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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump's latest tariffs are now in effect. The new import taxes of 10 to 12.5% on dozens of countries took effect a couple of hours ago. They replaced a temporary 10% global terrorist Trump put in place after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs he imposed last year. The major financial markets in Asia tracking losses on Wall Street, the regional markets down amid a spike in oil prices, following increased fighting in the Middle East. Brent Crude, the international standard, shot to its highest price since May

and remains around $100 a barrel. And Pierre Zalina Seljuk. You have the Persian Gulf with the Strait of Hormuz on the eastern side of the peninsula, and now we're talking about the western side with the Red Sea. And there, a new threat is coming from the Houthis. They are military rebels in Yemen who are aligned with Iran and have a long-standing conflict with Saudi Arabia,

and they say they've achieved. attacked two Saudi oil tankers and they're threatening a naval blockade of this second shipping route. President Trump welcomed Los Angeles daughters to the White House Thursday to celebrate last year's World Series championship. Impires Franco Ordonez reports on the team's second consecutive visit. President Trump noted this ceremony was one of the first to take place on the newly renovated Rose Garden with paving stones replacing the grass. We're delighted to host the 2025 World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Amazing.

Trump called out players and recounted some of the biggest moments of the games as attendees wearing their blue Dodgers caps, cheered and applauded. But the visit was not without controversy. Some fans opposed the players attending because of the Trump administration's aggressive immigration tactics that have disrupted immigrant communities in Los Angeles. Franco, Ordojones, and Peer News. The White House. City officials in Madison, Wisconsin, have identified Corey Ruiz as a man shot and killed by

law enforcement this week. Emily Rizzo reports on the protests that have erupted in response to the killing. Madison police say they responded to a call Wednesday about a man who was allegedly peering into parked cars. Later, three officers tussled with Ruiz as they tried to arrest him. Resident Michael Dubek was there and filmed it. One of the officers says he has a knife, after which he was. one of the other officers pulls a taser, tases him, after which one of the cops stands up and shoots him.

Police say the taser didn't work, though bystander video shows Ruiz falling to the ground before he was shot. Protesters on Thursday interrupted the city's press conference, and others are demanding the officer be arrested. The state's Justice Department is investigating. For NPR News, I'm Emily Rizzo in Madison. This is NPR News. Federal prosecutors are withdrawing. subpoenas issued to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on the Air Force One gifted by Qatar. The subpoenas were issued earlier this month by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, whose nomination to be President Trump's director of National Intelligence is expected to get a vote by the full Senate next week. The subpoenas would

have compelled the reporters to testify about their sources. Prosecutors withdrew them after acknowledging legal errors. The number of people enrolled in SNAP. The Federal Food Assistance Program has been falling since last July. That's when President Trump's massive tax and spending bill led to sweeping changes. Here's NPR's Juliana Kim. SNAP participation dropped by over 4 million people from last July to this April. That's according to the left-leaning center on budget and policy priorities.

It's been particularly drastic in Arizona, where 400,000 fewer people receive the food benefits. St. Mary's Food Bank, which operates across the state, is distributing more food than ever, according to its president, Milt Liu. Because at the end of the day, these kinds of increases can't be supported by just food banks. The USDA says the decline in SNAP enrollment isn't representative of any one policy. But it does come as the program undergoes major changes from expanded work requirements to reduced federal funding. Giuliana Kim, NPR News. With benchmark oil prices holding steady at around $100 a barrel, stocks in Asia losing ground in Friday trading South Korea's benchmark down more than 4%.

I'm Giles Snyder. NPR News.