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Since Donald Trump took office in January, a lot has happened. The White House Budget Office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans. The impact of the Trump administration's tariffs is already being felt in President Trump's efforts to radically remake the federal government. The NPR Politics Podcast covers it all. Keep up with what's happening in Washington and beyond with the NPR Politics Podcast. Listen every day. Live from NPR News in Washington, I with the NPR Politics Podcast. Listen every day. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

Authorities in Florida now say a suspect is in custody following a shooting at Florida State University that has left at least two people dead. They were apparently not students. At least five others were injured or wounded. The alleged shooter is also hospitalized, described as a 20-year-old FSU student, who officials say is the son of a deputy sheriff and had access to a weapon. Jason Trombauer is the chief of police at Florida State University.

At approximately 1150 a.m. Thursday, April 17th, a gunman opened fire on the main campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, shooting multiple individuals in the vicinity of the Student Union building. FSU police responded immediately, engaged, neutralized, and apprehended the shooter. Students described a chaotic scene with one saying he and around 30 others hid in a bowling alley inside the Student Union. Classes at the university are canceled through tomorrow. President Trump says his team is exploring a plan to deport U.S. citizens and lock them up in prisons overseas. Legal scholars say the idea is unconstitutional, but they fear Trump may move ahead even if courts and judges

object. Here's NPR's Brian Mann. Trump has repeatedly raised the idea of deporting Americans involved in criminal activity and jailing them outside the U.S. This week, he urged El Salvador's president to build more prisons to house U.S. citizens. Constitutional experts, including David Beer at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, told NPR that would be unconstitutional, but they believe it could happen. That's the real fear that we have now is that he is going to try to evade judicial review of deportations of U.S. citizens. In an opinion published last week, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor also voiced

concern about possible deportation of U.S. citizens. Speaking on Fox News, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Trump's proposal could reduce crime. Brian Mann, NPR News. More trouble with the country's largest health care company as NPR's Maria Aspin reports United Health Group slashed its earnings forecast for this year. Shares fell more than 22%. As one of the world's largest companies, United Health Group owns the largest U.S. health insurer and a sprawling mass of other health care operations. So its financial results

and public reputation tend to affect its entire industry. Since one of its executives was shot and killed in December, UnitedHealth has become a lightning rod for consumer anger over healthcare costs and denied insurance claims. CEO Andrew Witte is promising consumers that his company can help fix the system, but its latest earnings have shocked and disappointed Wall Street. UnitedHealth blames surging costs in its Medicare business,

and said more senior patients than it expected are seeking medical care from doctors and hospitals. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York. On Wall Street, the Dow fell 527 points. You're listening to NPR. Medications known as GLP-1 have revolutionized the way doctors treat weight loss. That started largely with Ozempic, its novel nor dis blockbuster diabetes drug. Most of the current options on the market are injectables. These can be intimidating for patients. NPR's Sydney Loughkan reports a pill is now on the horizon.

Eli Lilly is announcing that early results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of its GLP-1 pill show it reduced participants A1C, a measure of blood sugar control, better than placebo. The trial lasted 40 weeks and was only for people with type 2 diabetes. According to the company, the safety and efficacy was consistent with its injectable GLP-1 drugs, Zepbond and Manjaro. The once daily pill also helped patients lose up to 16 pounds. The company plans to report the results at the American Diabetes Association Conference and publish them in a peer-reviewed medical journal later this year. Sydney Lepkin, NPR News. There's some good news in terms of the ability of some endangered types of sea turtles to

bounce back worldwide. The scientists say there are exceptions. Study looked at 48 populations of sea turtles measuring impacts of threats like hunting, pollution, and climate change. In around half the areas examined, overall threats are declining. Over Atlantic Ocean turtles were doing a bit better than those in Pacific waters. Scientists say leatherback turtles are not recovering as well as some other species. Crude oil futures prices moved higher today amid some hopes for a possible trade deal

between the U.S. and the European Union. Oil was up $2.21 a barrel to end the session at $64.68 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear and NPR News in Washington. These days there is a lot of news. It can be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR.