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Psychologist Dolly 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 on Korova Coleman, stock markets around the world are slumping. Investors are frightened of the effects of President Trump's new tariffs that are

ricocheting around the world. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, Dow futures are down 730 points or nearly 2%. NPR's John Rewich says elsewhere the economic uncertainty is slamming other markets. In Asia, it was a bloodbath with equity markets from Australia to Vietnam plunging. Some clocked record drops. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index fell more than 13 percent, its biggest one-day drop since 1997, the year Britain handed the territory back to China. And Taiwan's market ended down nearly 10 percent, its biggest single-day fall on record. In Europe, it was a similar story, with major market indexes

down across the board. NPR's John Rewich reporting. President Trump is defending his actions. The 10 percent tariffs took effect on Saturday. Further tariffs from President Trump are supposed to take effect on Wednesday. The Trump administration is defending its deportation of a Maryland man who was sent to El Salvador by mistake. NPR's Luke Garrett reports a U.S. district judge is ordering the White House to bring the man back by tonight.

In 2019, an immigration judge barred Kilmaro Abrego-Garcia from being sent back to El Salvador because he was being targeted with threats and violence. The Trump administration deported him there anyway and admitted it was a, quote, administrative heir. On Sunday, a judge called the deportation, quote, wholly lawless, end quote. But Attorney General Pam Bondi said Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang and deserved to be deported. When asked for evidence on Fox News Sunday, Bondi responded.

So we have to rely on what ICE says. We have to rely on what Homeland Security says. They're our clients. And I firmly believe in the work they are doing. A court order says Abrego Garcia must be returned by Monday night but the Justice Department says it can't. They are appealing the judge's order. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to West Texas yesterday. Texas Public Radio's David Martin-Davies reports a second child has died there from complications

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The other was a New Mexico adult. Neither were vaccinated. In his post, Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, wrote, The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Many of the historic storms that plowed through the central U.S., the Midwest, and the South over the past few days have eased, but not the colossal flooding.

Some kind of flood warning is posted in about a dozen states this morning from Ohio to Texas. Several of these are cautions about river flooding. Some people are still fleeing to higher ground. The recent storms across the central and eastern US have killed at least 18 people. The University of Connecticut has won the NCAA Women's College Basketball Championship. Steve Futterman reports from Tampa,

they dominated South Carolina in yesterday's title game. Connecticut led from start to finish, eventually beating South Carolina by 23 points. The UConn women capturing a record 12th title, no college basketball program, men or women, has ever won that many. Connecticut star player Paige Beckers in her final college game captured the one honor that's alluded to her, a national championship, for her a moving moment. So many emotions, the journey of the ups and downs, everything that it took to get to that

point and just overwhelming joy. It's the UConn Women's first championship since 2016. South Carolina was trying to win for a second straight year. Becker's is now expected to be the number one pick when the WNBA draft takes place next week. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Tampa. Meanwhile, the men's NCAA basketball title game will be played tonight in San Antonio, Florida will meet Houston.

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