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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. Police in Minneapolis have stayed. mapped up patrols around houses of worship following Wednesday's shooting during Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and school. NPR's Jason DeRose reports area clergy are working to comfort a grieving community. After inexplicable loss, Pastor Sarah Jensen of Lutheran Church of Christ Redeemer says she often hears people say, God doesn't give us anything we can't handle. I don't believe that God gives us things one or the other world. The world gives us things. and often the world gives us things we can't handle.

But that doesn't mean, Jensen says, abandonment. God gives us each other because we can't handle everything on our own. We weren't created for that. We were created to lean on each other. Jensen says neighbors, friends, and congregations can help to buoy each other in a world that's sometimes scary and often doesn't make sense. Jason DeRose, NPR News, Minneapolis. A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump does not have

have unlimited authority to impose tariffs. NPR's Franco-Ardenia's reports on how the case could affect some of Trump's other priorities. A U.S. Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling that said Trump did not have the authority under what's called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose his sweeping tariffs. Trump has sought to use his emergency powers liberally declaring national emergencies related to the border, crime, drugs, and, of course, trade. That was the justification for sending the military to the border, as well as the National Guard to Los Angeles, to quell protests, and try and take over law enforcement here in Washington, D.C. The White House is defending the legality of the tariffs and plans to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

The outcome could have implications for other cases where Trump's opponents challenged the administration's use of emergency powers. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News. Indonesian President Prabopo Subu Anto announced today he'll cut some perks for politicians. Fury at extra pay and allowances for lawmakers, while Indonesians are struggling with the cost of living, has triggered widespread violence. The homes of some politicians have been looted. Heard here, through a BBC interpreter, the president ordered the security forces to take action against those who acted illegally. But we cannot deny that there are signs. of actions outside the law, even against the law, even leaning towards treason and terrorism.

To the National Police and the Indonesian military, I instruct you to take the sternest actions based on applicable laws against the destruction of public facilities, the looting of private houses and economic centers. At least five people have died since the protests began last week. This is NPR News in Washington. The Israeli military says it's right. recovered the bodies of two Israelis who had been killed in the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023. Officials believe there are still 48 hostages in Gaza, with 20 who may still be

alive. Former CBS News Radio White House correspondent Mark Nuller has died at the age of 73. He was known as a number guy. Listeners and later social media users counted on him for his meticulous record keeping of the president's activity. NPR's Amy Held reports. Born in Brooklyn in 1952, Mark Nuller became known as the Wikipedia of the White House. Starting at CBS News in 1988, the network says he grew frustrated by the lack of a central database chronicling the president's daily actions. So he became an unofficial presidential statistician. Let me call up my numbers.

A lot of numbers. How many trips the president made and where? Summits and golf outings. He tallied speeches and interviews. The minutia that make history. NOLR reported across eight administrations and didn't mind the long hours, he told CBS's Katie Couric. I'm one of those lucky people that gets to work at something he loves doing. NOLA retired from the radio in 2020, but kept up on Twitter as a source of presidential news.

Amy held and PR News. As the new school year gets underway, colleges and universities may be facing a huge drop in international students. The Trump administration has revoked more than 6,000 student visas. and delayed thousands more. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington. It's that time of gear again. Planet Money Summer School is back.

This semester with help from professors, policy experts, and yes, even a Nobel laureate, we're diving into how government and the economy mix and asking the big questions like, what role should government play in our economy? Does government intervention help or hurt and how big should the government be? That's on Planet Money Summer School from NPRSchool

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