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 Live from NPR, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says the U.S. Supreme Court's [最高法院] ruling against his sweeping [广泛的] tariffs [关税] is deeply disappointing [令人失望的]. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports on the president's first response today to his biggest legal defeat [失败] since returning to office. President Trump said he was absolutely ashamed [感到耻辱] of the justices [大法官] who ruled against him in the 6-3 decision. Foreign countries that have been ripping us off [占便宜] for years are ecstatic [极高兴的]. They're so happy. And they're dancing in the streets, but they won't be dancing for long. That I can assure [保证] you. The ruling threatens to upend [推翻] one of Trump's favorite tools for his economic agenda [经济议程]. And in response, he says he'll go in an even stronger direction, though it may take a little longer. He says he'll sign an executive order [行政令] to continue certain tariffs under different laws, including adding a 10% global tariff. But after 150 days, that would need approval from Congress [国会], which might be difficult with an election approaching [此处指今年的中期选举].

The month-long U.S. military buildup [集结] in the Middle East has reached a critical mass [临界点] as the U.S. pressures Iran to halt [中止] its uranium enrichment [铀浓缩]. More key pieces are moving into place, including a second aircraft carrier [航空母舰] and about 50 additional fighter jets. NPR's Greg Meyer reports the buildup is far beyond what's needed to pressure Iran in nuclear negotiations [谈判], and it's the kind of force that's capable [有能力] of fighting for weeks, if not longer. The main goal of the Iranian government is really just survival [生存], beating back any attempt to oust [驱逐] the Shiite Muslim [什叶派穆斯林] clerics [神职人员] who've run the country for nearly a half century. Iranians are worried about a conflict [冲突] on two fronts [两线], U.S. and Israeli strikes from the skies and from ordinary Iranians rising up in protest on the streets. NPR's Greg Myrie reporting.

British police say they will be searching royal properties [皇家住宅] through the weekend after yesterday's arrest of former Prince Andrew. The king's brother is suspected of passing government trade secrets [贸易秘密] to the late [已故的] financier [财经人士] and sex offender [性罪犯] Jeffrey Epstein. It is one of several police operations triggered [引发] by the latest release of Epstein files. Here's NPR's Lauren Frayer in London. While Thames [泰晤士河] Valley police search Andrew's former residence, London police say they're assessing, with help from U.S. counterparts [对应一方，此处指美国警方], whether the U.K. Capitol's airports, including Heathrow [希思罗机场], may have been used to, quote, facilitate human trafficking [人口贩卖] and sexual exploitation [性剥削]. They're also asking Andrew's current and former bodyguards [保镖] to, quote, consider carefully whether they saw or heard anything that could be relevant to police. Bodyguards are believed to have accompanied [伴随] Andrew to Epstein's island and elsewhere. Andrew settled [和解] a lawsuit years ago with one of Epstein's underage [未成年的] victims, but denies any wrongdoing. His arrest was on suspicion of what police call misconduct [不当行为] in public office [公职], not for any sex abuse. Lauren Frayer, London.

The Dow is up 230 points.

We're on the fourth day of critical [危急的] fire danger in the Great Plains [美国中部大平原]. More than 340,000 acres have burned in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles [平底锅把手，此处指德州北部凸出来的一块]. KTTZ's Brad Burt reports. Texas firefighters are hoping for a break over the weekend after working through rough rural terrain [乡村地形] to slow wildfires around Amarillo. However, in Oklahoma, evacuations [撤离] were ordered Thursday in four counties as a result of three new fires. FEMA [美国联邦紧急事务管理署] has approved resources to help fight the Oklahoma fires that have spread into southern Kansas. Two Kansas towns were evacuated Thursday, but much of the northern spread has since been contained [控制]. The National Weather Service expects slower winds on Saturday, but warn that dry conditions and fire danger will likely return by next week. I'm Brad Burt in Lubbock.

At the Winter Games in Milan, American free skier Hunter Hess capped [以...收尾] a successful run in half pipe [u形场地] qualifying [资格赛] by flashing [摆出] the L sign [因为之前特朗普骂他是loser]. I'm a loser, he said into the camera. The 27-year-old's response to what President Trump called him at the start of the games for saying this at a press conference earlier this month when he and others were asked about the Trump administration's heightened immigration actions back in the U.S. If it aligns [对齐] with my moral values [道德准则], I feel like I'm representing it. Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S. Trash talk [放狠话，喷垃圾话] and threats to his family apparently fired him up. He said the whole controversy [争议] motivated him. He was one of four Americans to qualify for the 12-man final and a shot [有机会] at the gold.

U.S. stocks ended the day higher with the Dow up 230 points. The S&P was up 47. The Nasdaq gained 203 points. This is NPR.