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President Trump yesterday called for Americans to be “strong, courageous and patient” as his new, steep tariffs against countries around the world play out. Today, market shares in Europe and Asia saw a slight rebound after several days of sell-offs. The U.S. market could see a small boost at the beginning of today’s trading. However, any minor increase in stock prices today will only restore a portion of the value that was lost in recent days.
Iran says it will have indirect talks with the U.S. this weekend in Oman to explore a potential path to diplomacy over its nuclear program. Yesterday, Trump stated that the U.S. would have “a very big meeting” with Iran on Saturday at “almost the highest level.” However, this year, Iranian leaders have rejected Trump’s offers to engage in direct negotiations, citing a “breach of promises.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the U.S. will have to build trust with Iran.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday in favor of the Trump administration continuing to deport what it says are Venezuelan gang members. The 5-to-4 vote threw out a lower court’s ruling to temporarily stop the deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The attorneys for the men deported last month say that using the act during a time of peace is illegal. They and the men’s family members say many of those deported have no criminal history in the U.S. or their country of origin.
Trump recently declared during an address to Congress that he had “stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America.” This week, Morning Edition will explore who feels freer to speak under Trump’s administration, who feels they’re being forced into silence and the extent to which the constitutional right to free speech might be changing — for the better or worse.
Several international university students who have spoken out against the war in Gaza have been taken in recent weeks by immigration agents. Plainclothes agents arrested Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in his university housing, even though he was a legal permanent resident. Masked agents, again in plain clothes, detained Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Öztürk as she walked to meet friends. These actions raise concerns among free speech advocates across the political spectrum, who worry that more students could be targeted for their views.
“This is what happens in a dictatorship, and these are test cases,” said Eric Lee, a lawyer representing Momodou Taal, a Cornell University Ph.D. student and advocate for Palestinian rights who had his visa revoked. Lee emphasized that if the government can act in this manner, then it can target anyone in the U.S., and citizenship won’t protect individuals.
Listen to Taal’s lawyers discuss the potential repercussions of the crackdown on international students’ viewpoints and its broader implications for society.
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