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with Iran remains in place to spite the latest attacks between the two countries. U.S.
“Central Command says three Navy destroyers came under Iranian missile and drone attacks”
as well as fire from small boats yesterday as they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. None of the ships was hit. American forces then targeted two Iranian ports along the Strait in Bonda Rabas and Keshem. The Court of International Trade is dealing another setback to President Trump's tariff policies. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the court says the President was wrong to impose a blanket 10% tariff on most U.S. imports."
President Trump ordered these new tariffs to replace an earlier round of import taxes that were struck down in February by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the Court of International
Trade says these new tariffs are also unlawful. Trump relied on a statute that authorized
tariffs only under certain conditions, and two out of three judges concluded those conditions don't currently exist. It's not clear how wide reaching this decision will be for now that it applies only to two importers who challenge the tariffs along with the state of Washington. The administration's already in the process of refunding tens of billions of dollars collected under the original tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court and it continues to explore
other options to impose new tariffs. Scott Horsley impure news. Washington. The Council of disaster experts appointed by President Trump is recommending major changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Here's NPR's Rebecca Horsher.
The Council was created by President Trump in the early days of his second term. The
President has repeatedly called for FEMA to be eliminated. But the Council recommends investing in the agency to make it easier for disaster survivors to get help. That includes housing for people whose homes are destroyed in hurricanes, wildfires, and other events. The Council does not recommend cuts to FEMA's workforce. In recent weeks, the agency has reversed Trump administration policies that previously cut thousands of jobs at FEMA.
Rebecca Horsher and Pierre News. The National Weather Service says at least three tornadoes, perhaps more, were responsible for the widespread damage to hundreds of homes in Mississippi on Wednesday night. The storms left at least 17 people injured in central and western parts of the state. No fatalities were reported. lawmakers in Tennessee have approved a new congressional map in response to a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court last week.
The state's Republican-led House in Senate approved the changes amid days of vocal protests from Democratic state legislators. The new map carves up a majority black district in Memphis. The map was redrawn after the nation's high court ruled Louisiana's congressional map
“reworked in 2024, relied too heavily on race. The Supreme Court ruling weekend a key provision”
of the Voting Rights Act. This is NPR News from Washington. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report into the deadly crash of a China Eastern Airlines flight in 2022. The NTSB says both engines on the Boeing 737 were intentionally shut down amid a struggle in the cockpit. As before, the airliner slammed into a mountain. That crash killed all 132 people aboard. Investigators released their findings based on data
from the jet's flight data recorder in response to a public records request. Chinese investigators have yet to release their final report into the crash. Scientists are reporting progress and efforts to protect the endangered devil's whole pup fish at Death Valley National Park in California. Here's NPR's NL Greenfield Voice. After two earthquakes shook up the waters of devil's hole, its pup fish population plummeted. Only 20 fish were left. Wildlife officials debated what to do,
just as the federal workforce was experiencing mass firings and a government shutdown loomed. Moving quickly, biologists took some pup fish from a backup population that had been established in captivity over a decade ago and released them into devil's hole. Those fish survived. Babies started appearing and biologists later added in some additional captive bread fish. This spring, an official count found 77 devils hole pup fish swimming around their rocky
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