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Live from NPR News, I'm Janene Hurst. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from performing expedited deportations on humanitarian grounds. Expedited removal has been a hallmark of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration and one of the more controversial practices. NPR's Jasmine Garst has more. Many individuals who have been subject to expedited removal in recent months entered the U.S. through parole, a practice that allows federal officials to admit foreigners into

the U.S. at legal ports of entry on humanitarian grounds. Now a federal judge in Washington, D.C. has prohibited implementation of expedited deportation, stating that the plaintiffs in the case, two migrants from Cuba and Venezuela, entered the country with US government permission. The order could provide a reprieve for hundreds of thousands of immigrants allowed in via parole during the Biden presidency.

The Trump administration says the ruling is, quote, lawless and won't stand. Jasmine Garz, NPR News, New York. President Trump's tariffs are still shifting, even though yesterday marked another one of his deadlines. Now, just before that, Trump imposed new tariffs on dozens of countries that take effect next week. That means some will feel the economic impact with higher prices coming for American consumers on imported goods, including cars. And Piers Donganye has more.

The car companies are feeling the hit. Ford Motor Company released second quarter earnings this week. I won't go into all the nitty gritty on that except to say company execs say tariffs cost them $800 million in the quarter. For the year, they expect that number to be two billion dollars. The company says it's not been passing that along to customers, but going forward that could certainly change so car buyers keep an eye on sticker prices. And here's Don Gagne reporting. In Montana, a manhunt is underway for a gunman suspected of shooting and killing four people in a bar last night. Montana Public Radio's Shaili Reagar has more. Three patrons and a bartender were pronounced

dead at the scene Friday morning at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, an old mining town in the mountains of western Montana. A population of about 10,000 people, the town was put under lockdown as law enforcement began their pursuit of the suspected shooter. Authorities identified him as a local resident and U.S. Army veteran Michael Brown. The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation led a search through the night. Brown's car was found west of town Friday, but he was not with it. He is still at large.

Law enforcement believes he's armed and dangerous. For NPR News, I'm Shaili Regger in Helena. Stocks tumbled this week amid signs of a weaker job market and higher tariffs, with all three major indices ending in the red. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Important parts of the European Union's new legislation governing artificial intelligence have come into force. Terry Schultz reports U.S. companies operating in Europe must also follow these regulations and that hasn't gone over well with some of the companies. A year after the EU's AI Act went into effect, the next stage in implementing the landmark

legislation began Saturday. The Act is aimed at making sure artificial intelligence is used safely and responsibly, and regulates AI systems based on their perceived level of potential risk to users. Some of the latest obligations affect providers of general purpose AI, or GPAI models, which include Exa's Grok and OpenAI's CHAT-GPT. The rules require more transparency on how AI models are trained and better enforcement of copyright protections. The EU has created a code of practice with the help of experts to give providers guidance on complying with the new requirements.

Signing up to the code is voluntary. Meta is the only major provider that has refused to do so. For NPR News, I'm Terri Schulz. Twindberg, Ohio is twinning this weekend as it hosts the world's biggest annual gathering of twins. The town was founded by twins in the early 1800s. The Twin Days Festival started in 1976 when a small group of twins were at a parade in town marking the country's bicentennial. Since then, more than 84,000 sets of twins from around the world have attended the festival. Officials say the goal is to celebrate the uniqueness of twins and others of multiple births.

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