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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 Korva Coleman. Markets around the world are rebounding after yesterday's huge sell-off. On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are up about 800 points. Investors are reacting to President Trump's global tariffs. The president says he won't pause these. Instead, NPR's Franco Ortonius reports Trump says these are creating new opportunities

in the U.S. NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, NPR's Franco Ortonius, He 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 fair 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. The Trump administration's cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will also

affect global health programs for HIV and tuberculosis. NPR's Fatma Tanis has more. At CDC's Global Health Center, seven branches in the Division for Global HIV and Tuberculosis were completely eliminated, both staff and leadership, around 130 people, according to half a dozen CDC employees who spoke to NPR. Among the branches that were eliminated was maternal and child health. That team was made up of epidemiologists and physicians who focused on preventing babies from getting HIV from their mothers and keeping children with HIV around the world alive and on treatment to suppress the virus.

Public health experts say they're concerned about a resurgence in HIV AIDS cases around the world if these cuts aren't reversed. Vatma Tanis, NPR News. Congressional Democrats held a hearing without Republicans yesterday to investigate recent actions in the Justice Department by the Trump administration. Career attorney Liz Oyer told lawmakers she was fired by the agency and escorted out by armed officers. Oyer had refused to recommend that the gun rights of actor Mel Gibson be restored. I came because I don't want to be complicit in what is happening inside the Department

of Justice, which is the misuse of the resources of the department to do political favors for friends of the president, for loyalists. And I just don't believe that that's right. And I don't want to be part of it. So I feel that I need to speak up. She also said that armed deputy marshals from the Justice Department showed up at her house last week to deliver a letter. She says the letter told her she faced risks if she chose to testify.

This is NPR. The Supreme Court is backing President Trump's use of a wartime power to deport people it claims are Venezuelan gang members. The court said any person being deported needs to object in the state where they're being detained. But the justices ruled that deportees need to be told ahead of time they're being removed and given time to challenge their deportation. Separately, the Trump administration is being challenged over the mistaken deportation of

a man in Maryland to El Salvador last month. A lower court judge ordered that the man be returned by yesterday. Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked that. The move gives the high court time to consider the case more fully. Powerful storms have pushed out of the central and southern U.S., but NPR's Giles Snyder reports flood remains a threat in several states. Flood warnings remain in effect from Texas to Indiana and they're especially widespread in Kentucky where Governor Andy Beshear says more than 500 roads throughout the state were still closed Monday evening. The storms dumped rain

for days and a preliminary National Weather Service count says they spun off more than 150 tornadoes. Weather is blamed for killing more than 20 people. Forecasters say that storm system responsible for the extreme weather is moving off into the Atlantic, but rivers and streams are so swollen. They warned that the flood threat, especially in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama could persist for days. Trial Snyder, NPR News. The University of Florida has won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

Florida beat Houston last night, 65 to 63. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News in Washington. 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 switch.