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But on Sunday, some Trump-appointed agency leaders pushed back, including the FBI director, Kash Patel, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who told employees not to respond at all. The pushback marks the first significant test of how far Elon Musk's power will extend.

And over the weekend, the Vatican said that Pope Francis is suffering from initial mild kidney failure in addition to a serious respiratory illness and remains in critical condition. The 88-year-old pontiff was alert and well-oriented, they said, as he continues treatment in a hospital in Rome. Today's episode was produced by Carlos Prieto, Shannon Lin, Will Reed, and Alex Stern.

And over the weekend, the Vatican said that Pope Francis is suffering from initial mild kidney failure in addition to a serious respiratory illness and remains in critical condition. The 88-year-old pontiff was alert and well-oriented, they said, as he continues treatment in a hospital in Rome. Today's episode was produced by Carlos Prieto, Shannon Lin, Will Reed, and Alex Stern.

That's it for The Daily. I'm Rachel Abrams. See you tomorrow.

That's it for The Daily. I'm Rachel Abrams. See you tomorrow.

From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is The Daily. President Trump says he's going to announce so-called reciprocal tariffs on every country with duties placed on the U.S. With less than a month in office, we're just hours into a new trade conflict.

From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is The Daily. President Trump says he's going to announce so-called reciprocal tariffs on every country with duties placed on the U.S. With less than a month in office, we're just hours into a new trade conflict.

President Trump has pursued more trade actions against adversaries and allies than all the trade measures he took in his entire first term. Tariffs ordered by President Trump went into effect at midnight. Canada and Mexico will be among the hardest hit by these tariffs.

President Trump has pursued more trade actions against adversaries and allies than all the trade measures he took in his entire first term. Tariffs ordered by President Trump went into effect at midnight. Canada and Mexico will be among the hardest hit by these tariffs.

And there's one man guiding it all.

And there's one man guiding it all.

Today, my colleague Ana Swanson on how Peter Navarro rose to become one of Trump's key advisors and why he thinks tariffs will usher in a new era of American prosperity. It's Tuesday, February 18th. Hi, Ana. Hey, how are you? Good. Thank you for being here. I wanted to talk to you because you covered President Trump in his first term and you focused a ton on international trade.

Today, my colleague Ana Swanson on how Peter Navarro rose to become one of Trump's key advisors and why he thinks tariffs will usher in a new era of American prosperity. It's Tuesday, February 18th. Hi, Ana. Hey, how are you? Good. Thank you for being here. I wanted to talk to you because you covered President Trump in his first term and you focused a ton on international trade.

So I figured you would be the right person to talk to and help me understand this key advisor, Peter Navarro, who's been advising Trump on all of these tariff policies that we've been hearing about recently. Okay.

So I figured you would be the right person to talk to and help me understand this key advisor, Peter Navarro, who's been advising Trump on all of these tariff policies that we've been hearing about recently. Okay.

And so Navarro decides to go. Peace Corps, I feel like that's a really unusual stop along your way to becoming tariff czar.

And so Navarro decides to go. Peace Corps, I feel like that's a really unusual stop along your way to becoming tariff czar.

So it sounds like you have these two big moments where America is really becoming much more globalized in its manufacturing processes. You've got NAFTA, where it's signing agreements with places like Mexico and opening itself up to other countries.

So it sounds like you have these two big moments where America is really becoming much more globalized in its manufacturing processes. You've got NAFTA, where it's signing agreements with places like Mexico and opening itself up to other countries.

And then you've got this moment when China joins the World Trade Organization, which really brings China onto the world main stage in a way that it hadn't been before. Yeah.