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Tariffs, recessions, how Colombian drug cartels gave us blueberries all year long. That's the kind of thing the Planet Money podcast explains. I'm Sarah Gonzalez and on Planet Money, we help you understand the economy and how things all around you came to be the way they are. Para que sepas. So you know. Listen to the Planet Money podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. President Trump gave a startling reply to a question yesterday during an interview with NBC. Trump said he didn't know if he is required to uphold the U.S. Constitution.

And here's Asma Khalid has more. The context for this was a series of questions about whether non-citizens in the U.S. deserve due process. The president believes, frankly, he has a mandate, he thinks, on immigration and said if you talk about due process for people who are not in the country legally, you'd have to deal with millions of trials. The backdrop to this is the high-profile case of a man who was sent from Maryland to El Salvador despite a court order saying he should specifically not be deported there.

The Supreme Court has called on the U.S. government to facilitate his return, but thus far he remains in El Salvador. NPR's Asma Khalid reporting. An exhibit in a federal building in Washington that honored victims of gun violence no longer exists. The Trump administration has taken down the memorial created by the Department of Justice under President Biden. And Fierce Christian Wright reports some families are upset over the decision. The Trump administration removed all 120 portraits from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Robert Godwin Sr.'s portrait and biography were part of the Faces of Gun Violence exhibit. His daughter Brenda Joyner is upset, especially because she wasn't notified beforehand. Should there have been some bit of notification to us? Absolutely. But do I want my dad's picture sitting at the bottom of a dumpster? Hell no. No.

The Justice Department, in a statement to NPR, says, quote, the ATF will continue to honor the memory of all victims of violent crime, while at the same time preserving the rights of law-abiding Americans. A spokesman didn't answer a question asking where the portraits are now. Kristen Wright, NPR News. Stocks opened lower this morning as President Trump threatened a new 100% tax on imported movies.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average fell about 70 points in early training. President Trump said in a social media post he's directing the Commerce Department to begin the process of imposing a tax on foreign films. Trump complained about the incentives that other countries offer to attract filmmakers. The news is weighing on entertainment stocks including Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery. OPEC and its allies plan to start pumping more oil next month. That's pushing crude oil prices down.

The West Texas benchmark is now under $60 a barrel. That's below the price many U.S. oil producers say they need to justify drilling a new well. Retail gasoline prices held steady overnight at about $3.16 a gallon. AAA says that's two cents higher than a week ago but ten cents lower than this time last month. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, stocks are still lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down more than 85 points at 41,232. The Nasdaq is down about a hundred points. This is NPR. High-speed trains in Spain have been hit with delays today. Spanish officials say that some of the cabling used in the trains signaling system

have been stolen from four different locations. Thousands of people have been traveling home after a holiday weekend in Spain. Some people were stuck overnight in their rail cars. Many airline passengers are complaining. That's after United Airlines announced it would eliminate about three dozen daily flights at one of the nation's busiest airports. And Piers Amy Held explains. United announced the cancellation of 35 round-trip flights

every day from New York Airport because the technology air traffic controllers rely on has, quote, failed. In a statement, CEO Scott Kirby says it's clear the airport cannot handle the planes scheduled to operate there. This weekend at Newark, Odette Fortier planned to join her tour group but got stuck on the tarmac.

We're going on a tour that we're meeting the group in Athens. We can't go another day. It's not just Newark. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says unless a whole new air traffic control system is built, people will lose lives. The current system relies in part on floppy disks and World War II-era radar. Upgrade funding is under consideration by Congress. Amy Held, NPR News. Roman Catholic cardinals will convene their conclave Wednesday to select the next pope.

After each vote, they burn their ballots. Black smoke says they'll take another vote. White smoke means the next pontiff has been chosen. The Vatican Fire Brigade has now installed the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News. Look, we get it. When it comes to new music, there is a lot of it, and it all comes really fast. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.