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The U.S. and China are expected to hold high-level talks tomorrow in Geneva for the first time since their trade war escalated. President Trump recently imposed a 145% tariff on Chinese goods. Today, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked about Trump's Truth Social Post today, suggesting 80 percent. The president still remains with his position that he is not going to unilaterally bring down tariffs on China. We need to see concessions from them as well. And again, that's part of the reason that Secretary Besant is going to talk to his Chinese counterparts this weekend. At today's White House briefing, Levitt also addressed this morning's radar outage that

affected flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. She says the administration is committed to improving air safety. The outage today was the second in as many weeks. Julia Hayward of member station WNYC has details. The Federal Aviation Administration says the 92nd telecommunications outage happened at the Air Traffic Control Center in Philadelphia that guides aircraft in and out of New York's airspace. FAA officials say a similar outage happened at the center on April 28th.

The event led some to go on trauma leave, leading to massive flight delays and cancellations across the country. The latest outage comes just weeks before Memorial Day and the summer travel season. For NPR News, I'm Julia Hayward in New York City. Danielle Pletka A federal judge in Vermont has ordered the immediate release of Ramesa Ozterk from immigration detention in Louisiana. The Tufts University doctoral student has spent more than six weeks there. From

Embracing WBUR, Jesus Mareros Juarez has more. Come for one, face us all. Free Rumeza, free them all. Protesters rallied in support of Ostirk outside the courthouse as the judge issued his ruling, saying he found serious claims the government violated Ostirk's rights of free speech in due process. The judge heard testimony from Ostk, her doctor, and her academic advisor. Osterk spoke remotely from a Spartan room in the immigration jail. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and beige hijab, she smiled as she answered questions about her studies, future plans, and asthma attacks.

The judge rejected the government's request to limit her travel. She is slated to appear in court again on May 22nd. For NPR News, I'm Jesus Marrero Suarez in Boston. Former Justice David Souter, who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, but surprised Republicans by joining the court's more liberal wing, has died. That according to the court's announcement today. Souter retired in 2009. He passed away yesterday at his home in New Hampshire. He

was 85 years old. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was down 119 points. You're listening to NPR News. The new pope has not only made history as the first from the United States, he appears to have Creole roots in Louisiana. A New Orleans genealogist and the Pontiff's older brother, John Prevost, are cited in multiple news reports about the pope's ancestry. In the Sistine Chapel today, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass since his election yesterday.

Speaking in Italian, Leo spoke of a lack of faith, often accompanied by, as he put it, appalling violations of human dignity, neglect of mercy, and other wounds that afflict society. Russia is marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The event is the country's most solemn holiday, but was overshadowed by Russia's current war in Ukraine. And Piers Charles-Mains reports. As he has for the better part of a quarter century, Russian President

Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day by presiding over a military parade on Red Square and paying tribute to the millions of Soviets who lost their lives fighting Hitler's armies. Yet it was the war in Ukraine that hovered over the day's proceedings with internet cut to prevent possible Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian weapons used to strike Ukraine on display, and Russian troops sent to subdue their neighbors marching across the square. Putin was joined by more than two dozen world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, a sign that Kremlin supporters argued showed Western efforts to isolate Russia over its

invasion had failed. Charles Mayne's NPR News, Moscow.