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When Malcolm Gladwell presented NPR's Throughline podcast with a Peabody Award, he praised it for its historical and moral clarity. On Throughline, we take you back in time to the origins of what's in the news like presidential power, aging, and evangelicalism. Time travel with us every week on the Throughline podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump is threatening 50 percent tariffs on all imports from European Union nations and a 25 percent tariff on all smartphones that are not made in the United States.

The president made his latest threat Friday. He indicated his frustration with a lack of an agreement with the EU nations. He also said that he told Apple CEO Tim Cook he's not pleased that Apple plans to move some of its production of iPhones from China to India. It would be more. It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair. So anybody that makes that product, and that'll start on, I guess, the end of June, it'll come out. I think we have that appropriately done by the end of June.

So if they make that product, now, again, when they... On Thursday, the Trump administration... According to WebBush Securities, 90% of Apple's iPhone production is based in China. A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, this after Harvard sued. The decision, of course, is being appealed by Harvard University. The Jordanian government says Israel is obstructing efforts to bring patients from Gaza to Jordan for treatment. The patients are part of a pledge by Jordan's King to President

Trump to treat 2,000 injured and seriously ill children and adults. NPR's Jane Araf has more on the story from Jordan. Three months after making that pledge, Jordan has so far brought in just 39 patients. The Kingdom's Minister for Government Communications, Mohammed Mamani, says Israeli restrictions at its border crossing with Gaza have slowed the effort. There has been difficulties imposed by the Israeli authorities that is stopping the way of making this happen smoothly. He says that includes difficulties in obtaining exit visas for patients, most of them children, and their guardians.

And Jordan says patients returning home after treatment have had money, phones, and even food seized at the land border with Gaza. The Israeli military says border guards have seized undeclared amounts of cash from some returnees. Jaina Raff and Pear News, I'm on. On Wall Street, stock slumped Friday. After traders took stock of President Trump's threatened tariffs against the European Union nations, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had lost 261 points. That was a drop of 0.6% of 1%. The Nasdaq was also down 188 points, a 1% decline.

The S&P sustained a dip of 39 points for a 0.6% of 1% decline. Shares of Apple stocks were also down after the Trump tariff report. From NPR News, this is NPR News in Washington. Ukraine's capital, Kiev, came under drone and missile attacks overnight with explosions and machine gun fire that was heard throughout the city. Some of the debris from the intercepted missiles and drones stuck parts of the city. Six people were reportedly injured. Many city residents were taking shelter in underground subway stations prior to the attack the city's mayor warned residents the Russian attacks could be coming.

This is a reminder to please check yourself for ticks after spending time outside, as NPR's Peng Young reports. It's been an especially bad year for ticks so far. A lot of people have been seeking emergency care for tick bites. That's according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reports the highest rates in more than five years. Allison Hinckley, an epidemiologist at CDC, says May and June are prime time for tick bites. Taking showers within two hours of coming outside really

has shown to be a good way to prevent tick-borne diseases. That's because it can wash off ticks that are crawling on you and let you search for ticks that have latched. The key thing, she says, is to get the tick off your body as soon as you can. Ticks can transmit pathogens that cause things like Lyme disease, Heartland virus, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but it usually takes at least several hours of them feeding on your blood before the pathogen gets transmitted. Ping Huang and NPR News.

A Paris court has found the ringleader and seven other defendants who were charged in connection with the 2016 jewelry robbery of Kim Kardashian guilty. Two other defendants were found not guilty. The judge said the advanced age of the defendants weighed on his decision. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. the defendants wait on his decision. This is NPR News.