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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Voters in Wisconsin have chosen a liberal to take a seat on the state Supreme Court. Susan Crawford defeated conservative opponent Brad Schimel by about 9% of the vote. From member station WUWM, Chuck Quirmbach reports the Wisconsin High Court will address key issues.

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Abortion is already in front of the court. They're gonna have, have to decide soon on whether an 1849 Wisconsin law that halted abortions here for 15 months right after the Dobbs decision is constitutional. Uh, next, the matter of Act 10, that's the big fight from 15 years ago that curtailed union bargaining rights for most public sector workers, the court could decide if parts of that law are unconstitutional.

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Chuck Quirmbach reporting. Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine have won a pair of special U.S. House elections yesterday in Florida. They were endorsed by President Trump, but the Republicans' margins of victory against their Democratic opponents were much smaller than seen in prior elections. President Trump is expected to begin rolling out his latest round of tariffs today. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

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President Trump has been hyping up this day for weeks, saying tariffs will boost the U.S. economy, even though most economists say the cost of tariffs