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Fall in love with new music every Friday at All Songs Considered. That's NPR's music recommendation podcast. Fridays are where we spend our whole show sharing all the greatest new releases of the week. Make the hunt for new music a part of your life again. Tap into New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Supreme Court Friday handed the Trump administration another victory by a six to three vote the court for now has granted the Department of Government efficiency known as Doge unfettered

access to information collected by the Social Security Administration NPR's Nina Totenberg reports in an unsigned order the court's conservative supermajority temporarily overturned actions by two lower courts that had limited the DOJ team's access to sensitive private information at the Social Security Administration. The information includes not just Social Security numbers but medical and mental health records, family court information, and more. Writing for two of the three liberal dissenters, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson said the court was essentially preventing the status quo from remaining in place while the cases fully

litigated in the lower courts. Once again, she said, this court dons its emergency responder gear, rushes to the scene, and fans the flames rather than extinguish them. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. The explosive internet feud between President Trump and Elon Musk over his signature policy bill has appeared to calm down, at least for now. NPR's Stephen Fowler has more.

After Thursday's dramatic meltdown of the billionaire bromance, the vibe now is more like, new phone, who this? President Trump made the rounds calling reporters at prominent mainstream media outlets to say he's moved on from Musk and won't speak to him. Musk has been uncharacteristically quiet online, making just a few posts about his companies.

The blowup stems in part from Trump's so-called big, beautiful bill chock-full of Trump's agenda items, including tax cuts, but that experts say would increase the federal deficit by trillions over the next several years. Stephen Fowler, NPR News. Three weeks ago the Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to provide 20,000 members of the National Guard to help with the Trump administration deportation efforts. Now a memo obtained by NPR News is offering new details about what those troops will be doing. Up to 2400 will assist ICE agents in tracking down migrants. NPR's Tom Bowman also explains where the Guard members will be coming from.

I'm told by several sources that the expectation is if most if not all of these Guardsmen, likely all volunteers, would come from states controlled by Republican governors, you know, who would be most amenable, of course, to Trump administration policies. And of course, many of those states are in the south. Already Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called up his guard to work along the Mexican border. But this is far more widespread and of course would be all over the country in towns and cities. NPR's Tom Bowman, Russia continued its attacks on Ukraine overnight Friday.

The latest strike killed at least six people and injured as many as 80 others. The strike came just days after Ukraine used drones to hit military airfields deep inside Russia. The attack is dampening hopes that the two sides could reach a peace deal anytime soon. You're listening to NPR News. Scientists say the wildfires now burning in western Canada that have been sending smoky air into the U.S. Midwest are no longer anomalies. Instead, they're following an emerging pattern that's being driven by climate change.

NPR's Scott Newman has more on our story. The fires this year are following a familiar pattern, one that was seen two years ago. They're burning in places like Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, but their choking fumes are being felt in Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan. John Smoll is a biology professor at Queen's University in Ontario who studies the environment. He says climate change is driving this trend. The fires are hotter, the fires are longer, they start earlier, they last longer. Canadian authorities say that nearly half of the more than 200 fires burning now have yet to be contained. Scott Newman, NPR News.

The French Open tennis final is set after Yannick Sinner beat Novak Jokovic Friday 6-4 7-5 7-6. Jokovic struggled with Sinner's pounding forehands. The top-ranked Sinner will be playing defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who is a bested Sinner in their last four meetings. Sinner is looking for his fourth major title while Alcaraz is looking for his fifth. Eight horses will be racing in Saturday's Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York. Among them will be the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby, including the winner, Sovereignty. Preakness winner, Journalism, will also be in that field. It will be the second time the Belmont is being held

at the historic racetrack in upstate New York. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. 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.