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Chapter 1: What is NPR's 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me' about?
Imagine, if you will, a show from NPR that's not like NPR, a show that focuses not on the important but the stupid, which features stories about people smuggling animals in their pants and competent criminals in ridiculous science studies, and call it Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me because the good names were taken. Listen to NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
Yes, that is what it is called, wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 2: What is the latest update on U.S. trade deals?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. In what would be the first agreement since U.S. tariffs on global imports took effect, President Trump says he'll announce a trade deal later today. The announcement on Truth Social did not mention which country would be involved in the deal.
The trade war is among the factors considered in the latest decision by Federal Reserve Board policymakers to leave interest rates unchanged. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says the risks of rising unemployment and inflation will increase if the tariffs are sustained.
Chapter 3: What are the Federal Reserve's current strategies on interest rates?
Depending on the way things play out, that could include rate hikes, sorry, rate cuts. You know, it could include us holding where we are. We just are going to need to see, you know, how things play out before we make those decisions.
Powell says the central bank is using its tools to foster maximum employment and price stability. with no consideration for the political pressure to lower its key rate. Many Afghans who've had temporary protective status in the U.S. since their government fell to the Taliban fear that their lives would be in danger if sent home.
Chapter 4: How is the situation for Afghans with temporary protective status in the U.S. evolving?
From Houston Public Media, Andrew Schneider reports that the Trump administration is ending programs that have allowed thousands of Afghans to remain in the Houston area.
Many Afghans who settled in Houston after the fall of Kabul had spent years aiding U.S. and NATO forces in the war in Afghanistan. But immigration attorney Ali Zakaria says President Trump is determined to deport as many of them as he can.
What Trump administration's policy at this moment is... to create this mass group that can be deported. And one way is to cancel the existing legal protocols or legal protections that are in place.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced temporary protected status for Afghans will end May 20th. In a statement, DHS said Noem decided that TPS was no longer needed as the situation in Afghanistan had improved. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
A new accuser has taken the witness stand in the second New York sex crimes trial of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Ilya Maritz has details.
Prosecutors say Kaya Sokola was about 20 years old when Weinstein assaulted her in a hotel in 2006. It's one of three criminal counts against him. On the witness stand, Sokola described winning a modeling competition in her native Poland at just 14 years old and soon traveling to Paris and New York for work. She'll be back on the stand Thursday.
Six female accusers testified at Weinstein's first New York trial in the year 2020, but only three are expected this time, and Sokola is the only new accuser the jurors will hear from. Weinstein maintains he's innocent. His previous conviction was overturned on procedural grounds. For NPR News, I'm Ilya Maritz in New York.
U.S. futures are virtually unchanged in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR. The judge overseeing the sex trafficking, racketeering, and conspiracy trial of Sean Diddy Combs says that a jury is likely to be seated this week. Many of the prospective jurors questioned so far said they believe they could be impartial.
Forty-five people have been chosen for the pool from which 12 jurors plus alternates will be picked. Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. The cardinal electors gathered at the Vatican will hold a second vote on candidates to replace Pope Francis. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports that the first round of voting at the papal conclave had not produced a successor.
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