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On the Planet Money podcast, you've seen them, those labels that say made in China or made in France. But what do they really mean? The reaction was, it can't possibly work like that. That can't possibly be right. We dig into the delightfully convoluted rules behind country of origin. What makes, say, a Chinese product Chinese? And how companies facing tariffs are getting creative. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts. getting creative from Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts. Shea Stevens Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. A federal trade court is blocking President Trump's sweeping tariffs on global

imports. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the court says Trump overstepped his authority when he used an emergency powers act to justify the tariffs. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel said the Constitution gives Congress the exclusive power to regulate trade and impose tariffs. The court says the 1977 emergency law Trump relied on in ordering tariffs does not give the president unbounded power to tax imports from nearly every other country. NPR's Scott Horsley reporting. The State Department has stopped interviewing international students seeking visas to study in the U.S., pending reviews of their social media postings. The department says the move is temporary and does not affect applicants who already

have interviews scheduled. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Department of Homeland Security is revoking visas for Chinese students, more than a quarter of a million who studied in the U.S. last year. A family in Southern California is facing deportation, despite entering the U.S. legally to obtain medical care for their young daughter. From member station KVPR Joshua Yeager reports that doctors say that the child could die within days of leaving the country.

Four-year-old Sophia, a pseudonym given by the family's attorneys to protect her identity, suffers from short bowel syndrome. The disease requires her to wear an adult-sized backpack that delivers nutrients intravenously, 14 hours a day. Through an interpreter, Sofia's mother, Daisy Vargas, says the lifesaving treatment is only available in the U.S. If we returned back to our country, she would be at the hospital day and night. Vargas crossed the Mexican border on humanitarian parole,

approved under the Biden administration. But attorneys for the family say immigration authorities revoked the parole in April without giving a reason, and that Vargas was informed by the CBP Home app, which they say is a familiar pattern since President Trump's return to office. For NPR News, I'm Joshua Yeager in Bakersfield, California.

President Trump says he's cautioned Israel's prime minister against disrupting U.S. nuclear talks with Iran. More from NPR's Franco Ordoniez. After swearing in the new acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, President Trump confirmed to reporters that he had a conversation with Netanyahu about not taking any action that could threaten the sensitive talks with Iran. I said, I don't think it's appropriate right now because if we can settle it with a very strong document, very strong, with inspections and no trust, I don't trust anybody. The comments follow reports that Israel has been preparing for potential strikes against Iran's

Nuclear facilities if the talks fail Trump said his team is having good discussions with Iran Franco or Donia's NPR news the White House You're listening to NPR the White House. You're listening to NPR. President Trump has issued more pardons to include a rapper, a former New York congressman, and a reality TV couple. Trump has also commuted the sentence of a former Chicago gang leader who was serving a life sentence for murder.

This next story comes with a warning because of descriptions of sexual assault. The charity Doctors Without Borders says it is providing care for hundreds of rape victims in war-torn Sudan, some of them as young as five. That story from Kate Bartlett. Doctors Without Borders says its staff treated 659 victims of sexual violence in South Daphor between January 2024 and March 2025. Of those, many were adolescents and a small number were younger than 10 years old. The group has released a report detailing some of the harrowing testimony they heard

from survivors. One 17-year-old who shared being gang raped by seven members of a paramilitary group said afterwards, quote, I wanted to lose my memory. Sudan is more than two years into a brutal civil war between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. For NPR News, I'm Kate Butler in Johannesburg. Sibling influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate are facing criminal charges in Britain, including rape. Prosecutors say the charges were authorized last year and are now being confirmed. In 2022, the Tates were arrested on similar charges

in Romania and again in Bucharest two years later. They denied the allegations against them and arrived in Florida earlier this year after prosecutors lifted a travel ban. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. With WISE, prosecutors lifted a travel ban. This is NPR News.