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And for some of those major trading partners, that new tax is steep. from an added 20% on goods from the European Union to an extra 46% on goods from Vietnam, and they will likely mean higher prices for consumers. But Trump has opened the door to changes. Here's what he said yesterday.

I'm Laila Fadil, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Now China is not willing to talk over the 104% tariffs on its goods.

New tariffs are now a reality, and President Trump says trade partners are lining up to talk.

How is China retaliating?

President Trump has set out to drastically reshape the federal workforce, and yesterday he got some help in the effort from the U.S. Supreme Court.

NPR's Nina Totenberg has been following the case and joins us now to break it all down. Hi, Nina. Hi, Laila. Okay, so let's jump in here. This is only the latest case in which the Supreme Court has taken a so-called emergency action at the behest of the Trump administration. And lately, they're winning more than they're losing, right? Yeah.

Okay, let's drill down on this latest one. What does probationary in this context mean?

Okay, so the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to get rid of that lower court order, and it did. So what happens now? Do these fired employees have any recourse left?

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I'm Laila Fadil, that's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Biden called the fall of the Assad regime a moment of historic opportunity. But he also warned of the potential risks.

Yeah, I was watching those videos as they walked through this palace, seeing the riches he lived in as so many lived in poverty. I've also seen the videos of thousands of prisoners freed and just moving, heartbreaking scenes. What do we know about them?

Really quickly before I let you go, there's also an American who's been held for some 12 years, believed to be with the regime, Austin Tice, the American journalist who disappeared in Syria. What do we know there?

NPR's Ruth Sherlock. Thank you, Ruth.

In his first network television interview since winning the election, he sat down with Kristen Welker on NBC's Meet the Press.

He sung the praises of the power of tariffs. He said he doesn't intend to cut off access to abortion pills. And he said mass deportations have to be done.

Syrians woke up this morning to their first day in decades without the Assad regime ruling their lives.

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Here to tell us what Syrians are making of this stunning new reality without Assad's brutal grip on power, we are joined from Beirut by NPR's Ruth Sherlock. Good morning, Ruth. Good morning. So Ruth, an 11-day rebel push in Assad is gone after over a decade of civil war. It's hard to even believe. What are we hearing from Syrians on their first day without the Assad regime in power?