Kimberly Adams

And when you say that, you know, half of women are left out of standard sizes, these are women who are going shopping and basically being made to feel that their bodies are, you know, outside the norm.

How does all this compare to sizing for menswear?

How has doing this reporting changed the way that you buy clothing?

I was going to say, that's pretty grim for the average woman to be like, the sizing doesn't work, so you just have to make your own clothes.

No.

I'm not going to.

Amanda Sakuma is a freelance journalist and her recent piece is in The Pudding.

You should check it out.

Thanks so much, Amanda.

Thanks so much.

This final note on the way out today, the Treasury Department put out the latest numbers on the federal deficit this morning, just over a trillion dollars for the fiscal year through February.

That's about 12 percent lower than the deficit this time last year, helped along by the tariff revenue generated mostly from U.S.

consumers and businesses.

But those lower deficit numbers might not be with us for long.

The Supreme Court has thrown out President Trump's Liberation Day tariffs.

Plus, one thing that tends to add to the deficit a lot, war.

Our media production team includes Brian Allison, John Fochie, Montana Johnson, Drew Jostad, Gary O'Keefe and Charlton Thorpe.

Alex Simpson is the manager of media production.

And I'm Kimberly Adams.

We'll see you tomorrow, everybody.