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SHAY STEPHENS, MPR NEWS ANCHOR, WASHINGTON, TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, imposed heavy tariffs on foreign imports. The president also took a jab at the judges who are blocking key parts of his agenda. Judges are trying to take away the power given to the president to keep our country safe, and it's not a good thing. But I hope for the sake of our country that the Supreme Court is going to save this because we have to do something. More than 200 lawsuits have been filed against the second Trump administration's policies.

The coffee industry is not immune from higher costs because of U.S. tariffs. This report from Murray Carpenter. The U.S. grows about 1 percent of its coffee supply in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The United States is the largest coffee-consuming nation in the world. Melissa Raftery roasts more than 80,000 pounds of coffee each year at 44 North Coffee in Maine. We can't grow enough for ourselves. President Trump's first round of tariffs included steep import taxes on major coffee producers

Vietnam and Indonesia. He's paused the country-specific tariffs and replaced them with 10 percent tariffs on most imports, but the coffee industry is rattled. The National Coffee Association has requested an exemption from the tariffs and the entire industry is waiting to see how things shake out. For NPR News, I'm Murray Carpenter. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop its immigration sweeps along California's Central Valley. administration to stop its immigration sweeps along California's Central Valley. The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston prevents border agents from stopping people without probable cause or making arrests without a warrant.

The ACLU filed suit claiming border patrol agents in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, have targeted areas that rely heavily on immigrant labor. Florida legislature has given its final approval to a bill that would ban fluoride from public water systems. NPR's Driel Snyder has more. D.R. The ban on fluoride in Florida tap water is now on its way to the desk of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis after the state house voted 88 to 27 to approve a state senate pass bill. Fluoride is not specifically name checked in the measure, but it effectively bans fluoride by restricting

what can be added to public drinking water. Miami-Dade County's Democratic Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava has been fighting an earlier move by the County Commission to ban fluoride. In a statement, she said the statewide ban disregards the overwhelming consensus of the medical community, that fluoridation

is a safe, cost-effective way to prevent tooth decay. If enacted, Florida would join Utah with a fluoridation ban on the books. Utah passed its ban last month. Trial Snider, NPR News. This is NPR. The Supreme Court in Wisconsin has suspended one of its judges for aiding a migrant facing deportation. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested last Friday on federal charges

of concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstructing or impeding a proceeding. In its four to three ruling, the state Supreme Court says it is protecting public confidence in Wisconsin's judicial system by temporarily removing Dugan from the bench. Dugan's legal team says it is looking forward to their client's vindication in court. What started off as a trial over Google's monopoly of the search engine market has led to a renewed focus on its role in artificial intelligence. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz reports that that underscores how quickly this emerging technology has expanded. Back in 2020, the government's anti-trust case against Google had few mentions

of artificial intelligence or AI chatbots. That case was over claims Google monopolized the search engine market. In last August, a federal judge ruled that Google had been acting as a monopoly in that space. Now, the Justice Department says the company could use its artificial intelligence products to strengthen its monopoly in online search, and then use the data from its powerful search index to become the dominant player in AI. Google denies this, saying the AI marketplace is full of healthy competition with OpenAI's chat GPT and MetaAI. So Google and the DOJ are in court again.

Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News.