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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. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. India has carried out several airstrikes on sites in Pakistan.

It's in retaliation for a militant attack two weeks ago on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir province. Twenty-six people were killed. India claimed Pakistan was involved, but Pakistan rejected that. Pakistan's Minister of Information, Atala Tara, claims that his country has now shot down Indian warplanes. We've been saying that the Pehel Gaham incident deserves an investigation, a fair and impartial investigation.

India ran away from the investigation, and now they've run away after attacking civilian population in Pakistan. But we've responded back and we've shot down some planes. We stand against terrorists. We stand against terrorism. We've given 90,000 lives in the war against terrorism, and we played our part to make the world a safer place. He was heard on the BBC. The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals is beginning its papal conclave. The gathering held in the historic Sistine Chapel will lead to the next pope for the Catholic Church.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant will meet Chinese economic officials this weekend in Switzerland. Besant says they'll likely talk about de-escalating the tariffs between the two nations. President Trump's trade war is taking a toll on cargo traffic across the Pacific Ocean. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, a significant number of the ships that were supposed to dock this month at the Port of Los Angeles have been canceled. Rather than pay tariffs of 145 percent, many importers have put shipments from China on hold.

The number of import containers passing through the Port of L.A. this week is down about 35 percent from a year ago. While businesses tried to stockpile goods before the tariffs took effect, the port's executive director Gene Sirocco expects those inventories will start to run out in four to six weeks. So if you go to the store and you're looking for a blue shirt, you may see a bunch of purple ones. You may not see that blue one in your size or style, and probably it will be more expensive than it was previously. Soroka says the trade war is also hurting exports with fruit, nut and wine

growers in California's Central Valley reporting a steep drop in overseas sales. Scott Horsley MPR News, Washington. Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry has more. In her ruling, Judge Charlotte Sweeney took aim at the federal government's argument that it shouldn't be subject to judicial review. She says, quote, that sentence staggers and that federal courts are a, quote, feature, not a defect of the nation's Constitution. The hundred or so men

covered by this ruling in Denver are detained at a facility in Aurora. And the judge notes this in no way prevents the government from putting them into deportation proceedings. They just must have due process. For NPR News, I'm Alison Sherry in Denver. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a Trump administration ban on transgender military

service members to take effect for now. The justices blocked a lower court order that had halted the ban. Trump implemented this in his first term in office, but the order was reversed by former President Joe Biden. Trump signed a new order shortly after taking office the second time. Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, may soon launch more gigantic rockets from its base in South Texas. And Pierce Jeff Brumfield reports the company has now been given a significant environmental approval by the Federal Aviation Administration.

SpaceX is developing a massive rocket in Texas. It's called Starship. It's the largest spacecraft ever built, and Musk hopes it will someday carry people to Mars. But before it can, the company needs to complete a lot of test launches. It had been limited to just five launches a year, but a new ruling from the FAA would allow that number to jump to 25 launches. Local environmental groups have been concerned about the impact those extra launches would have on surrounding wetlands, but the FAA concluded they would not cause significant harm. The additional launches won't be coming soon.

Starship exploded during its last two test flights, scattering debris across the Caribbean. SpaceX is still working to fix the root cause of those failures. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. There won't be a Triple Crown winner this year in horse racing. The trainer for the winner of the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty, says the horse will not compete in the Preakness next week. But Sovereignty is expected to race in the Belmont Stakes in June. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.

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