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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.npr.org. the law option. Learn more at plus.npr.org. Janine Herbst Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Early this morning, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration not to deport under the Alien Enemies Act any Venezuelans held in a North Texas detention center until further order of the court. The 1798 law allows the government in wartime to deport foreigners who are deemed

a threat. And Piers Meg Anderson reports the U.S. has already sent hundreds of migrants to a prison in El Salvador without determining that they are a danger to the U.S. US courts have said that the people taken to El Salvador got limited or no due process before they were sent there, something they are legally entitled to. And now that they're in El Salvador, the administration is saying they no longer have control over what happens to them. And here's Meg Anderson. The US and Iran have wrapped up talks in Rome over Tehran's quickly advancing nuclear program. As in Pierce Jackie Northam reports, the two sides have

agreed to meet again in a week. The four-hour talks were led by President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Wittkopf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi, who described the discussions as good and held in a constructive manner. President Trump says he wants to prevent Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon, and has indicated he's willing to give negotiations a bit of time, but has not ruled out a military option if no deal can be reached. Iran's leadership says it will not give up what it sees as its right to enrich uranium for civilian use. Wyckoff and Aduchi are expected to meet again

next weekend in Oman, which has been mediating the talks. Jackie Northam, NPR News. Xi and Tehmu are two online retailers famous for bargains shipped from China, and they're warning about rising prices amid U.S. trade changes. And Piers-Alina Seljuk has more. Zhiyan and Temu built their U.S. businesses around a tax loophole, which allowed them to send clothes and home goods to American shoppers totally duty-free. That's unlike most retailers, who tend to ship in bulk from overseas to a U.S. warehouse and pay import taxes.

Xi and Temu ship straight from China to your door and they get an exemption meant for small packages, no import tax. Many groups and companies and bipartisan politicians have long called for this loophole to close. President Biden began that, President Trump is ending it. And that means Sheehan and Temü will soon have to pay tariffs up to 145 percent. And the companies say their prices will start going up after April 25th. Alina Seluk, NPR News. Around the country, protesters are once again rallying and marching in hundreds of events against the Trump administration. Organizers for today's rallies and actions say they're protesting against what they call the

Republican administration's constitutional and civil rights violations. Protests are also planned outside Tesla car showrooms amid anger against billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk. You're listening to NPR News. 250 years ago today, a few dozen colonists in Lexington, Massachusetts came face to face with British soldiers marching west. Gunfire ensued, the so-called shot heard around the world, and the American battle for independence began. Miriam Wasser from Member Station WBUR reports from the battle green in Lexington, where reenactors staged a musket-filled rendition of the early morning event. No one knows who fired the first shot, but within seconds, both sides were firing muskets. The reenactment happens every April, but this year, the 250th anniversary, the town went

all out, and thousands of people arrived before dawn to watch. It's so amazing to see how many people are excited about history. Justin Murray portrays a British sergeant in the reenactment. He says everyone involved worked to make this year the most historically accurate reenactment yet. Every single person in our group, for example, had new britches, those are the pants that we wear, and we use our own money for this. There are hundreds of dollars just to get a new set. The 250th celebration continues

throughout the weekend. For NPR News, I'm Miriam Wasser in Lexington, Massachusetts. It was a holiday shortened trading week on Wall Street but the three major indices are in the red for the week. Both the Dow and the Nasdaq fell 2.6 percent. The S&P 500 was down one and a half percent. Meanwhile, gas prices continued to fall ahead of going into the Easter weekend. I'm Janene Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.