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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Korova Coleman, President Trump has issued a full travel ban for foreign nationals of 12 countries. He alleges the travelers pose a high risk to the United States. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports the travel ban goes into effect Monday. The 12 countries covered by the full travel ban include Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran and Sudan. According to Trump's order, the justification to include many of the countries on that list is that they lack a competent central authority for issuing passports and screening and vetting measures.

An additional seven countries, including Cuba, Venezuela and Laos, are on a partial ban. Trump says many nationals of those countries pose a risk of overstaying their visas. The ban would only apply to foreign nationals who are outside the U.S. and do not have a valid visa. Lawful permanent residence will be allowed in. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, San Juan, Puerto Rico. A federal judge is blocking the deportation of the family of the suspect accused in last weekend's fiery attack in Boulder, Colorado.

U.S. authorities say his wife and five children are being processed for removal. Their lawyers say the family should not be punished for a person's alleged crimes. Congressional forecasters say President Trump's tariffs could raise trillions of dollars over the next decade if they stay in place. NPR's Scott Horsley explains that could help offset

much of the cost of extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts, but there are a lot of ifs. The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that tariff revenue could reduce the federal deficit by $2.8 trillion between now and 2035. That's more than the $2.4 trillion the House passed budget bill is expected to add to the deficit during that time. The tariff forecast assumes most of the import taxes currently in place survive legal challenges and are made permanent. It does not account for today's doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs or the prospect of higher tariff rates in the future.

In addition to raising revenue, the CBO predicts the tariffs will lead to somewhat higher inflation In addition to raising revenue, the CBO predicts the tariffs will lead to somewhat higher inflation this year and next, as well as slower economic growth. Scott Horsley in Pear News, Washington. Federal authorities have arrested a man in connection with the bombing of a California fertility clinic last month. Authorities allege suspect Daniel Park helped the bomber, Guy Bartkas. Reporter Steve Futterman has more. According to federal law enforcement officials, Park helped supply Bartkas with 270 pounds

of ammonia nitrate. That was a key ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings. And according to officials, Park was in possession of a bomb-making formula similar to the one used in that attack. The FBI says Park and Bartkes conducted experiments together earlier this year, and the two also allegedly shared so-called anti-life, pro-mortalist beliefs. Steve Futterman prepared that report. On Wall Street, before the market opens,

the Dow is slightly higher. This is NPR. President Trump welcomes Germany's new chancellor to the White House today. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to discuss Trump's global tariffs and the war in Ukraine. Air quality alerts are posted in several plains and Great Lakes states today. The National Weather Service says smoke from Canadian wildfires is drifting as far south as Nebraska. Warnings are up for nearly all of Iowa, up to Michigan. A nationwide surveillance program is testing wastewater

for evidence of measles in 40 U.S. states. NPR's Maria Godoy reports scientists hope the testing will boost public health officials' ability to spot measles cases before outbreaks occur. The testing is being conducted by Wastewater Scan, a program that provides a real-time look at circulating pathogens based on testing wastewater samples from around the United States. The program already tracks viruses including COVID, flu, and RSV.

Program co-director Marlene Wolf of Emory University says, with the U.S. seeing a sharp increase in measles cases this year, it makes sense to add the virus to its monitoring program. We detect it with an increasing frequency, so more and more of the samples in a row are positive, that would be something that we would look at as a potential sign of an outbreak. Wastewater scans, measles data is publicly available as of this week. Maria Godoy, NPR News. A private Japanese company will try again later today to land a tiny probe on the Moon,

the first attempt by the company iSpace failed two years ago company will try again later today to land a tiny probe on the moon. The first attempt by the company, iSpace, failed two years ago when the probe smashed into the moon's surface. This probe is called Resilience and it's got several instruments aboard intended to measure lunar conditions. This is NPR.