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Wait, wait, don't tell me. Fresh Air, Up First, NPR News Now, Planet Money, Ted Radio Hour, Thru Line, the NPR Politics Podcast, Code Switch, Embedded, Books We Love, Wildcard, are just some of the podcasts you can enjoy sponsor-free with NPR+. Get all sorts of perks across more than 20 podcasts with the bundle option. Learn more at plus dot NPR dot org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corba Coleman. The European Union is expected to soon follow China and impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. EU officials plan to vote on a list of goods, rather goods, soon. The first set of tariffs are expected to take effect April 15th. The second wave will hit May 15th. President Trump's initial tariffs of 10% took effect on Saturday. And Pierce Hammer-Keith

reports Trump says he is sticking with them. President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he doesn't want markets to fall but quote, sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something. He said he spoke over the weekend with leaders from numerous countries looking to cut a deal to bring down the tariffs he imposed. More go into effect later this week. But he didn't say he was ready to make deals. They are coming to the table.

They want to talk. But there's no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis. Number one for present, but also for past. Trump said America would eventually be stronger because of the tariffs. Tamara Keith, NPR News. The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has dealt a setback to the Trump administration. It ruled that two members of independent agencies who were fired by President Trump should get their seats back. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports

it's the latest twist in an ongoing battle that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. For the second time in a month, Kathy Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board and Gwen Wilcox of the National Labor Relations Board will return to their seats after the D.C. Circuit vacated an earlier ruling by a panel of its own judges. President Trump fired Harris and Wilcox in the opening weeks of his administration, even though federal law and Supreme Court precedent hold that members of their agencies can only be fired for cause, such as neglect of duty

or malfeasance. The Trump administration is challenging those provisions, but for now the two can return to their jobs restoring a quorum at each of their agencies. Andrea Hsu, NPR News. The heavy storms that hit the central, midwestern and southern parts of the U.S. over the past several days have eased, but the threat of flooding has not passed. National Weather Service forecaster Frank Pereira says several areas got massive amounts of rain. In terms of the heaviest rainfall, there was an axis that extended from central Arkansas,

Little Rock into western Tennessee, including the Memphis metro area, up into western Kentucky as well. And those areas got several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over several days. And with that, we saw widespread totals up over 10 inches, even over 15 in parts of Western Kentucky.

Meanwhile, a line of storms is sweeping across the South today. Georgia is the worst affected. Tornado warnings are posted in southwestern Georgia. On Wall Street, the Dow's down about 30 points. You're listening to NPR. The military government in Myanmar says the death toll from the recent earthquake has soared above 3,500 people. The 7.7 magnitude tremor rocked the city of Mandalay. Myanmar officials are now warning the

country is going to get heavy storms for several days. The third measles death in the United States this year has been reported. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports the latest fatality comes as the West Texas measles outbreak continues to spread. The second measles death of a Texas child was confirmed Sunday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Health officials said the school-aged child tested positive for measles, was hospitalized in Lubbock and died on Thursday from measles pulmonary failure. Officials said the child was not vaccinated and had no underlying conditions. The first measles fatality was also an unvaccinated Texas child. The second was an unvaccinated New Mexico adult. This outbreak now includes Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and possibly Kansas.

As of Friday, it has grown to almost 600 cases, making this the worst measles outbreak since 1991. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. The University of Connecticut has won the women's NCAA basketball championship. UConn defeated last year's champs, South Carolina, yesterday in the title game. This is the 12th time the UConn women have clinched the title. It's the first basketball program,

women or men's, to do so. Meanwhile, the men's championship game is tonight. It's between Florida and Houston. This is NPR. Want to know what's happening in the world? Listen to the State of the World podcast. and Houston. This is NPR.