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You have your job, but you also have a life. And you're not just one thing. Neither is the Here and Now Anytime podcast. Every weekday, we break down the biggest story of the day and something else, like a new trend everyone's talking about. It's Here and Now Anytime, a daily podcast from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump marked his first 100 days in office by defending his policies and attacking his detractors. Trump touched on a range of topics, including immigration,

executive powers, and tariffs in an interview with ABC. Donald Trump China probably will eat those tariffs, but at 145, they basically can't do much business with the United States. And they were making from us a trillion dollars a year. They were ripping us off like nobody's ever ripped us off. Trump says he'll ease some of his tariffs on imports of auto parts by reimbursing import levies on foreign parts for cars assembled inside of the U.S. A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities has been suspended as she faces federal charges. As Mayon Silver from member station WUWM in Milwaukee reports, the court ruled that the

suspension is in the public interest. Judge Hannah Dugan has been charged with two federal crimes, including obstructing a proceeding. She is accused of directing a Mexican citizen defendant out of her courtroom as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to apprehend him. In its two-page order suspending Dugan, the state's highest court, which is liberal controlled, said it was acting to protect public confidence in Wisconsin courts. Barry Burden, politics professor at UW-Madison, says of the court's unanimous decision, Hopefully it brings down the temperature, lets this work its way through the legal system as

it needs to, and we get a resolution from a court rather than through the media. Dugan's case is going before a grand jury in federal court, which will determine whether charges proceed. For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee. UPS says it will trim around 20,000 jobs and close dozens of facilities as part of a plan to cut costs possibly this year. UPS announced earlier this year that it would lower its volume of Amazon deliveries by more than 50 percent by mid-2026.

It says most of the Amazon business it's giving up is not profitable for UPS. The stock market has been through a rocky period since President Trump took office 100 days ago. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down more than 7 percent since Inauguration Day. One of the goals of President Trump's trade war is to close the nation's trade deficit. But new figures from the Commerce Department show the deficit widened in March as U.S. businesses and consumers raced to get ahead of the president's tariffs.

Exports and imports both rose during the month, but imports jumped a lot more. Coca-Cola sales dropped 2 percent during the most recent quarter, but the soft drink giant says profits were up. Coke says the effects of tariffs on its business are likely to be manageable. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. US futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR News. Congress has approved and sent to President Trump a bipartisan bill to crack down on so-called

revenge porn. The measure makes it a crime to knowingly publish or threaten to publish intimate images of someone else without their consent. Under the bill, victims of revenge porn would be able to have unauthorized material taken down from social media. Critics say the legislation is too vague and could be misused. The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in emergency funding for humanities councils across the country. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, the support comes after the government canceled grants that affected museum, historical sites,

and other cultural groups. The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, cut some $65 million to state humanities councils, money that had already been approved by Congress. In a statement, the Mellon Foundation says, without immediate intervention, many state councils could close. Mellon's $15 million will go to the Federation of State Humanities Councils, where Phoebe Stein is president. Some are looking at how they can retain staff.

Others are thinking about repurposing programming. Stein says humanities groups have been talking to Congress about how to restore the funding that was cut by Doge. Humanities councils work with thousands of local groups in every corner of the country. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News, Washington. U.S. consumer confidence dropped nearly eight points last month to its lowest level since the early days of the pandemic. The conference board says consumers are worried about tariffs and possibly a recession.

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