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>> Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to initiate deportations

of people who've been living and working legally in the U.S. under the temporary protected

status program. NPR's Vanessa Romo reports it's another victory for the President's immigration policy efforts. >> In six to three ruling, along ideological lines, allows the Department of Homeland Security to strip more than 330,000 Haitians and about 4,000 Syrians of temporary protected status.

Writing for the Conservative majority, just as Samuel Alito says TPS recipients from the two countries are not entitled to legal intervention, and that the President has unreviewable authority to end the program.

There are approximately a million people from a dozen countries who've been designated with TPS,

following natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other extraordinary conditions. They've been vetted and allowed to live and work legally in the U.S. since they cannot return safely to their home countries. Vanessa Romo and PR News.

>> President Trump is welcoming farmers to a dinner in the White House rose garden tonight,

mindful of the burden that multiple administration policies have presented to U.S. farmers, and PR's Danielle Critslapin has more. >> Earlier this month, Trump went to Wisconsin for a farmer roundtable. This week, the administration proposed a new idea in negotiations with Tehran to force Iran to use unfrozen assets to buy U.S. crops.

However, Iran quickly responded that they and only they would control their assets.

The White House also this week requested an additional $11 billion in far-made from Congress.

That's on top of $12 billion in direct aid dispersed earlier this year. This all has come amid problems caused by Trump actions. Tariffs made equipment more expensive. The President's trade wars have severely hurt the soybean market. And the war in Iran made fertilizer and diesel more costly.

Danielle Critslapin and PR News the White House. The search force survivors is on after powerful earthquake struck near Caracas Venezuela last night. Ifrociously say, at least 180 people are dead, the Trump administration says it is sending $150 million in assistance, and PR's Michelle Kelman has to tell.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's spoken with Venezuela's interim president and says the country needs a lot of help digging through the rubble. The U.S. is sharing satellite imagery and sending rescue teams from Virginia and California. Those are the acute short-term needs over the next 48 to 72 hours because in search and rescue, you're trying to get to people while you can still save their lives.

They're buried under rubble. The U.N.'s top humanitarian official Tom Fletcher says his office is coordinating the deployment of teams from around the world, even before the earthquakes he writes, nearly 8 million people in Venezuela were in need of humanitarian support. Michelle Kelman and PR News washington approaching the close that Dow was up 71 points

this is NPR. The U.S. is back in action tonight in the men's World Cup soccer tournament. The American team will play Turkey in its final group stage match. PR's Becky Sullivan says when loser draw the U.S. is already qualified for the knockout round.

The U.S. beat, Paraguay, and Australia, Walterkey lost to both teams. So the outcome of this game won't change anything. The U.S. are the winners of the group and have locked in a favorable path in the knockout round. Still, U.S. coach Maria Pocicino says he won't pull any punches. We want to win and we want to write to the next stage with three big targets that is possible.

However, four key starters are carrying yellow cards, meaning if they pick up another,

they'll be suspended in the critical round of 32 game next week.

Also, star-winger Christian Policick is coming off a calf injury that caused him to miss a game. Meanwhile, Turkey could be feeling desperate to come away with even one win at this World Cup. The game kicks off at 10pm, Eastern Time. Becky Sullivan and PR News lost Angeles.

In case you were wondering, humans in great age have been laughing in similar ways going back 15 million years according to research at the University of Warwick in England. Scientists say it matters because it opens a window on the evolution of communication. Researchers literally tickled 13 captive apes and recorded the results. Decades later a new study finds similar rhythms in the chuckles in timing between humans

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