Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

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A federal judge in Maryland questioned the Trump administration about its continued refusal to retrieve a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison, President Trump signed an executive action that aims to lower drug prices for Americans, and the President threatened to remove Harvard's tax exempt status.

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0:00.0	I need one of those Starbucks carry trees.
0:03.1	Couldn't bring in my notes and my coffee and my water and my phone.
0:09.1	Those things last a long time.
0:10.3	You should just grab one the next time you're in there?
0:12.9	I should.
0:13.7	No, you know, I've got them like stacked up at home, but I just don't remember.
0:17.0	They're never where I need them to be when I need one is the problem.
0:20.2	Good morning, A.
0:20.8	Okay.
0:24.0	The Trump administration says it can't force El Salvador to return a man they admit was deported there by mistake.
0:30.3	But when attorneys for the Justice Department appeared in court, a judge said they hadn't shown they tried to facilitate the man's return at all.
0:36.4	I'm Airtinez. That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:42.7	The president signed an executive action that aims to lower drug prices.
0:46.5	I think it comes as no surprise that Trump is taking another swing at policies to lower prescription drug costs because it does really resonate with people.
0:55.2	But executive orders can only do so much, will it work?
0:58.5	And President Trump escalated threats against Harvard University.
1:01.8	After cutting billions in federal funds to the school yesterday,
1:04.7	he floated the idea of revoking its nonprofit status.
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