--:-- Giles Snyder: Support for this podcast and the following message come from the University at Buffalo, where researchers have developed an imaging system that uses radar and AI to assess wounds without removing bandages. More at buffalo.edu slash NPR.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump is removing tariffs on a lengthy list of items amid pressure to address high consumer prices.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The list includes tariffs on beef, tropical fruits, and other commodities.
--:-- [Audio clip of President Trump speaking]
--:-- President Trump: Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One last night, Trump played down his order to reduce tariffs, saying he does not expect any more rollbacks.
--:-- President Trump: I don't think it'll be necessary. We just did a little bit of a rollback on some foods, like coffee, as an example, where the prices of coffee were a little bit high.
--:-- President Trump: Now they'll be on the low side in a very short period of time.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Trump's move to reduce tariffs on food items comes after voters in last week's off-year elections cited economic concerns as their top issue.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Democrats scored big wins in Virginia, New Jersey, and in other key races around the country.
--:-- Martin Costi: Immigration lawyers in San Diego say they're seeing a sudden increase in arrests of clients at the offices of U Citizenship and Immigration Services many in the middle of applying for permanent status or naturalization.
--:-- Martin Costi: NPR Martin Costi reports that lawyers say it a sign of what looks like a new ICE policy.
--:-- Tessa Cabrera: U CIS offices are bureaucratic places where detentions are rare unlike immigration court.
--:-- Tessa Cabrera: But lawyers in San Diego say that suddenly changed this week.
--:-- Tessa Cabrera: Tessa Cabrera says she was with a client who didn't have legal status but was applying for a green card.
--:-- Tessa Cabrera: To have two ICE officers storm into an office and immediately order my client to stand up and place them in handcuffs was just unlike anything I've ever experienced.
--:-- Martin Costi: USCIS would not say whether its arrest policy has changed.
--:-- Martin Costi: In a written statement, it says, quote, Apprehensions at USCIS offices may occur if individuals are identified as having outstanding warrants, being subject to removal orders, or committing fraud, crimes, or other violations while in the United States.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, is preparing for a federal immigration crackdown.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Trump administration has not publicly announced a move, but the Mecklenburg County Sheriff says he was told by federal officials that the operation could begin as soon as today.
--:-- Rob Stein: A National Institutes of Health employee who has criticized the Trump administration's health policies has been put on leave.
--:-- Rob Stein: Here's M.P.R. Rob Stein reporting.
--:-- Rob Stein: The NIH put Jenna Norton on indefinite paid administrative leave on her first day back to work from the government shutdown.
--:-- Rob Stein: Norton a program director at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, has been a vocal critic of cuts and new policies at the NIH.
--:-- Rob Stein: The NIH did not give Norton an explanation, but in a statement to NPR, an administration official said, quote, instead of focusing on their actual job to promote gold standard science, radical leftist Jenna Norton chooses to constantly criticize this administration even when she's supposed to be working, unquote.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: Attorney General Pam Bondi has named a senior federal prosecutor to look into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Bondi says a top federal prosecutor in Manhattan will take the lead.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump had publicly called for the investigation after House Democrats released a batch of emails this week that raised new questions about Trump's ties to Epstein.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Disney and YouTube have made up.
--:-- Giles Snyder: They've reached an agreement that restores Disney-owned networks like ABC and ESPN back to YouTube following a fee dispute.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The contract dispute led to a blackout of news and sports programming from millions of subscribers It lasted for about two weeks
--:-- Giles Snyder: Alphabet which owns YouTube television and Google is a financial supporter of NPR
--:-- Emily Watkins: A Native American general who helped end the Civil War has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Buffalo, Toronto Public Media's Emily Watkins reports on how he was finally recognized.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Ely Parker, a Seneca chief, was denied admittance to the bar in 1847. despite meeting the requirements because he was not considered a citizen.
--:-- Emily Watkins: In the face of discrimination, Parker went on to advocate for Native land rights, draft the final terms of surrender for the Civil War, become an Army General, and was then appointed the first Native American commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
--:-- Emily Watkins: On Friday, he again made history as the first Native American to be posthumously admitted to the bar, according to the Seneca Nation.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Only a few attorneys of color have been posthumously recognized this way.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For NPR News, I'm Emily Watkins in Buffalo.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And I'm Giles Snyder.
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