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This is Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what. To try and do that, we've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs

are for the moment back on again. That's after a federal appeals court temporarily put on hold a ruling made yesterday by the US Court of International Trade to block nearly all of Trump's tariffs. Latest action is an administrative stay, asking companies that challenge the tariffs to present their arguments next week.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, meanwhile, said the courts need to stop blocking Trump's tariffs. This administration is committed to fair trade, and we are striking the best deals for the American people, and anything that the courts do to get in the way They both harms the American people in terms of trade and in terms of tariff revenue President Trump today called the Court of International Trade ruling wrong and politicized Financial markets have been whipsawed by the constant changes in administration policy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sent his reorganization plan to Congress. He's making deep cuts, but says they're meant to make the State Department more agile. As we hear from NPR's Michelle Kellerman. Secretary Rubio often complains about the bureaucracy at the State Department. Now he's giving Congress a look at his plan to streamline the org chart and cut staff, drastically in some areas like human rights and democracy. He's putting more of an emphasis on regional bureaus and says in today's world, the State Department must move at the quote, speed of relevance.

Democrats on Capitol Hill have argued that his cuts mean that the U.S. is seeding ground to U.S. adversaries, including China. The Trump administration has dismantled the lead U.S. aid agency and Rubio is taking over what remains of USAID. There won't be cuts to passport and visa services which are funded by fees. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. American and European nationalists and conservatives are in Hungary for the Conservative Political

Action Conference, known as CPAC. In recent years, American conservatives have looked to Hungary as an aspirational model, though analysts say it's experienced an autocratic backslide and bears Arzu Ravsvani as more. Haley Hines, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times,

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But American conservatives like US CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp praise Hungary's leader Viktor Orban for implementing Hungary First policies and for fighting against global institutions. The EU wants to dictate to these countries how many migrants they take. And what Orban and the people of Hungary are saying is, no, we're going to determine what our immigration policy is. Schlopp says he expects to see more of these conservative gatherings around the world in the years to come. Arzur Razvani, NPR News, Budapest.

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street today. The Dow was up 117 points. The NASDAQ rose 74 points. The S&P gained 23 points. This is NPR. Defense lawyers representing former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein have begun presenting their witnesses at his sex crimes retrial in New York. What we're still not clear is whether Weinstein will be taking the stand. The 73-year-old Weinstein is being retried

on rape and sexual assault charges because New York's highest court overturned his 2020 conviction on procedural grounds. The Tony Awards and CBS announced today the original company of Hamilton will reunite for a special 10th anniversary performance of the broadcast this year. Jeff London says Hamilton was a juggernaut when it originally opened with a record-breaking 16 nominations and 11 wins. The producers of the Tony Awards are not throwing away their shot. I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot.

They're bringing back Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and the original cast of Hamilton to perform a number on this year's program. The musical will celebrate its 10th year on Broadway this August, and it still remains a top-grossing show every week. A once-in-a-generation success, no subsequent musical to open on Broadway has come close to replicating Hamilton's popularity. The Tonys will be broadcast on Sunday, June 8th. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. The number of Americans filing first-time jobless claims took a bump up last week, though for the most part even with some global economic uncertainties employers are holding on to their workers.

The Labor Department says that the week ending May 24th, weekly applications were up by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 240,000. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.