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Speaking today to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is taking a wait-and-see approach.

Speaking today to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is taking a wait-and-see approach.

President Trump, meanwhile, has called on the Fed to take some action, though most economists are calling the current market plunge self-inflicted. and outside the Fed's mandate of full employment and moderate inflation. John, meanwhile, hitting back at the U.S. after the Trump administration's latest round of tariffs, NPR's John Ruich reports Beijing will impose tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S.

President Trump, meanwhile, has called on the Fed to take some action, though most economists are calling the current market plunge self-inflicted. and outside the Fed's mandate of full employment and moderate inflation. John, meanwhile, hitting back at the U.S. after the Trump administration's latest round of tariffs, NPR's John Ruich reports Beijing will impose tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S.

goods and take several other countermeasures.

goods and take several other countermeasures.

President Trump says he'll be signing an executive order to postpone the TikTok ban by 75 days. ZNPR's Bobby Allen explains the news comes as a surprise to longtime TikTok watchers.

President Trump says he'll be signing an executive order to postpone the TikTok ban by 75 days. ZNPR's Bobby Allen explains the news comes as a surprise to longtime TikTok watchers.

Some areas of the Midwest and the South are facing the possibility of still more torrential rains, as well as the threat of additional flash flooding. New storms today coming, even as many communities there are still reeling from severe tornadoes that leveled buildings and claimed lives. Forecasters say the storms have been ravaging that part of the country. Just keep coming.

Some areas of the Midwest and the South are facing the possibility of still more torrential rains, as well as the threat of additional flash flooding. New storms today coming, even as many communities there are still reeling from severe tornadoes that leveled buildings and claimed lives. Forecasters say the storms have been ravaging that part of the country. Just keep coming.

You're listening to NPR. Another defection at the Washington Post. Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Eugene Robinson says he's leaving the paper, saying his departure is due in part to policy changes implemented by owner Jeff Bezos. The billionaire said he wants the opinion section of the newspaper to focus on issues of personal liberties and the free market.

You're listening to NPR. Another defection at the Washington Post. Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Eugene Robinson says he's leaving the paper, saying his departure is due in part to policy changes implemented by owner Jeff Bezos. The billionaire said he wants the opinion section of the newspaper to focus on issues of personal liberties and the free market.

The 71-year-old Robinson says the change encouraged him to move on. Last month, columnist Ruth Marcus resigned after the paper did not run a column she wrote criticizing the move by Bezos. A 97-year-old giant Galapagos tortoise in Philadelphia has become a mother for the first time. As Peter Crimmins of member station WHYY reports, the new baby tortoises are a critically endangered species.

The 71-year-old Robinson says the change encouraged him to move on. Last month, columnist Ruth Marcus resigned after the paper did not run a column she wrote criticizing the move by Bezos. A 97-year-old giant Galapagos tortoise in Philadelphia has become a mother for the first time. As Peter Crimmins of member station WHYY reports, the new baby tortoises are a critically endangered species.

Critical futures prices plunged along with stocks have been mounting tariff concerns, oiled down nearly $5 a barrel to $61.99 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.

Critical futures prices plunged along with stocks have been mounting tariff concerns, oiled down nearly $5 a barrel to $61.99 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Stocks sank for a second day as investors recoiled from President Trump's widening trade war. Estimates are upwards of $6 trillion in wealth has evaporated nearly overnight. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2,200 points today and is down nearly 8 percent for the week.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Stocks sank for a second day as investors recoiled from President Trump's widening trade war. Estimates are upwards of $6 trillion in wealth has evaporated nearly overnight. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2,200 points today and is down nearly 8 percent for the week.

The 2,200-point drop in the Dow the fourth time that's ever happened. Looking at the Nasdaq and the S&P, both were down nearly 6 percent today. Companies that rely on cross-border supply chains are relieved Mexico largely escaped President Trump's new tariffs. Goods that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement are exempt, as Angela Kerchurga of member station KTP reports.

The 2,200-point drop in the Dow the fourth time that's ever happened. Looking at the Nasdaq and the S&P, both were down nearly 6 percent today. Companies that rely on cross-border supply chains are relieved Mexico largely escaped President Trump's new tariffs. Goods that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement are exempt, as Angela Kerchurga of member station KTP reports.