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Politics is a lot these days. I'm Sarah McCammon, a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, and I'll be the first to tell you what happens in Washington definitely demands some decoding. That's why our show makes politics as easy as possible to wrap your head around. Join us as we make politics make sense on the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Lawyers from the Trump administration and Harvard are in court over the president's bid to prevent the university from enrolling international students. We've learned a federal judge extended a temporary order blocking the administration. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports, some critics say the move could undercut

the Ivy League schools global competitiveness and its financial stability. International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Miriam Felblum is the CEO of the President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. She says the pause in student visa interviews needs to be reversed immediately. What's clear is that international students are central to the global and domestic talent pipeline that colleges and universities, including Harvard, are creating. Harvard's hardly alone. Illinois Tech and Carnegie Mellon have the highest rates of international

students. And without tuition, administrators warn many colleges and universities could face significant budget shortfalls. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington. The U.S. Court of International Trade's delivered a setback to President Trump's use of sweeping tariffs to force other countries to renegotiate trade deals with the U.S. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the stakes are enormous. Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's Scott Horsley, NPR's

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NPR's Scott Horsley, the administration says it will appeal. Russia is calling for another round of peace talks with Ukraine next week in Istanbul, Turkey. The proposal comes as President Trump has increased his criticism of Russia over a recent wave of attacks on Ukraine from Moscow and P.S. Charles Mainz has the latest. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would present a written memorandum with proposals for a future peace accord and hoped Ukraine would embrace the negotiations.

The Russian call to resume negotiations came as Trump suggested he would back off threats of new sanctions on Moscow if it undermined the prospects of a peace deal. Yet in calling for the latest talks, Lavrov repeated Moscow's demands that any agreement address the root causes of the conflict, a term widely interpreted as a Kremlin demand for influence over Ukraine's future. Charles Mainz in Pure News, Moscow. Israel says it's expanding settlements in the West Bank. It plans to create 22 new outposts in the occupied Palestinian territory. Most countries recognize such settlements as illegal under

international law, not Israel. Defense Minister Israel Katz says his government's making a strategic move to protect Israeli security by preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. It's NPR News. In the US economic data, the government's reporting an increase in last week's unemployment applications. Claims for benefits rose by 14,000 to a higher than expected 240,000. Overall, the number of people on unemployment was just under 2 million for the week of May 17th. In a post on ex-billionaire Elon Musk signaled publicly his time as an advisor to President Trump is ending. Musk had previously promised to take a step back

from his government work where he led the Department of Government Deficiency effort to restructure the federal government saying he would focus on Tesla, SpaceX and his other businesses. Oklahoma City has advanced to this year's NBA Finals, and Piers Becky Sullivan says the Thunder closed out its series against the Minnesota Timberwolves last night in game five of the Western Conference Finals, 124 to 94. In the first quarter, everything went wrong for the Timberwolves, who managed only nine points.

Everything went wrong after that, too. By halftime, Oklahoma City led by 33, and after the final buzzer, the Timberwolves who managed only nine points. Everything went wrong after that too. By halftime Oklahoma City led by 33 and after the final buzzer the Timberwolves filed out, heads hung low, bounced out of the playoffs just short of the finals for the second year in a row. The 4-1 series win was a dominant showing by Oklahoma City who had the NBA's best regular season record this year. Their star Shay Gildjus Alexander was named most valuable player and the crowd showered him with chants of MVP as he scored 34 points. Now the Thunder await the outcome of the Eastern Conference Finals. There, the Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks three games to one. Becky Sullivan, NPR News. The Dow is down 185 points. This is NPR News.

Hey, it's Sarah Gonzalez. The economy has been in the news a lot lately. It's kind Five points. This is NPR News.