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The judge says the First Amendment right to free speech does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation.

Last year, Trump said at a news conference he would love to defund NPR and PBS because he believes they're biased in favor of Democrats.

NPR claims the Republican president wants to punish it for the content of its journalism.

Trade Representative Jameson Greer says preparations for President Trump's meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are on track after the high-profile summit was postponed to May amid the war in Iran.

Greer believes relations between the U.S.

and China are getting better.

Trade Representative Jameson Greer spoke exclusively on Bloomberg surveillance.

Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmidt cautioned that the U.S.

central bank should not look through the impact on inflation of a surge in energy prices stemming from the conflict in Iran.

Schmidt says the increase in oil and gas prices will likely feed through to core inflation through items like airfares and other transportation costs.

Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in March on slightly more upbeat views of business and labor market conditions.

But the conference board's senior U.S.

economist, Yelena Shilacheva, says there's more to that data.

A measure of expectations for the next six months fell in March to 70.9.

A gauge of present conditions rose.

Unilever has agreed to combine its food business with spicemaker McCormick, a $44.8 billion deal creating a global seasoning, sauces, and condiments company.

The combined company will have a revenue of about $20 billion.

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Equity Analyst Diana Gomes says the merger makes sense, but there are risks.

And that's why shares of both Unilever and McCormick dropped this afternoon.

Unilever shares are down 7% in regular trading.