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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. President Trump appears to have added a condition to the agreement signed Wednesday was Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program. In a social media post Thursday, Trump said the deal would require Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked why that was not included in the initial announcement of the deal. The president is always the final deal maker, as you know, and this is. is something that he has mentioned on numerous occasions going back. I can provide you with those statements. And he has said if they don't join the Abraham Accords, the deal is off. So we'll continue to have those conversations with our Saudi counterparts moving forward. New import taxes

are in effect. The new tariffs of 10 to 12 and a half percent on dozens of U.S. trading partners took effect at midnight eastern time. The move is President Trump's latest effort to restore the tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. They replaced temporary tariffs that have now expired. The Justice Department has agreed to drop subpoenas against journalists for the New York Times under duress from a highly skeptical federal judge. The case focused on the source of leaks about the new Air Force One jet gifted by the Katari government, as MPR's David Fokinflik reports. U.S. Judge, a ruined submarine, fired off a series of questions for which the lead prosecutor in the case, Sean Buckley, had no satisfactory.

answers. The judge said the government had failed to observe legally required safeguards for reporters and had misled the court. Buckley cited oversights and said no bad faith was involved. He also apologized for subpoenaing the phone records of reporters family members calling that a mistake. But Buckley defended the subpoenas as legitimate, saying the approval of the acting attorney general overruled journalistic protections. New York Times lawyer David McRaw tells NPR the federal court stepped up to defend the First Amendment and the rule of law. David Folken, NPR News. The war in Iran has halted plans to add fluoride to the water supply in Albany, New York,

cities across the country facing a similar problem, as Grant Ashley from Member Station, WAMC reports. Albany approved a plan to fluoridate its water to promote dental health more than two years ago. But now, the city says it can't obtain the chemicals it needs because of supply chain issues stemming from the ongoing war with Iran. Albany Common Councilmember Tom Howie, who sponsored the city's fluoridation, plan said Albany isn't alone. It's throughout the country, and actually throughout the world, that there is a shortage right now, and a lot of places that do fluorinate had to cut back on the

amount of fluoridation in the water because there's not enough supply. Israel is one of the world's top exporters of fluorosolic acid, but the Association of Metropolitan Water Agency's notes they are producing less, thanks to many workers being called into active military service. For NPR News, I'm Grant Ashley. This is NPR News. A sea plane that had to make an emergency landing in the waters off a remote Washington State Island burst into flames. The plane went down near Susha Island. The Coast Guard says all 11 people on board were rescued. The guard says several were transported to local hospitals. The operator of the plane, Kenmore Air, says it is fully cooperating with the investigation into what went wrong.

The European Union has ruled that Google violated the territory's digital marketing law. And as MPR's John Ruich reports, it fined the tech company $1 billion. The EU says Google Search and the Google Play App Store herded users to Google Services, unfairly disadvantaging its competitors. This ruling follows other measures by the 27-Nation Block to check big tech over anti-competitive practices and try to ensure a level playing field. The fines come as friction rises between Europe and the United States over tech companies. The Trump administration has criticized European checks on American tech firms, and President Trump has previously threatened tariffs as retaliation. The EU's executive branch, the European Commission, cited Google for two incidents of failing to comply with Europe's Digital Markets Act.

It fined the company 460 million euros and 430 million euros amounting to about $1 billion. The company has 60 days to comply. John Rewich, NPR News. The regional stock markets in Asia losing ground in Friday trading. Korea's benchmark, down 5%. Japan's Niki share average, down nearly 2.8% amid a spike in oil prices. Brent crude, the international standard remains above $100 a barrel. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.