Lakshmi Singh

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Some countries will see the U.S.

tariff rate increase from 10 percent to 15 percent or higher.

That's according to U.S.

Trade Representative Jameson Greer.

In an interview with the Fox Business Network that aired today, Greer did not say which countries would be affected by the newest tariffs, but China's not one of them.

President Trump's scheduled to travel to China in the coming weeks.

The administration is utilizing an alternative path of temporary levies after the U.S.

Supreme Court ruled last week that global tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unconstitutional.

In South Florida, the city of Miami Beach says it is relaxing some restrictions implemented after a string of deadly shootings during spring break two years ago.

Joshua Ceballos with Member Station WLRN has the latest.

The Dow is now up more than 300 points or more than half a percent.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

President Trump declares a turnaround for the ages in his State of the Union address last night.

President Trump took a victory lap as he delivered a record-long speech to a joint session of Congress and the country in a major televised event.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more on the president's speech.

NPR's Scott Horsley homes in on one key message from the president, a new retirement plan.

That's NPR's Scott Horsley reporting.

In other news, a prominent scientist at Columbia University has resigned as co-director of a neuroscience institute after his association with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.