• On this episode: China says it will continue to fight back against US tariffs; Iran and the US will hold nuclear talks; the Internal Revenue Service agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE for enforcement; Ukraine says it has captured Chinese fighters.
• White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs.
• Trump's top trade rep under fire before Senate committee after days of market chaos.
• AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists.
• Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers.
• Immigration judge to rule Friday on possible release of detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil.
• Congo repatriates 3 Americans facing life in jail over a failed coup plot, official says.
• Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock.
• Outrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager.
• Accused of biting police official, NYC Council member gets charges dropped.
• S&P 500 rises 1% after paring a much bigger, early gain as uncertainty about Trump's tariffs reigns.
• Henry Louis Gates Jr. goes from host to guest on PBS' 'Finding Your Roots.'
• An NBA title contender fires its coach and GM in a shocker, an NBA player is stretchered off the court in Charlotte, two former MLB players die in a Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy, a top women’s college hoops player is on the move, a college football lawsuit nears a settlement and an improbable comeback in the NHL.
• Red Sox OF Jarren Duran says he opened up about suicide attempt to 'reach those who feel alone.'
• Florida's run to the national title lifts the Gators to No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men's poll.
• US scholar in Thailand jailed pending trial on charges of insulting the monarchy.
• South Sudan rescinds its decision to deny a deportee entry after the US revokes visas.
• At least 18 dead, more than 120 injured in roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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