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Look, we get it. When it comes to new music, there is a lot of it, and it all comes really fast. But on All Songs Considered, NPR's music recommendation podcast, we'll handpick what we think is the greatest music happening right now and give you your next great listen. So kick back, settle in, get those eardrums wide open, and get your dose of new music from All Songs Considered, only from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stevens. A federal judge is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from retaliating

against New York State for refusing to end congestion tolls in Manhattan. From member station WNYC, Steven Nessen reports that the state could lose federal highway funding if it doesn't end the program. One of President Trump's campaign promises was to eliminate the $9 toll for vehicles that enter Manhattan below 60th Street. In February, the Department of Transportation sent a letter to the state revoking its approval

of the program. But the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was ready with a counter lawsuit. Since then, the feds have dragged their feet on filing evidence. The program has raised millions of dollars for transit improvements and has reduced traffic. Judge Lewis Lyman is now giving the feds until June 9th to submit documents in the case. A spokesperson for the federal DOT says the agency will comply with the judge's request and says the tolls are unfair for working class Americans. For NPR News, I'm Stephen Nessen in New York. In a post on social media, President Trump is defending his proposed 50 percent tariffs

on goods from the European Union. As NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports, the post came days after Trump delayed the higher tariff by a month. Trump has used social media to create several days of tariff whiplash. On Friday, he floated the idea of 50 percent tariffs on EU goods starting June 1st. Sunday, after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she had spoken to Trump, he posted that he had agreed to postpone the tariffs to July 9th. Now, he has written on social media he was quote, extremely satisfied

with a 50% tariff, adding he will set rates if he and the EU are unable to make a deal. Trump added that the EU has now reached out to set dates to negotiate tariff rates. His deadlines for tariffs on China and many other countries will come this summer. If deals are not reached by those dates, tariffs are set to ratchet upward. Danielle Kertzleven, NPR News, The White House. In a rare move, Britain's King Charles opened the Canadian Parliament's new session Tuesday and had a warning about current global challenges to peace and stability. Charles said Canadians have the skills and determination to generate a wealth of solutions to those problems. Today, Canada faces another critical moment.

Democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, self-determination and freedom are values which Canadians hold dear and ones which the government is determined to protect. Charles says Canadians can seize the moment by recognizing that they can give themselves far more than any foreign power can ever take away. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth. U.S. futures are flat, and after hours trading on Wall Street, on Asia-Pacific markets, shares

are mixed. This is NPR. A manhunt continues in Arkansas for an ex-police chief and convicted killer who's escaped from prison. Grant Harden slipped past guard Sunday at a medium security facility located in the town of Gateway, near the border with Missouri. Harden's escape came days after ten inmates fled a New Orleans jail. All but two of those escapees are back in custody. Feminist author and activist Susan Brownmiller has died at the age of 90. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, Brownmiller wrote the 1975 bestseller Against Our Will Men, Women, and

Rape. In Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller looked at rape as a weapon of war and the bias against victims among police and juries. In 1975, she told NPR that, unlike victims of other crimes, women had to prove they resisted. Unfortunately, a woman has to prove that she did not consent and in many states has to have independent corroborative proof of the act itself. Civil rights activists were critical of Brown Miller's chapter on race, but Against Our Will became a bestseller that's been translated into several languages. Time magazine named

Brown Miller one of its Women of the Year for 1975. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News. Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died. Derringer gained fame as a teenager when his band, the McCoys, recorded the 1965 hit song, Hang On, Sleuthey. Derringer did session work for the band Steely Dan and solo artist Bonnie Tyler. He died Monday in Florida. No cause of death was given.

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