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These days, there's a lot of news. It can be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government for at least 14 days.

As NPR's Shannon Bond reports, the judge says Trump's executive order directing agencies to conduct mass layoffs and shutter programs is likely illegal. U.S. District Judge Susan Ilston, a Clinton appointee, says a temporary restraining order is necessary to quote, protect the power of the legislative branch. The case brought by a coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and local governments argues the approach being taken by Trump, Elon Musk and agency heads to restructure the government violates the Constitution. Judge Ilston says while the president does have the authority to seek changes at agencies,

he needs to work with Congress to do so. It's just the latest in a string of court battles testing the limits of Trump's executive authority. Shannon Bond, NPR News. A Tufts University international student who the Trump administration arrested because of her pro-Palestinian activism has been released from federal custody. As NPR's Adrienne Florida reports, a federal judge says that Rameshka Ozturk's detention by immigration officials appears to be unconstitutional. Ozturk had been held at a detention center in rural Louisiana

ever since massed immigration agents surrounded her on a street in suburban Boston in March and whistled away in an unmarked car. The Trump administration accused her of activity aligning with Hamas, and the State Department canceled her student visa. But in a federal courtroom in New England, Judge William K. Sessions said the only evidence the government provided to justify her detention was an op-ed she wrote critical of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. He ordered her released.

She walked free a few hours later. She still faces possible deportation, but her lawyers are fighting it, saying the government is retaliating against her for her constitutionally protected free speech. Adrian Florida, NPR News. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested on Friday. He was arrested while protesting the opening of a federal detention center in In a social media post, a federal prosecutor said that Ross Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings to leave the facility.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter has died. He was 85 years old. NPR's Nina Totenberg has our report. Souter, appointed to the Supreme Court by a Republican president, was an old-fashioned conservative who was initially a centrist on the Supreme Court, but as the court grew more conservative, he voted more and more reliably with the court's liberal justices.

Political conservatives were so infuriated by his drift to the center left that the next time there was an opening on the court, their rallying cry was, no more suitors. But over his 19-year tenure, Souter came to be widely admired by all of his colleagues. As Chief Justice Roberts put it in a statement on Friday, Souter brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. And this is NPR News. Air traffic controllers directing flights in and out of the airport in Newark, New Jersey lost their radars for about 90

seconds early Friday morning. FIA officials say the incident was caused by poor staffing and modern technology. A similar event happened on April 28th and that led to the cancellation or delay of hundreds of flights. United Airlines later canceled 10% of its flights out of that airport. Liam and Olivia have once again topped the list of most popular names for American newborns. That's according to data released on Friday from the Social Security Administration. As NPR's Nita Ulibi reports, those two names have been number one for boys and girls for six consecutive years.

This list has come out every year since 1997, back when the number one for boys and girls for six consecutive years. This list has come out every year since 1997, back when the number one names were Michael and Emily. The new list for 2024 also shows the enduring popularity of Emma and Noah, which are number two for girls and boys respectively, also for the sixth year in a row. The girls name Luna is no longer in the top 10. It's been replaced by Sophia. Names that are not on the top 10. It's been replaced by Sophia. Names that are not on the top 10 that have increased the most in popularity include for boys Truce and Halo and for girls Elani and Analea. Neda Ulibi, NPR News.

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims that the company collected data on users there without their permission. The state's attorney general announced the deal on Friday. The state had argued that the search company unlawfully tracked users through geolocation, incognito searches, as well as biometric data. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. You may have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.