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Since Donald Trump took office in January a lot has happened The White House Budget Office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans the impact of the Trump administration's Tariffs is already being felt in Trump's efforts to radically remake the federal government The NPR politics podcast covers it all keep up with what's happening in Washington and beyond with the NPR politics podcast Listen every day Live from NPR News in Washington. I with the NPR Politics Podcast. Listen every day. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. President Trump's broad tariffs sent the stock market tumbling last week, but on Main Street, the real concern is that tariffs

will drive up costs of the supermarket. Trump's top economic advisor says they might. NPR's Luke Garrett reports. White House National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett tells ABC News costs could go up. Well there might be some increase in prices. But he says countries not consumers will pay for the tariffs and that's why 50 countries have reached out to Trump to negotiate according to Hassett. But many economists say long-term tariffs will eventually show up on American receipts. Regardless, Hassett says these tariffs will bring manufacturing to the U.S., which he

says will increase wages for Americans. That's why Americans voted for him. They brought him in to turn the economy around for the American worker. That's what he's focused on. In the weeks before the election, roughly 90% of Trump supporters reported concerns about the price of food and consumer goods, according to the Pew Research Center. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Americans demonstrated in cities in every state across the country yesterday to protest

Trump administration policies. Rusty Jacobs from member station WUNC covered a rally in North Carolina's capital, Raleigh. Protesters held signs demanding that President Trump and advisor Elon Musk keep their hands off free speech rights as well as funding for universities and scientific research. Leah Fowler was one of them. The 25-year-old was a probationary worker at the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development until last week. She left after the Trump administration proposed major cuts to the agency.

We're trying to protect everybody's children, everybody's family, everybody's drinking water. You know, it's not a partisan thing. Fowler said she was heartened by Saturday's turnout. For NPR News, I'm Rusty Jacobs in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The autopsy of a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli jail last month showed he most likely died of starvation. 17-year-old Walid Ahmed, who was detained in the West Bank and held for six months, was the youngest known person to die in an Israeli prison.

NPR's Hadil El-Shelchi reports from Tel Aviv. 17-year-old Walid Ahmed suffered from extreme malnutrition and inflammation in the large intestine, according to a doctor who reviewed his autopsy report. Dr. Lina Hassan is from the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights. The findings found medical neglect. With his general frail situation, one problem led to the other,

and that caused Ahmed's inability to fight disease or infection. Ahmad was held in Megiddo Prison, which is notorious for its poor conditions, according to rights groups. Israel's prison service said it followed the law and is investigating Ahmad's death. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. Health officials in Texas confirm a second child has died of measles in that state.

They say the child had not been vaccinated. The first reported measles death in the U.S. in a decade was an unvaccinated school-aged child in Lubbock in February. The outbreak has now spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. An unvaccinated adult died in New Mexico last month. Federal health officials confirm more than 600 measles cases nationwide. The matchup is set for tomorrow's night's championship game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament after Houston and Florida won their final four games last night.

Greg Eklund reports. Houston pulled off a dramatic come from behind finish to get past Duke 70 to 67. Down by 14 points midway through the second half the Cougars chipped away at the lead and outscored Duke 9-0 in the final minute. Joann Roberts hit a pair of free throws to give Houston the lead for good with 19 seconds left. Going up to the free line, I wasn't really nervous at all. Just because of the work that I put in and just believing in it and trusting myself. And I try not to get sidetracked by how big the stage is.

Houston will be in its first title game since 1984. In the first semi-final game, Florida defeated Auburn, the overall number one seed in the tournament, 79 to 73. For NPR News, I'm Greg Eklund. In women's college basketball, the title game gets underway in about an hour in Tampa, Florida. South Carolina plays the University of Connecticut. South Carolina is looking for its third national championship in four seasons. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.

These days there is a lot of news. championship in four seasons. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.