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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiavone. The Supreme Court is saying today that it will review the legality of President Trump's far-reaching tariffs imposed against countries by executive order in April. NPR's Nina Totenberg has details. Compared to the normally stately pace of Supreme Court litigation, the court acted within days of the Trump administration losing for a second time on the tariffs question in the lower courts, including most recently, the appeals court for the Federal Circuit. Both courts said that Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing tariffs without authorization from Congress. So there was every incentive to get the Supreme Court to act as quickly as possible and the justice is obliged, setting expedited arguments for the first week in November. Nina Todberg, NPR News, Washington.

In a significant escalation in the war in Gaza, Israel targeted top Hamas leaders in a strike on the group's headquarters in the Gulf nation of Qatar. President Trump today registered his disapproval, and PR's Daniel Estrin has more. The White House had a very interesting reaction to this. It says it was notified of the Israeli strike as it was happening, and then it notified Qatar of the impending attack. And the White House says that a unilateral strike inside a sovereign nation and a close U.S. ally, quote, does not advance Israel or America's goals, and that President Trump feels very badly about the location of this attack. Trump spoke to Netanyahu as well as Qatar's leaders and assured them that such a thing will not happen again on their soil in Qatar.

The White House did say that eliminating Hamas was a worthy goal, however. But there has been condemnation from the U.N. Secretary General from the leaders of France and the U.K. and also Arab countries. And PR's Daniel Estrin reporting from Tel Aviv. More than 900 days after she was kidnapped in Iraq, a Ph.D. student from Princeton University has been freed. President Trump announced the news in a social media post, and PR's Michelle Kellerman explains. According to President Trump, Elizabeth Sarkoff is now safely at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. He says she was tortured for many months, held by a militant group called Kataip Hasbalah. Her sister, Emma, says her family is, quote, incredibly happy, and they thank the president. Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Adam Boller, for continuing to raise the case.

Zirkoff holds Israeli and Russian passport. She was on a research trip to Baghdad in March of 2003 when she was kidnapped by a militant group linked to Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he had an emotional call with her mother and said the people of Israel will be happy to see her back home. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. Wall Street, the Dow closed up 196. The NASDAQ gained 80 points. This is NPR news in Washington. Ticket sales for the upcoming 2026 World Cup are about to begin, but as NPR's Raphael NOM reports, tickets are going to be hard for some people who get, and they probably will not be cheap. The men's soccer tournament will be held across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It will be the biggest World Cup ever.

48 teams and over 100 games. And starting on Wednesday, FIFA will offer the first opportunity to buy tickets, but only for visa cardholders. For everybody else, the first chance to score tickets will be in late October, and there will be more windows to buy tickets all the way into next year. Demand is expected to be very high. And for the first time ever, FIFA will implement dynamic pricing, which means ticket prices could get. pretty high. Rafael Numb, NPR News. The elusive street artist, Banksy, has claimed responsibility for a new mural that appeared this week on the side of a judicial building in London. He posted a shot of it on social media this week. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports the mural was quickly covered with black plastic and a judge has ruled it will be removed.

The mural is on the outer wall of London's Royal Courts of Justice. It depicts a judge in a traditional wig and robe, using a gavel to beat a protester. There's no reference to any particular incident, but it comes amid free speech concerns as police arrest hundreds of protesters across the country weekly for expressing support for a banned pro-Palestinian group. NPR's Lauren Freyer.

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