As former President Donald Trump moves closer to securing the GOP nomination after winning the New Hampshire primary, Senators are reconsidering an emerging bipartisan deal to stop the flow of migrants into the country. NPR's Ron Elving and Politico's Eugene Daniels join us. And, Mexico is suing American gun manufacturers. Julian Aguilar, breaking news reporter and producer for The Texas Newsroom, joins us to explain why. Then, chef, restauranteur and cookbook author Jamie Oliver's new cookbook is called "5 Ingredients Mediterranean." In it, Oliver shows readers how to use limited ingredients to make simple, delicious meals. He joins us to talk about the book.

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What does Congress' TikTok ban mean for 170 million users in the U.S.? Researcher Dean Ball weighs in. Then, Americans are having children at a historically low rate, according to new data from the CDC. Demographer Alison Gemmill tells us more. And, newspapers are shuttering every week across the country. Reporter Todd Melby went to Welch, West Virginia, to find out what is lost when a town doesn't have local news.

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Why birth rates hit a record low in the U.S.

A jury in Arizona indicted Trump allies in a so-called 'fake electors' scheme and the Arizona House voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban. Reporter Jeremy Duda joins us to discuss the big developments. And, a road in Detroit can charge electric vehicles as they park or drive on it. Justine Johnson at Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification joins us. Then, when parents see their children struggling with mental health, they often want to help. Richard Weissbourd at Harvard's Graduate School of Education explains how they can.

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'Road of the future' wirelessly charges electric vehicles

Bloomberg's Emily Birnbaum explains the FTC's decision to ban employers from using noncompete clauses to prevent employees from going to work for rival companies. Then, some companies are using wind power as a cleaner alternative for moving cargo. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd profiles a company in Costa Rica building a massive wooden schooner from scratch. And, scientists have restored the Voyager 1 space probe and are making sense of its signals from interstellar space. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports.

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Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping

Protests against the war in Gaza have been surging on college campuses around the country. Professor Katherine S. Cho of Loyola University joins us. Then, commercial airlines are one of the fastest-growing sources of pollution on the planet. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd and Chris Bentley report on how the industry is trying to solve that problem with sustainable aviation fuels. And, Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli's new book "The Everything War" explores how Amazon grew to be worth more than $1 trillion.

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Cleaning up the aviation industry with electric planes

The Supreme Court weighs whether punishing homeless people for sleeping outside amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern joins us. And, big-rig trucks spew almost a quarter of the climate pollution from the U.S. transportation sector. Battery-powered alternatives could be a climate solution, Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports. Then, how much do you need to save to retire? Jill Schlesinger, host of "Jill On Money" and CBS business analyst, breaks down how to figure it out.

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Jamie Oliver's new cookbook uses simple ingredients to make delicious meals

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