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Close out the week with Friday’s news:
Illinois toys and Trump’s tariff reprieve
The Trump administration won temporary reprieve Thursday after an appeals court ruled the White House can keep up tariffs while challenging a court order that had blocked them.
Trade whiplash: The quick reversal came a day after the United States Court of International Trade invalidated Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose tariffs.
Former federal workers are running for public office
Itir Cole tried to take some time off after quitting her job with the federal government early in the Trump administration. Then her husband mentioned offhand that there was an open seat on her New Jersey town’s governing body. No one else like her was running, so she did â and won her mid-May race by 49 votes. Cole is among a flood of federal workers looking to run for public office. Many say they want to continue serving Americans after leaving the government either voluntarily or through mass layoffs, as Trump dramatically downsizes the federal workforce.
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Trump temporarily backs down on Harvard international student ban
A Boston federal judge said at a hearing Thursday that she planned to issue a preliminary injunction that blocks the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign exchange students. The comments from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs came as the Trump administration attempted to walk back its May 22 directive that immediately revoked Harvard’s participation in a federal exchange student program. Students from around the world attended commencement at the Ivy League on the same day as the hearing.
The White House wants women to have more babies. They’re ignoring part of the problem â men.
America’s birth rate has been on a steady decline since 2007, and pronatalists â both in and outside the White House â are determined to raise it. But when partners struggle to conceive, the burden is rarely distributed evenly between men and women. Fertility experts say weâre missing a key component of the conversation â male infertility. Experts say male and female infertility factors often coexist, yet a high number of men do not undergo testing before their female partner begins IVF. Advocates say characterizing fertility solely as a womanâs issue is part of a âbroader cultural misunderstanding.”
Today’s talkers
How understaffed is air traffic control at your airport?
Air traffic controller staffing has been a major issue for the Federal Aviation Administration for years. As a result, it’s been a major issue for travelers, too, even if it’s not always as top of mind for the average passenger when there are delays. According to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the FAA is short about 3,000 air traffic controllers nationwide, but those shortages aren’t spread evenly throughout the system. This map shows the disparity between staffing in different facilities across the country.
Photo of the day:Â Swiss glacier collapses, burying village
Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland, is engulfed by ice, mud and rock after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. These photos capture how the disaster unfolded.
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