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On the Planet Money Podcast, the economic world we've been living in for decades was built on some basic assumptions. But the people who built that world are long gone. And right now, those assumptions are kind of up in the air. Like the dollar as the reserve currency. Is that era over? If so, what could replace it? And what does that mean for the rest of us? Listen to the Planet Money Podcast from NPR wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. California's governor, Gavin Newsom, and the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, are suing the Trump administration for deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the governor's

consent. Bonta argues the president is exceeding his authority by deploying members of the Guard as well as hundreds of US Marines to LA. Having the Marines brought in in addition to the National Guard being brought in is only unfortunately inflaming the situation creating additional tension and provocation. Meanwhile the National Guard troops are being pulled away from their duties to tackle wildfires and prevent fentanyl from flowing into California Important duties that they are now no longer doing while they are unnecessarily in Los Angeles Bonto was speaking to NPR's morning edition. The president has authorized an additional

2,000 National Guard troops from California to join the original deployment of the same size The protests in Los Angeles began late last week when U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents began making arrests in the city as part of the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. NPR's Liz Baker was in the L.A. neighborhood known as Little Tokyo on day four of the protests. This crowd is mostly young people, mostly people wearing face coverings and masks, wearing lots of different flags. We've seen the Mexican flag, the American flag, Puerto Rican flag, lots of people waving

international flags in protest of the ICE raids. The mayor told people that she's towards peaceful protest, but of course violent protesters will not be tolerated. That's NPR's Liz Baker reporting. A federal judge is temporarily blocking President Trump's Department of Government Deficiency from accessing personnel records. As NPR's Shannon Bond reports, it's the latest ruling to restrict Doge's ability to view sensitive data. The court ruled the federal Office of Personnel Management broke privacy law

and its own cybersecurity practices when it allowed Doge staffers to access the files of millions of current and former federal workers. The scope of the injunction is still being determined by the court. But Judge Denise Coat ordered Doge staff to destroy all copies of personal information related to the union members who brought the lawsuit. The case will likely head to the Supreme Court, which has recently reversed other lower court rulings curtailing Doge. Last week, the High Court granted Doge access to sensitive data held by the Social Security Administration.

Shannon Bond, NPR News. The Department of Health and Human Services is removing all 17 members of an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the change yesterday in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal. Kennedy also announced plans to put a new committee to put new committee members in place. This is NPR News from Washington. This is primary day in New Jersey where 11 Democratic and Republican candidates are seeking their party's gubernatorial nomination. As David Mathau with Member Station WHYY reports, President Trump's legislative agenda has played a big role in the campaigns. While all six Democratic gubernatorial candidates are vowing to stand up to President Trump and fight many of his immigration and

Doge executive orders and policies, the Republican frontrunners in the race have embraced Trump's agenda and are promising to follow his lead if elected. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in New Jersey by more than 800,000 and current Governor Phil Murphy is a Democrat, but historically in the state, whenever one party has held a position for more than two consecutive terms, the other party has won the next election. The top issue for all of the candidates, Republicans and Democrats, is making the Garden State more affordable.

For NPR News, I'm David Mathau in New Jersey. Amazon says it will spend 20 billion dollars to build two data center complexes in Pennsylvania. The company says the projects are meant to meet the growing demand for products linked to artificial intelligence. One of the data centers is to be built next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. Amazon is a financial supporter of NPR. The Florida Panthers have a two games to one lead over the Edmonton Oilers in this year's Stanley Cup final. Last night, the Panthers routed the Oilers six to one

on home ice to win game three of the series. Game four is tomorrow night. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington. Hi, it's Terri Gross, host of Fresh Air. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.