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On Fridays, the 1A podcast is all about helping you cut through the info fog and get to what's important in the news. Close out the week with us on our Friday News Roundup. Hear from reporters who've been embedded with the biggest news of the week. Join us every week for the Friday News Roundup. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU. Shea Stevens Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. A federal appeals court is freezing of ruling against President Trump's sweeping global

tariffs. The move pertains to a U.S. trade court finding that Trump overstepped his authority by using an Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose the import taxes. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says Trump's tariff agenda remains alive and well. The tariffs remain in place. The court told us, they didn't all but tell us, they told us, go do it another way,

so you can assume that even if we lose, we will do it another way. White House press secretary Caroline Le Levitt says the administration is confident that it will be able to continue using emergency powers to impose tariffs. A federal judge is extending an order preventing the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students pending legal challenges. For Member Station WBUR in Boston, Carrie Young reports that the order extends the terms of a restraining order issued last week. The hearing took place in a packed courtroom. Federal attorneys argued against keeping the

block in place. They said the issue Harvard is suing over is moot because the Department of Homeland Security has now given the school 30 days to contest the revocation. Judge Alison Burroughs disagreed. She said she would feel more comfortable if an order was in place because it would give Harvard's international students a greater sense of certainty over their status. At issue in the case, the administration is trying to pull Harvard out of a federal program that allows colleges to sponsor student visas. For NPR News, I'm Carrie Young in Boston.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright calls himself a climate realist. The former Colorado oil and gas executive says, that means he thinks climate change is real, but he is not convinced it's a crisis. From Colorado Public Radio, Sam Brash has the story. Chris Wright laid out his climate views at a Houston oil and gas conference in March. The Trump administration will treat climate change

for what it is. A global physical phenomenon that is a side effect of building the modern world. As Secretary of Energy Wright has promised to maximize energy production and develop some climate friendly alternatives like geothermal and nuclear but some climate scientists say he's misinterpreted their work to downplay the risks of burning fossil fuels. Other clean energy advocates worry staff and funding cuts could limit critical research at the department of energy. For NPR News, I'm Sam Brash in Denver. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance says it is no longer being insuited by the

securities and exchange commission. A June, 2023 complaint accuses Binance and its founder of violating SEC rules by illegally serving U.S. clients, inflating trade volumes and mixing customer funds. The SEC has dismissed several lawsuits against crypto companies. This is NPR. Western allies are condemning what they call the military partnership between Russia and North Korea, calling it a flagrant violation of UN sanctions. A 29-page report by a group of nations monitoring the sanctions says the North has transferred weapons and related equipment by air, land, and sea in exchange for Russian air defense systems.

The report covers a period from January 2024 until April 30. A massive glacier carrying rock and debris roared down the mountainside of a Swiss village this week, destroying everything in its path. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, the village, including grazing cows, were evacuated ahead of the disaster. Video footage of the glacier and rock roaring down the mountainside went viral Wednesday afternoon as the natural disaster unfolded. The 300 residents of Blattin were evacuated on May 19th, a mile long strip of ice rock and dirt

several feet deep now covers their village. What happened is unthinkable. It's the catastrophic worst case scenario, said Christophe Lambiel, a specialist in high mountain geology and glaciers speaking on RTS Swiss television. Lambiel said the glacier detached because the rot face had been breaking off

and falling into it for years, adding weight and pressure until it finally collapsed. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris. U.S. futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street on Asia-Pacific markets, shares are lower. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. our news.