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Look, we get it. When it comes to new music, there is a lot of it, and it all comes really fast. But on All Songs Considered, NPR's music recommendation podcast, we'll handpick what we think is the greatest music happening right now and give you your next great listen. So kick back, settle in, get those eardrums wide open, and get your dose of new music from All Songs Considered, only from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. A federal appeals court has temporarily restored President Trump's ability to impose sweeping global tariffs.

But as Wall Street tries to shrug off the latest tear of whiplash, NPR's Maria Aspin reports some economists say the U.S. remains at an increased risk for recession. 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 Hatzius, said he's still worried about damage to the U.S. economy.

Goldman currently predicts that the country has a 35% chance of tipping into a recession within the next year. We don't think this poor recession Trump and the president are still in the process of getting the Trump administration to take the necessary steps to get the administration to take the necessary steps to get the administration to

take the administration to take the administration to take the administration to take the administration to

take the administration to take the administration to take the administration to take the administration to take the administration to Hill's court gave them a temporary green light again. Maria Aspin, NPR News, Dana Point, California. Harvard University can continue enrolling international students. That's after a federal judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration yesterday from trying

to block them. NPR's Alyssa Nadwarni reports. Harvard has nearly 7,000 international students, about a quarter of the entire student body. Ella Ricketts, a first-year student from Canada, was hesitant to call this order a victory. Until that case is actually won, I don't necessarily feel 100% safe with everything that's going on. Obviously, I remain optimistic and hopeful, but this is very much just one step in a much, much larger process. After the judge's order, the White House told NPR that the Trump administration, not judges, has final say over whether or not universities can issue student visas.

Alyson Adwani, NPR News. President Trump will meet a few reporters at the White House today, along with billionaire Elon Musk. It's Musk's last day as a special federal employee. He's been overseeing the Doge, cost-cutting entity. A report from the nonprofit news outlet, Notus, is questioning the findings of a federal health report. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

has released the study from the Make America Healthy Again commission. But the report from Notus cites problems with this study. These include misstated findings and some of the studies the commission cited, Healthy Again commission. But the report from NOTAS cites problems with this study. These include misstated findings, and some of the studies the commission cited apparently do not exist at all. White House Press Secretary Caroline Lovett is dismissing criticism. We have complete confidence in Secretary Kennedy and his team at HHS.

I understand there were some formatting issues with the Maha report that are being addressed and the report will be updated. But it does not negate the substance of the report. The NOTAS report found the commission study also had broken web links, missing or incorrect authors, and there was an entry where the Maha report references itself as the only scientific citation. This is NPR. A grand jury in New York has indicted a

cryptocurrency investor who is now accused of kidnapping and torturing a man for weeks in Manhattan. John Waltz is accused of trying to force the victim to give up his password to his Bitcoin account. A judge has denied bail for Waltz and alleged accomplice in the kidnapping has also surrendered to police. A team of researchers thinks that tiny microbes in our homes may hold the keys to solving some of our biggest problems. NPR's Ari Daniel explains. Microbes are little alchemists that perform all manner of chemical reactions. Microbiologist Brayden Tierney wondered whether he could harness those

abilities somehow. So he co-founded the Two Frontiers project to do just that. We travel to sites all around the world where there is microbial life, we think, living that's going to be useful for things like carbon capture or helping corals or improving agriculture. Now the team is turning their sights to the microbes in your shower heads, drip pans, hot water heaters, a set of extreme environments that may have pressured microorganisms into surviving in ways we could take advantage of. Tierney's team is reaching out to homeowners nationwide to contribute their snots and goos. R.E. Daniel, NPR News.

The National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts for parts of northern Minnesota and all of Wisconsin. Smoke is blowing south from Canadian wildfires. Forecasters warn the smoke could spread farther south. The central Canadian province of Manitoba is under a state of wildfire emergency and thousands of people have fled to safety. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.