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Conductor Robert Fron says a good melody captures our attention. And then it moves you through time. Music is architecture in time. If you engage in the moment with what you're listening to, you do lose a sense of the time around you. How we experience time. That's on the TED Radio Hour from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump travels today to the steel city, Pittsburgh, to publicly support a merger he had previously vowed to fight, foreign control of U.S. steel. The Biden administration opposed Nupon's acquisition bid.

So did President Trump. That was before he returned to office. And Piers Tamer-Keefe says Trump's striking a different tone today. A major theme of the first few months of his second term has been bringing foreign investment to the U.S., on-shoring manufacturing, creating American jobs. And there are a few things that he relishes more than announcing a deal. Pennsylvania, of course, is also a state that delivered him the presidency. So he's gonna call it a win.

Danielle Pletka And Piers, Tamara Keith reporting. A federal appeals court says the president can temporarily continue with his sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports. The ruling came a day after the Court of International Trade in New York ruled against Trump, saying he exceeded his authority when he enacted the levies. NPR's Maria Aspin reports on what some economists are saying about tariffs and the U.S. economy. Top executives at Goldman Sachs gathered to discuss the markets, the financial industry and the broader economy.

Speaking hours after a federal trade court blocked the tariffs, Goldman's chief economist, Jan Hatzias, said he's still worried about damage to the U.S. economy. Goldman currently predicts that the country has a 35 percent chance of tipping into a recession within the next year. We don't think this court decision really makes a major difference. The president loves tariffs. Hatzias says he expects Trump to continue looking for ways to impose the tariffs.

Hours later, an appeals court gave them a temporary green light again. Maria Aspin, NPR News, Dana Point, California. The New York Times and Amazon say they have agreed to a licensing deal. NPR's John Ruich reports it allows a tech company to access the newspaper's editorial content for uses related to artificial intelligence. The multi-year deal will bring New York Times editorial content, including from the newspaper, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic, to a variety of Amazon customer experiences. A statement from the New York Times says that includes real-time

displays of Times content within Amazon products and services, such as Alexa. It'll also be used to train Amazon's AI models. The Times reports that this is the first licensing arrangement it's entered with a focus on generative AI. In 2023, the company sued OpenAI, which operates the popular chatbot ChatGPT. Times says OpenAI used its content without permission to train the chatbot. The Times also sued Microsoft, which is OpenAI's biggest investor. OpenAI leaders have argued that its mass collection of data, including from the New York Times,

is protected by fair use rules. John Rewich, NPR News. From Washington, this is NPR. Thousands of people in Western Canada are under evacuation orders because of wildfires. Craig McCullough reports a state of emergency has been affected in Manitoba as the fires continue to spread. Manitoba Premier Webb Canoe is calling it the largest evacuation in recent memory for the province. Many of the evacuations are centered around the town of Flynn Flawn. Residents are leaving by the only route out towards the provincial capital of Winnipeg. Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is sending in the military. In next door Saskatchewan, Premier Scott Moe has also declared a state of emergency.

Several communities have been forced to evacuate and several wildfires in Alberta have forced some oil and gas production to be delayed. Firefighters will be getting no help from Mother Nature as no rain is forecast for the areas until next week. For NPR News I'm Craig McCulloch in Vancouver, British Columbia. Last year's runner-up at the Spelling Bee Championship has bragging rights. This time around, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki of Texas with the winning word that clinched the win at this year's event. Your word is A-Claire-C-Small. A-Claire-C-Small. E-C-L-A-I-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T, official. That is correct. Audio courtesy of Scripps National Spelling Bee, confetti rained down on the seventh

grader. Saki got a medal, a trophy, and a $50,000 prize. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News. 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,

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