Tracey Mumford
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A look at why the public will probably never see it. That's next in the New York Times audio app, or you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. This show is made by Will Jarvis, Jessica Metzger, Jan Stewart, and me, Tracy Mumford. Original theme by Dan Powell. Special thanks to Isabella Anderson, Larissa Anderson, Jake Lucas, Zoe Murphy, Paula Schumann, and Chris Wood.
The headlines will be back on Monday.
From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Wednesday, March 5th. Here's what we're covering.
Last night, President Trump delivered a forceful primetime address to Congress. It was the longest speech of its kind in modern presidential history. Over the course of an hour and 40 minutes, Trump went on a kind of defiant victory lap, celebrating the blitz of drastic changes he's made to domestic and foreign policy. My colleague Jonathan Swan was covering the speech.
So I promise to be a lot shorter than what you just watched. After President Trump spoke, Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan delivered the traditional rebuttal speech from the opposing party. She tried to make her case to both Democrats and Republicans. We need a more efficient government. You want to cut waste? I'll help you do it.
But change doesn't need to be chaotic or make us less safe. Slotkin specifically narrowed in on economics, arguing that the president's agenda will make life more expensive for Americans, affecting everything from grocery prices to retirement benefits. She said, quote, he's going to make you pay in every part of your life.
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers got a warning from the party's leadership about how to handle growing pushback to Trump's policies. The chairman of the House Republicans' campaign arm told them to stop having in-person town halls.
The directive came after Republicans' meetings with their constituents across the country have turned into shouting matches, with attendees confronting representatives about government spending cuts and mass firings. The chairman said Democratic activists have been taking over the town halls and encouraged Republicans to hold online events instead.
Here are two other quick updates on the Trump administration.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that the U.S. could soon reach some kind of agreement with Canada and Mexico over Trump's drastic new tariffs. The 25 percent surcharges went into effect yesterday. The stock market plunged in response.
Lutnick said on Fox Business that he'd been speaking with representatives from Canada and Mexico and that there could be an announcement as soon as today. But he didn't say what concessions, if any, the countries would have to make to get the tariffs rolled back. and at the Department of Education.
Secretary Linda McMahon sent out her first email to staff after being confirmed, and it seemed to signal what could be an end to the department altogether. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to shut the Department of Education down, and the subject line of McMahon's email was, "...our department's final mission."
She promised she would work to, quote, restore oversight of education to the state level and said that would mean significant changes for the department's staff, budget and operations. In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined what he said could be the first steps toward peace if Russia is on board.
He said he's prepared to release prisoners of war, stop long-range strikes, and declare a truce at sea immediately if Russia does the same. He made the offer after President Trump froze all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following their clash at the White House. Trump has said he didn't think Zelensky was thankful enough to the U.S. or serious about a peace deal.
Zelensky delivered his plan in conciliatory language. He wrote, quote, My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts. This week, seven Tesla charging stations were set on fire at a shopping center outside Boston.
It's the latest in a series of attacks against the electric car company since its owner Elon Musk started advising President Trump and carrying out his cost-cutting agenda. Tesla showrooms and dealerships across the country have been targeted with protests and vandalism. This week, federal prosecutors charged a woman in Colorado with planting an incendiary device near a Tesla.
And in Europe, Tesla's sales are dropping. In February, they were down more than 40% compared to the same time last year in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Some of the decline may be explained by customers waiting for Tesla to release an updated model, which is coming out soon. But that factor alone likely doesn't cover it.
Data out this morning shows that Tesla's February sales plunged 76% in Germany and where Musk's recent support of the country's far-right party may have alienated buyers. And finally. Do you think what you paid for the ticket is worth it?
Yeah, fair. The price of concert tickets has been soaring. People have been emptying out their bank accounts, especially to see big-name artists like Beyonce, Bad Bunny, Charlie XCX. The Times has been talking with young people about how it's hitting them particularly hard. Have you ever gone into debt paying for a ticket?
Gen Z, so those roughly in their mid-teens to mid-twenties now, are paying much more for tickets than previous generations did at their age. Almost 30 years ago, in 1996, when people might have been clamoring to see the Backstreet Boys or the Warped Tour, the average ticket price was about $25, or $50 with inflation. But last year, average ticket prices were nearly three times that, at $135.
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