Taylor Wilson
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard May 2025
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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, May 17th, 2025. This is The Excerpt. Today, taking a look at the high court's latest moves around the Trump administration and immigration, while we check in on what might be next for Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. Plus, what will this administration's relationship be like with Pope Leo XIV?
And the popularity of self-driving robo-taxis is taking off. The Supreme Court yesterday continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real chance to fight their removal. In an unsigned opinion, the court said the migrants have not had enough time or information to protect their rights.
And the court said that's particularly important because the administration asserts in another case that it's not able to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. That man, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, was at the heart of a hearing yesterday where a federal judge scolded the Trump administration.
I spoke with USA Today reporter Michael Collins for more on that hearing and what might happen next. Thanks for joining me, Michael. Thanks for having me. So what did we formally hear from this federal judge in this hearing?
Strong words. In terms of the response on the day from the Trump administration, what did we hear from their lawyers?
And at some point, at any point, Michael, could the courts force them to unseal more of those documents? What's next on that point?
You know, Kilmar was last seen in April when Senator Chris Van Hollen met with him in Central America. We all saw photos of this meeting. Do we have any sense on how he's been doing since then, Michael?
All right. Michael Collins is a reporter with USA Today. Thank you, Michael.
Moody's has downgraded the nation's credit rating a notch, leaving the US government without a top grade among any of the major rating agencies. Moody's cited rising debt and interest payment ratios that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereign countries.
The agency also noted the latest tax bill draft from the GOP would add about $4 trillion to the federal primary deficit over the next decade, and said it does not believe the proposal would result in material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits. For U.S. consumers, lower ratings could lead to higher borrowing costs. You can read more with a link in today's show notes.
Vice President J.D. Vance will be in Rome this weekend for tomorrow's inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. Vance will be watching with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, their wives, and other world leaders. For Trump and his team, the trip also could set the tone for the administration's relationship with the Vatican, which was strained under Pope Francis.
something Duke theology professor Peter Casarella called a difference of principles. They, for instance, repeatedly clashed over immigration. Francis became pope in 2013 and spoke out when Trump was first running for president in 2016 and pledged to build a wall on the southern border.
Francis said at the time that a person who only thinks about building walls wherever they may be and not about building bridges is not a Christian. Trump said that for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. Francis this year also criticized Trump's mass deportation plan, and Francis was a strong advocate for tackling climate change, which Trump has called a hoax.
Whether his relationship with Leo will be different remains to be seen, but the new pope seems to share at least some of Francis' views. Leo said the dignity of migrants should be respected in his first address to world diplomats yesterday. Leo also shared criticism of Vance and Trump on social media prior to becoming pope.
Fertility care coverage and childcare benefits are among the most expensive for companies, but they're also some of the most sought after perks for millennials who represent the largest segment of the US workforce and employers are noticing.
Maven Clinic, a virtual clinic for women's and family health, recently surveyed more than 1,500 human resources leaders and nearly 4,000 full-time employees and found 69% of employees have taken, considered, or might take a new job for better reproductive and family benefits. The same percentage of employers plan to increase their family health benefits vendors in the next two to three years.
Gallagher, an insurance and employee benefits consulting company, produced similar findings in its own report when 63% of the nearly 700 employees surveyed said they would change jobs for better benefits. You can read more about this conversation in today's show notes. popularity of self-driving robo-taxis is exploding in some U.S. cities.
I spoke with USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weiss for more. Thanks for hopping on, Beth. Happy to be here. So I think depending on where you live, you might have seen these already. But for folks, especially in parts of the eastern U.S. where these maybe haven't rolled out yet, what are these driverless robo-taxis?
All right. So have consumers been quick or slow to latch on to these, Beth?
And you spoke with some folks who talked about the usefulness, right, Beth, of these services for their lifestyles. Just specifically, what were some of the things you heard from them?
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