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What is the focus of the Wildcard podcast?
On the Wildcard podcast, author John Green fights to be optimistic.
How does John Green maintain optimism?
I keep learning again and again that hope is the right response to the human condition. And I have to learn this over and over again because despair is an incredibly powerful force in my life.
I'm Rachel Martin. Join us for NPR's Wildcard podcast, the show where cards control the conversation.
What are the current issues on Wall Street?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. It has been a volatile day on Wall Street. We'll have more on President Trump's tariffs and market reaction. But first, the Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, has paused a court order that imposed a midnight deadline for the administration to return a Maryland man.
What is the situation with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia's deportation case?
NPR's Jasmine Garz reports Kilmar Abrego-Garcia was mistakenly deported to a mega prison in El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia has been living in Maryland for more than a decade with a form of legal protection known as withholding of removal. He was arrested by immigration officials last month and sent to a notorious Salvadoran detention center. His lawyers contend he has no criminal record, and the Trump administration admitted it had made what it called, quote, an administrative error. Last week, federal judge Paula Zinnies ordered that he be brought back. The administration requested a stay, which a Fourth Circuit court panel denied earlier this morning.
NPR's Jasmine Garz. President Trump's pushing back at the global resistance to tariffs.
How is President Trump handling tariffs and trade negotiations?
We're going to have one shot at this, and no other president's going to do this, what I'm doing. And I'll tell you what, it's an honor to do it.
Trump defending his latest threat to drive up the U.S. tariff on Chinese goods.
put a 34% tariff on above what their ridiculous tariffs were already. And I said, if that tariff isn't removed by tomorrow at 12 o'clock, we're putting a 50% tariff on above the tariffs that we put on.
Trade war escalation between the world's two biggest economies. Trump says he is holding tariff negotiations with a number of countries. He secured this commitment today at the White House from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States. We intend to do it very quickly. We think it's the right thing to do.
Netanyahu, who relies on Trump's backing for Israel's operations in Gaza, says his country also plans to eliminate a variety of trade barriers. The Trump administration had imposed a 17 percent tariff on Israel. Stocks swung wildly today as investors looked for signs of a possible ceasefire in President Trump's trade war. Here's NPR's Scott Horsley.
Stocks have mostly nosedived in the U.S. and around the world since President Trump announced his sweeping tariffs last week, but domestic stocks briefly rallied on hopes the administration might be willing to suspend some of those tariffs as it negotiates with other countries. President Trump spoke by telephone with Japan's prime minister, and the head of the European Commission said her side is always ready to make a good deal. The short-lived rally is a sign of just how desperate many investors are for some relief from the tariffs, which threaten to raise prices and slow economic growth. Trump is warning of even higher tariffs on imports from China if that country moves forward with its own taxes on U.S. exports. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
The Dow has closed down 349 points, or nearly 1%. This is NPR News. Swollen rivers and floods threaten parts of the southern and midwestern U.S. where communities are recovering from enormous amounts of rainfall and tornado damage inflicted in recent days. At least 20 deaths are now linked to storms that have rolled through multiple states since last week. Forecasters have warned flooding may persist for days, including in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. A Texas biotech company says it has created creatures with key features of an extinct species, dire wolf. Here's NPR's Rob Stein.
Colossal Biosciences in Dallas says company scientists edited the genes of gray wolves to breed animals with key traits of dire wolves. Dire wolves have been extinct for more than 12,000 years and were featured in the HBO series Game of Thrones. The colossal scientists created embryos from genetically modified gray wolf cells and then implanted them into female dogs.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the focus of the Wildcard podcast?
0:00–0:05
2
How does John Green maintain optimism?
0:05–0:26
3
What are the current issues on Wall Street?
0:26–0:44
4
What is the situation with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia's deportation case?
0:44–1:30
5
How is President Trump handling tariffs and trade negotiations?
1:30–5:26