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Do you remember when discovering a new artist felt like finding buried treasure? At All Songs Considered, NPR's music recommendation podcast, we put that kind of magic back into discovering new tracks. We're here to make the hunt for new music easy, delivering you the cream of the crop from every genre. We'll help you make music feel fun again, only on All Songs Considered from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen says the Kilmar-Abrego Garcia case is about more than just him.

As I said, and the courts have said, from the Supreme Court to the Fourth Circuit to the District Court, what this is about is adhering to the Constitution, to the right of due process. And that's why we say, bring Kilmar home so he can be afforded his rights under the Constitution. Van Hollen spoke to reporters following his return to the US after he was initially denied a meeting with Abrego Garcia, the man the Trump administration says was mistakenly deported. Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia was later brought to the hotel where Van Hollen was staying and that he'd been moved from the Salvadoran prison for gang members to a detention center with better conditions. The Supreme Court has temporarily

blocked deportations of some Venezuelan migrants using the Wartime Alien Enemies Act. The court issued a briefed order overnight stemming from an emergency appeal filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU is suing the administration over the planned deportations of a group of Venezuelan, of accused Venezuelan gang members detained in North Texas. President Trump says the U.S. plans to finalize a rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine next week. Here's MPR's Greg Meyre. The deal on valuable minerals was supposed to be signed when Ukraine's President Volodymyr

Zelensky visited the White House in February. But that meeting descended into a shouting match and the agreement was postponed. Trump now says it will be signed next week. Still, Trump says this about Zelensky. I wouldn't say he's done the greatest job. Okay, I'm not a big fan. I really am. I'm not a big fan. Separately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated the U.S. was growing frustrated with efforts to broker a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war. He said, quote, if it

is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on. Greg Myre, NPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, stocks slumped this week as the chairman of the Federal Reserve offered a cautious forecast about the economic outlook, NPR's Scott Horsley reports. President Trump's new tariffs continue to cast a shadow over the stock market. Ordinarily, investors would have been cheered by a report showing stronger than expected retail sales, but much of the gain was dismissed as shoppers stocking up before the steep new import taxes took effect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned the tariffs are likely to cause at least a temporary jump

in inflation. Trump wasn't happy with Powell's remarks. In a social media post, he said Powell's termination cannot come fast enough. Economists and other central bankers were quick to defend Powell, but the dust-up was another source of worry for investors. Both the Dow and the Nasdaq lost 2.6% for the week, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.5%. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. President Trump's Middle East envoy is in Rome today for talks on Iran's nuclear program. The talks between Steve Witkoff and Iran's foreign minister are being held indirectly

through mediators from Oman. Following a first round last weekend, the talks are being held at the Omani embassy in Rome. Thousands of people attended a vigil at Florida State University last night following the mass shooting there that left two people dead and six others injured. From member station WFSU, Tristan Wood has more. Students, faculty, and staff of the university poured onto Langford Green outside the school stadium to hear remarks and prayers from university officials. FSU President Richard McCullough led the vigil. I'm here for you. We're all here for you. Whatever you need, we will

deliver to help you. That's what we do. That's what makes Florida State special. FSU senior Mina Kendall attended the middle school next to Marjorie Stillman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida when a shooting happened there in 2018. She says she feels numb after it happened again. People are crying around us and it's like I've cried all my tears. For NPR News, I'm Tristan Wood in Tallahassee. Tristian Wood, Former President, Bill Clinton will be in Oklahoma City today. Clinton is to deliver the keynote address during ceremonies marking 30 years since the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The ceremony will include a moment of silence for each of the 168 people who were killed.

I'm Trayle Snyder. This is NPR News. On Trump's terms, we have followed the first hundred days of this administration. Tariffs very strongly work. This is NPR News.