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Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? Well, don't sweat it. The NPR Politics Podcast makes politics a breeze. Every episode will break down the day's headlines into totally normal language and make sure that you walk away understanding what the day's news might mean for you. Take a deep breath and give politics another chance with the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump's proposed budget for the next fiscal

year includes deep cuts for scientific research. NPR's Jeff Brumfield has more on what that could mean for the economy. Trump's budget would slash the National Science Foundation by 50% and the National Institutes of Health by 40%. Other agencies like NASA would see similar drops in their research funding. Sudip Parikh is CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. What I see is proposals that would be catastrophic if they were implemented. Basic research fuels economic growth. One recent analysis found that cuts of this magnitude could lead to an 8 percent drop in GDP in coming years. This budget proposal signals the direction

President Trump wants to go, but it's Congress that decides how taxpayer dollars are spent. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News, Washington. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has released a video that responds to what he says is an arrest threat from White House border official Tom Homan. Evers says he did nothing wrong when advising state employees about job site visits from immigration authorities. Chuck Kornbach, a member station, WWWM, has our reports. Evers, a Democrat, recently issued guidance to Wisconsin state employees to contact an attorney if immigration officers show up at a state building with legal documents and to not turn over any items on their own.

Border Czar Tom Homan told reporters Thursday that the governor should quote, wait to see what's coming. Evers says he's interpreting that as a threat of arrest. Joint threats like this should be of concern to every Wisconsinite and every American who cares about this country and the values hold here. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last week, federal authorities arrested a Milwaukee judge and charged her with impeding

immigration enforcement. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee. Two women were shot Friday afternoon on the Southern California campus of Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. A suspect, who was likely a former employee, is now in custody and police are calling the shooting an instance of workplace violence. William Jones is a student who was near the college when the shooting took place. I mean really we just know that they shot, somebody got shot, multiple people got injured

and I know that they barricaded them for a while and that's really all we knew and you know we were just kind of stuck trying to leave and then the police were like yo you can't leave you got to stay here so it's just it's kind of like it's been safe. One of the shooting victims is listed in critical condition. A 38 year old woman was killed Saturday in Greece when a bomb she was carrying exploded. Police say the woman apparently intended to place the bomb in a nearby bank. They say the woman was known to authorities for being involved in past robberies. Several storefronts and vehicles were damaged in the blast.

Stocks finished higher on Wall Street to end the week Friday. You're listening to NPR News. Actor and comedian Ruth Buzzi has died at her ranch in Texas. She was 88 years old. She rose to fame playing a recurring part in the sketch comedy series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. During her career, she won a Golden Globe and was a two-time Emmy nominee. She made more than 200 television appearances over 45 years.

Hawaii lawmakers are increasing the state's lodging tax. Legislation passed on Friday will increase the existing tax on hotel rooms and more by 3 quarters of a percent. The money will be used for environmental protection as well as to strengthen the state's protections against natural disasters fueled by climate change. Some of the world's fastest horses and their jockeys

are preparing for Saturday's Kentucky Derby. It's the first of the Triple Crown Races. Louisville Public Media's Amina Elahi has this preview. Nineteen horses, two minutes, one and a quarter miles. Every year the high-speed race on dirt track draws droves of revelers and betters to the historic Churchill Downs racetrack. Journalism, a three-year-old Bay Colt, is considered the favorite this year, following a recent string of consecutive victories. For the second year in a row, the race will feature a $5 million purse paid out to the top five finishers. For NPR News, I'm Amina Elahi in Louisville. Polls are beginning to close in Australia at this hour. That's where citizens are voting to elect a new prime minister. Anthony Albanese currently holds the post and is squaring off against Peter Dutton.

Dutton hopes to become the first opposition leader to oust a first-term government since 1931. Energy policy and inflation are the major issues in the campaign. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Starting in the 1950s, there was a push to get meat onto Americans' plates at every meal. So you would have breakfast with maybe perhaps sausage offered. You'd have lunch where it would be deli meat sandwiches. And you'd have dinner that would center over a large cut

of meat. The hidden forces behind our everyday decisions. That's on the TED Radio Hour from NPR.