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Imagine, if you will, a show from NPR that's not like NPR, a show that focuses not on the important but the stupid, which features stories about people smuggling animals in their pants and competent criminals in ridiculous science studies, and call it Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me because the good names were taken. Listen to NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Yes, that is what it is called wherever You Get Your Podcast. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The Trump administration is appealing another immigration-related decision to the US Supreme

Court. This time, they're hoping justices allow for the deportations of migrants to South Sudan. In person, Man of the Steel reports the Homeland Security Department says some countries won't take the men back. The administration arranged for South Sudan, a politically unstable country in Africa, to take them in. But a Massachusetts federal judge ruled anyone deported to anywhere that's not their country of origin needs more time to contest their deportation.

Specifically, migrants should get an interview where they have a chance to say they may face violence or persecution if sent to a specific country. Trump officials hope the Supreme Court overrules this Massachusetts order, which applies nationwide. They argue the pause on these so-called third-party deportations hurts foreign policy and national security and intrudes on the executive branch's immigration policy powers. Jimena Bustillo, MPR News, Washington. House Republicans have sent their budget reconciliation bill to the Senate. The spending bill would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from anti-hunger programs,

including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, Texas Public Radio's Paul Flav reports. The nearly $300 billion in cuts being proposed pushed the cost of food benefits onto the states for the first time. Northwestern University economist Diane Schanzinbach says if the U.S. sinks into a recession, states with shrinking revenues and must-balance budgets won't be able to afford it. We'd be setting up a situation where just when people are most needing SNAP benefits, they're hardest to get. The proposal also increases work requirements on the poor,

which Shonsonbuck says will push people off the program, but will do little to increase labor participation. The Senate will take up the bill in coming days. I'm Paul Flavance and Antonio. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration is no longer recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women. In a video posted on social media, Kennedy says he's removed COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women.

In a video posted on social media, Kennedy says he's removed COVID-19 shots from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for those groups. U.S. health officials, meanwhile, continue to urge that all Americans aged six months or older get an annual COVID booster. Stocks rallied today after President Trump decided to hold off slapping a steep tax on European imports for at least a month. here's NPR's Scott Horsley. Over the long weekend, Trump said he would wait until at least early July to impose a 50 percent tariff on goods from the European Union.

That provides at least a little time for the two sides to negotiate a trade deal and possibly avoid a punishing tit-for-tat tariff battle. Trump took to social media saying the EU leaders have called to quickly set up meeting dates. For now, imports from Europe are being taxed at a 10% rate, which is still much higher than before Trump returned to the White House. Scott Horsley in Peer News, Washington. Taking a look at the numbers, the Dow rose 740 points today, the NASDAQ was up 461 points.

This is NPR. The number of mothers with mental health struggles has increased in recent years. NPR's Rita Chatterjee reports that's according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at data from nearly 200,000 mothers of kids under 18 who participated in the National Survey of Children's Health. Mothers reporting excellent mental health declined from 38% in 2016 to 26% in 2023. And mothers who said their mental health was fair or poor increased during this time.

Study author Jamie Dau is at Columbia University. In 2023, this means about one in 12 moms are saying they have fair or poor mental health, where back in 2016, it was about one in 12 moms are saying they have fair or poor mental health, where back in 2016 it was about one in 20. It's a pretty large increase in a relatively short period of time. Dawes says single mothers and those with children on Medicaid reported poorer mental and physical health. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.

It's no Stonehenge, but twice a year residents of Manhattan get their own version when the setting sun aligns perfectly with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed by skyscrapers. Referred to as Manhattan Henge, the first occurrence will be sunset tomorrow, with a slight variation the next day. It will occur again July 11th and 12th. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson coined the term for the event in a 1997 article, Manhattan Henge, occurs about three weeks before and after the summer solstice. Critical futures prices closed lower today as investors continue to worry about U.S. and Iranian nuclear talks and possible OPEC production decisions.

Oil dropped 64 cents a barrel, settled at 60.89 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.