Maureen Groppe
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254 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 3 Apr
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Recently, The Post's Hannah Knowles traveled to the Lehigh Valley, a manufacturing hub in Pennsylvania, to talk to voters and workers about how the Trump tariffs were impacting their lives. She went before the U.S. and China agreed to lower tariff rates for 90 days.
Last month, the American truck manufacturing company Mack Trucks announced that it was planning to lay off as much as 10 percent of its workforce from a facility in the area in response to tariffs. Some Mack employees Knoll spoke with were unconcerned by stock market movements and thought tariffs could force a necessary change to bring back American manufacturing.
If there are any political consequences for the president in this closely divided swing state, the district's U.S. House representative up for reelection next year could feel it first.
McKenzie has defended the tariffs but called the Mac layoffs disappointing. In 2024, McKenzie won by just one percentage point. And Trump narrowly lost Lehigh Valley while winning the state overall. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. Highly anticipated peace talks between Ukraine and Russia are happening today, but Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be there.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said he was prepared to meet with Putin in Turkey, potentially setting the stage for their first face-to-face meeting since 2019. But despite Putin calling for direct talks without preconditions last week, the Kremlin revealed last night he will be sending a delegation.
The past few weeks has seen some shift in tone from the Trump administration, especially following the highly publicized minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine. Vice President Vance said recently that Russia was asking for too much, and Trump expressed suspicions that Putin could be stringing him along. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also be in Turkey.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced lawmakers in back-to-back congressional hearings yesterday. He was called in to discuss next year's budget for HHS and mass layoffs under his direction, as states like Texas confront their most significant measles outbreak in decades. Pressed on whether he would have his own children take a vaccine, he answered, Probably for measles.
Kennedy was pressed for details on planned cuts. He's notified staff of job losses totaling 20,000 and is planning a major organizational restructure. He insisted he's prioritizing issues like debilitating disease, contaminated food and addiction. And finally, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about health risks for women who consume alcohol.
According to a recent government survey, women have been drinking more in recent decades. Their consumption rate is nearly on pace with men now. And they're seeing greater health risks as a result, like liver disease and higher rates of alcohol-related deaths than men. Part of this has to do with the fact that women have different body compositions than men.
They have more fat tissue and less water in their bodies, which contributes to higher blood alcohol concentration. They also have fewer enzymes that can metabolize alcohol. Researchers suspect there's a link between alcohol consumption and rising rates of breast cancer, too. Studies suggest even one daily drink can increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by about 10%.
You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app. And if you're already listening in the news app right now, we've got a narrated article coming up next. Fortune takes a look at how the Gates Foundation plans to spend $200 billion in the next 20 years on efforts to eradicate diseases around the globe. And then when the money is spent, why the foundation will close for good.
If you're listening in the podcast app, follow Apple News Plus Narrated to find that story. And I'll be back with the news tomorrow.
They're going to be deciding whether Oklahoma can create the nation's first religious charter school. That's USA Today's Supreme Court reporter Maureen Grappi. We already have some form of public support for religious schools in the form of school vouchers. A number of years ago, the Supreme Court allowed vouchers to be used for religious schools.
But this is much broader than that because vouchers just cover a portion of tuition and charter schools and pretty much all of the funding comes from public sources. And that would be a major change in how we think about the separation of church and state.
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