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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivoni. Trump administration tariff policies will be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court the first week of November at issue the president's authority to invoke emergency powers to impose sweeping new tariffs on several countries. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is urging vigilance as the Trump administration expands its crackdown on on illegal immigration in Chicago. Alex Degman from Member Station WBEZ report. The Supreme Court recently ruled that someone's perceived ethnicity can be considered among other salient factors when federal officials detain people suspected of being in the country illegally. Pritzker says the state cannot stop these types of patrols amid the immigration enforcement push, but he says residents can take precautions. Federal law, Trump's state law, period, end of sentence.

And so what we can do is make sure that people know their rights and that they're staying out of the way. Pritzker reiterated that the state will take the Trump administration to court if they've brought. state or federal law. He says that includes deploying the National Guard to Chicago absent his request. A request he says he's not making. For NPR news, I'm Alex Dagman in Springfield, Illinois. President Trump is registering his disapproval after Israel targeted top Hamas leaders in a strike on the group's headquarters in the Gulf nation of Qatar. Qatar is a U.S. ally hosts thousands of American troops and has been a key player in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Gaza. Those talks remain at a standstill. The Trump administration has released a broad strategy on children's health.

NPR's Alison Aubrey reports the plan includes a wide range of policy reforms aimed at tackling chronic diseases. Health Secretary Robert Av Kennedy Jr. called chronic disease an existential crisis for our country and says the report's 128 recommendations are historic and unprecedented. The Make America Healthy Again Commission led by Kennedy identified four potential drivers, including poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, as well as over-medicalization, which the commission describes as a concerning trend of over-prescribing medications to children. Former FDA official Susan Maine says there's a wide agreement on the need for action on chronic disease. But the plan for how to execute it and the resource requirements

are actually going the opposite direction. She points to cuts in nutrition and the federal health Department. Allison Aubrey and PR News. Government data showed that persistent inflation has eroded wage gains from median income households for the past five years. The Census Bureau reports today that U.S. household incomes hardly moved over the past year, with the average household matching 2019 peak levels, middle and lower income households were on the lower end of gains, while the highest earners received inflation-adjusted income increases. The Dow up 196. This NPR. A New York-based

nonprofit is launching a school hydroponics program in Alabama. Students in Birmingham will learn about sustainable food practices and how to combat food deserts. From Member Station WBHM, Noel Ananon reports. Welcome to the greenhouse.

Eighth grader Tyler Martin takes a basal seedling from a growing tower. Its roots are tangled in a sponge-like pod of peat. And the water soaked it to that and helps a plant grow up. See how we're starting to grow. Hydroponics requires only water and powdered nutrients to grow plants, no soil. Manuel Zamora of New York Sunworks says hydroponics preserves both healthy soil and water.

You use 90% less water than traditional farming. Therefore, you can really maximize, you know, the growth of certain types of plants and vegetables. She says the project will produce thousands of pounds of food for the local community. For NPR News, I'm Noelle Annen in Birmingham. South Korean officials are working out. details with the U.S. on the return of hundreds of their nationals detained in an ice raid on an electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia. They hope to transport them back to South Korea on a charter jet, possibly by tomorrow. About 300 South Koreans are involved. The Trump administration has been

calling on foreign companies to invest in manufacturing in the U.S., but obtaining work visas has become more complicated since President Trump took office. The new generation of iPhones was unveiled today with Apple introducing the iPhone Air, which the company says is its slimmest smartphone yet. It starts at $1,000. I'm Louise Ciavone and PR News, Washington.