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Trump's 'Liberation Day', Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Mistaken Deportation
02 Apr 2025
President Trump is set to impose sweeping tariffs on an array of countries. Liberal judge Susan Crawford was elected to the state Supreme Court in Wisconsin. And, the Trump administration has admitted to deporting a Maryland father by mistake. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Acacia Squires, Anna Yukhananov, Lisa Thomson and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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President Trump calls this Liberation Day, as in Tariff Day.
We are going to be very nice by comparison to what they were.
Markets have been jittery in anticipation. Will tariffs help or hurt the economy?
I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. It was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history. And despite Elon Musk putting his money and support behind a conservative candidate, liberals held on to their state Supreme Court majority in Wisconsin.
I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world.
How did this race become a referendum on Musk?
And the Trump administration has admitted to deporting a Maryland father by mistake.
If they're allowed to get away with this, then it means that the immigration laws are meaningless, all of them.
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