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The move set up a showdown between the school and the government, and the reaction from the Trump administration was swift, with officials immediately freezing more than $2 billion in funding to the university.

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While government money accounts for a small part of the broadcaster's budgets, losing it could be devastating for local public radio stations, which rely on the money to finance their newsrooms and pay for programming. Today's episode was produced by Sydney Harper, Mooj Sethi, and Rob Zipko. It was edited by Lexi Diao.

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It contains original music by Marianne Lozano, Diane Wong, Alicia Beitube, and Pat McCusker, and was engineered by Chris Wood. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsberg of Wonderly. That's it for The Daily. I'm Rachel Abrams. See you tomorrow.

The president also saying that he will raise the tariff on Chinese imports now up to 125%.

The president also saying that he will raise the tariff on Chinese imports now up to 125%.

I'm so happy to be here. Thank you.

I'm so happy to be here. Thank you.

So I was surprised that the tariffs were paused on most of the world, but I was not surprised that the tariffs were actually increased on China because we've seen such a ratcheting up of this trade war between these two countries in the last week or so. And China is the only country that has decided to go toe to toe with Donald Trump.

So I was surprised that the tariffs were paused on most of the world, but I was not surprised that the tariffs were actually increased on China because we've seen such a ratcheting up of this trade war between these two countries in the last week or so. And China is the only country that has decided to go toe to toe with Donald Trump.

When the Trump administration slapped tariffs on them last week, China returned the volley with the same tariff on the United States. And then when Trump increased it again, China responded with the exact same levy. And now here we are today with a whopping 125% tariff on Chinese goods. And now we're waiting for China's response to that.

When the Trump administration slapped tariffs on them last week, China returned the volley with the same tariff on the United States. And then when Trump increased it again, China responded with the exact same levy. And now here we are today with a whopping 125% tariff on Chinese goods. And now we're waiting for China's response to that.

I think China wants this trade war to end. Its economy has been struggling for a few years now because of a property crisis. They've built too many houses and there aren't enough buyers right now. And so there's been a problem with deflation, with rising debt. And the only thing that's been driving growth in the economy is manufacturing and exports.

I think China wants this trade war to end. Its economy has been struggling for a few years now because of a property crisis. They've built too many houses and there aren't enough buyers right now. And so there's been a problem with deflation, with rising debt. And the only thing that's been driving growth in the economy is manufacturing and exports.

And the biggest single market for China is the United States. About 15% of its exports go to the United States. Now, that's a smaller share than it was a few years ago, but it's still a massive part of China's business model.

And the biggest single market for China is the United States. About 15% of its exports go to the United States. Now, that's a smaller share than it was a few years ago, but it's still a massive part of China's business model.

Exactly. They're going to have to find new markets, and there just isn't enough out there to absorb all these things that China usually sells to the United States. Exactly.