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This message comes from Mint Mobile. Mint Mobile took what's wrong with wireless and made it right. They offer premium wireless plans for less and all plans include high-speed data, unlimited talk and text, and nationwide coverage. See for yourself at mintmobile.com slash switch. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump says he's not looking at any kind of pause of tariffs. NPR's Franco Ordonier reports Trump says the tariffs are creating new opportunities for the U.S. President Trump noted the current turmoil in markets, but he said that the tariffs are forcing countries that he argues have treated the U.S. poorly to seek fairer deals with the United States.

But we have an opportunity to change the fabric of our country. We have an opportunity to reset the table on trade. Trump was speaking at an Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who promised to eliminate trade deficits with the U.S. Trump would not say whether he'd lift the 17 percent tariff on Israel, but used the proposal as an example of how countries are seeking to make deals. Trump also said an offer by the European Union to cut tariffs against the U.S. on autos wasn't

enough. He said the EU needs to purchase U.S. energy. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, The White House. New York Governor Kathy Hochul says a migrant woman and her three children are being allowed to return to their home in northern New York. Their detention last month by ICE authorities triggered protests in the rural area where the family lived. And here's Brian Manesmore.

Governor Hochul spoke with White House Border Czar Tom Homan urging him to release the family who live in tiny Sacketts Harbor, New York, near the U.S.-Canada border. In a statement, Hochul said Homan told her the mother, two teenagers and a third grader, are returning to upstate New York. They were detained in March after an immigration raid at a dairy farm and sent to a detention facility in Texas. Hockel expressed concern for the trauma, she said, the children and their mother have experienced. More than a thousand people marched in Sacketts Harbor over the weekend, demanding the family's release. Brian Mann, NPR News in Northern New York.

The stock market swing of more than $2 trillion appears to have been due to false reports on Elon Musk's ex. As NPR's Bobby Allen explains, false reports President Trump was pausing sweeping tariffs went viral on Musk's social media platform. It all started when the National Economic Council's Kevin Hasse was asked during a live Fox News interview whether Trump would consider a 90-day tariffs pause. He said the president is going to decide what the president decides. Somehow on X, that turned into a bogus headline that Trump was considering a 90-day tariff reprieve. It was soon picked up by CNBC and Reuters, which have since backed away from the report. But not before $2.4 trillion was added,

then wiped away from the markets, according to data from Dow Jones. Disinformation researchers say the episode illustrates the danger of some of Musk's changes to X, including that verification badges can be purchased, which can help false information go viral. Bobby Allen, NPR News. Stocks bounced around,

closing sharply lower for a third stray session today. The Dow fell 349 points. The S&P 500 closed down 11 points today. You're listening to NPR. The Supreme Court has weighed in on allowing the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying it is permissible, but only if there is a court hearing held before deportations take place. In a divided five to four decision today, the court said the administration must give migrants claims they're gang members, time to go to court,

but the court's conservative majority said the hearings must take place in Texas. It's unclear what the order means to those already sent out of the country to a prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. After 18 months of war in Gaza there are still 59 Israeli hostages being held as Israel expands its war against Hamas. Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed there, a third of them children. Here's Ades Baba, has more from Gaza. For the past year and a half, kids have been out of school, most hospitals are now shut down and nearly everyone is displaced or homeless, living in bombed out buildings or makeshift

tents. And for the past week, all bakeries have been closed because there is no flour due to Israel's blockade of goods and any supplies into Gaza. Kamal al-Khaldi, a resident of Gaza City, says he cannot remember what his life was before the war. He says he has forgotten how he used to live, what he used to eat, and that many in his family have been wounded. He says life in Gaza has become nothing but an endless state of emergency. Anas Babo, NPR News, Gaza. Kudot futures prices closed lower today, oiled down $1.29 a barrel to $60.70 a barrel.

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