Tamara Keith

All right.

We are going to take a quick break and we will have much more in a moment.

And we're back.

And I have some questions like what happens next?

Because the federal government has been collecting tariffs, which economists say have largely then been pushed on to American consumers and American companies.

What happens if all of these tariffs that were imposed have been overturned?

Well, and I've been fascinated by the statements that are coming in from Senator Mitch McConnell, who was the Republican leader from Kentucky, who essentially said the Supreme Court is validating the very important role that Congress is supposed to have here that the president bypassed.

Meanwhile, other Republicans are saying this is a terrible decision.

Really, it's all over the map.

But in terms of the midterms, I do wonder if this gives...

Republican candidates maybe a little help, like maybe a little arm's distance from the tariff policy that is widely unpopular or maybe not because the president's doubling down anyway?

And he has repeatedly said he needs more time.

And I also, while we're discussing the economy, I think we need to say that there are a lot of mixed signals on the direction that the economy is headed.

Some signals are that the economy is doing OK.

There was a better than expected jobs report.

But then there was a GDP report that just came out.

that said the economy grew at a pretty slow pace in the last quarter and on average over the past year.

However, there was a government shutdown in the last quarter.

So there are just so many mixed signals on the economy.

But the numbers may not be as important as what the voters think about the economy.