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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 Shea Stevens. President Trump's global terrors are now in effect, including a 104 percent levy on goods from China, which vows to fight to the end with countermeasures. Trump says he'll soon announce even more terrorists, this time targeting imported pharmaceuticals. As NPR's Maria Aspin reports, many business leaders are expressing concern that the policy

will cause long-term damage to the economy. Maria Aspin, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, NPR News, expressing concern that the policy will cause long-term damage to the economy. Danielle Pletka Most CEOs have been pretty reluctant to criticize Trump in public. So the fact that more are speaking out now gives you an idea of just how worried they are about the damage the tariffs can cause. And we should note that even Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO who's Trump's close advisor and one of the wealthiest men in the world, he's not happy. Writing on his ex-social network, Musk attacked President Trump's very pro-tariff trade advisor, Peter Navarro, and called him a moron.

NPR's Maria Aspin reporting. Meanwhile, U.S. futures and Asian markets are lower on worries about tariffs. President Trump has signed executive orders designed to revitalize U.S. coal production. Details from NPR's Mar Lyson. Standing in front of a group of coal miners wearing work uniforms and hard hats, President Trump signed orders that would remove regulations for new coal mines and expedite leases for coal mining on federal land. He said the orders would crush Biden-era environmental restrictions. For four long years, Joe Biden and congressional Democrats tried to abolish the American coal

industry. They did everything in their power while he was awake, which wasn't much. Shutting down dozens of coal plants. Coal mining's decline began in the 1980s, and more recently, it's lost ground to low-cost fracking. That's on top of environmental regulation. As for coal's contribution to climate change, Trump said sea level rise would create quote, a little bit more waterfront property. Mara Liason, NPR News. The Keystone oil pipeline was shut down on Tuesday after

a rupture in North Dakota. NPR's Giles Snyder reports that the federal agency overseeing the nation's pipeline system is sending a team to investigate the cause of the rupture. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is responsible for millions of miles of oil and gas pipelines like Keystone. It's sending investigators to look into what happened near Fort Ransom, North Dakota. Officials say an employee heard a mechanical bang and shut down the pipeline within a couple of minutes. The company that operates Keystone estimates

that about 3,500 barrels of oil spilled into an agricultural field in a rural area. The industry watchdog group Pipeline Safety Trust says the safety agency is under-resourced and underfunded, and several media reports say it has lost several key leaders, including the top pipeline safety official to buyout offers from Elon Musk's Doge cost-cutting team. Trial Snider, NPR News.

This is NPR. Cornell and Northwestern universities are the latest institutions of higher learning to lose federal research grants. The Trump administration has frozen more than a billion dollars in funding to Cornell and around $700 million for Northwestern pending civil rights investigations. Cornell says it's received more than 75 stop work orders from the Defense Department this week involving research linked to national defense, cyber security, and health. And the Dominican Republic emergency crews are clearing debris

and searching for survivors of a roof collapse. The mishap occurred at a nightclub in Santo Domingo, resulting in the deaths of at least 98 people and injuries to at least 160 others. The cause is unclear. An old album returns to the top of the pop charts thanks to a deluxe edition containing new songs. NPR's Stephen Thompson has this report. For the last two weeks, Playboi Carti has topped the Billboard albums chart

with a brand new record called Music. But this week, it's been replaced by an album that topped the chart more than a year ago. We can't be friends Ariana Grande recently reissued her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine with five new songs and an extended version of another. With six fresh tracks and fresh vinyl and CD editions for sale, the album leapt from number 87 all the way back to number one.

The Wicked Star also landed all six of those new tracks in the Billboard Hot 100, with Twilight Zone hitting the top 20. Stephen Thompson, NPR News. You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detro and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms, stories about big changes the 47th president

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