionaire advisor and allied president Trump, made his comments during a video conference appearance at a rally for Italy's far-right League party in Florence. He said ideally there will be a quote zero tariff zone in the future with a free trade zone between Europe and North America and that there will be quote a very close stronger partnership. This seemed to

contrast with Trump's more adversarial tone who said the European Union was created to quote screw America. Musk has remained largely quiet as Trump announced the sweeping tariffs that have sent global markets plummeting. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Rome. The attorneys general of 21 states are suing the Trump administration in a bid to protect the country's libraries and museums. NPR's Chloe Veltman has more. California, New York, Arizona, Minnesota and Hawaii are among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. It contends that President Trump's March 14th order contravenes the laws creating these agencies and oversteps the limits

of executive power. The Institute of Museum and Library Services awards grants to museums and libraries across the United States. It gave more than $260 million to cultural institutions last year. As a result of the executive order, the lawsuit states the agency placed the majority of its staff on administrative leave and froze hundreds of grants and grant applications. The lawsuit also includes the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, among others. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Chloe Valtman, NPR News. Chloe Valtman, NPR News. Organizers of the hands-off protests say they're planning more

such demonstrations in the days ahead. More than 1,200 rallies were held across the country yesterday to protest the way President Trump is trying to change the size and scope of the federal workforce. This is NPR News. A new crop of self-declared influencers has arrived. As NPR's Neda Ulubi reports, they're here to help explain President Trump's tariffs on social media. Meet the tarifffluencers. If you want to really understand what's going on with these tariffs... That is Amy Lam, who makes TikTok videos using the name the Tariff

Lady. Her videos get tens, sometimes hundreds of thousands of views in spite of her talk of competitive advantages and HTS codes. Other popular tariff influencers include a self-described former political scientist named Huey Lee and a married couple in Los Angeles whose handle is Alex and Dean. Dean, are tariffs inflationary? Yeah. Dean Indot is a tariff skeptic. So are many other of the most popular tarifffluencers who end up making videos responding to tariff supporters

who challenge them in comments. Nettie Ulubi, NPR News. In France, supporters of far-right leader Marine Le Pen are gathering in Paris today to protest the five-year ban on her running for office. A court ruled Monday that Le Pen could not be a candidate for five years after she was convicted of embezzlement, which would keep her from the 2027 presidential election. Germany today marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration

camp. U.S. soldiers liberated the Nazi camp on April 11th of 1945. Whole-Cost survivors from across Europe attended today's memorial service. Former German President Christian Wolf mourned against a worldwide shift to the right, calling for an active commitment to democracy. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News. Cell phones, NPR News.