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What are the implications of President Trump's state visit to China?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is on a long-anticipated state visit to China. He told reporters earlier that trade would be the main focus of his talks with leader Xi Jinping. A new NPR-Chicago Council Ipsos poll finds most Americans believe U.S. tariffs have been bad for both economies and driven up consumer costs here. More from NPR's Frank Langfitt.
Elisa Kajiwar is a physical therapist in greater Chicago. When she bought a Chinese-made board game, she noticed tariffs added up to $20 to the price.
I think the tariffs are bad. Making a worse deal for a country's trade does not mean we'll get more stuff out of it.
David Morgan lives in North Carolina and supports tariffs. Low-wage competition from China sank his furniture company. Business dried up and we didn't have the orders. We filed Chapter 11 and sold off a lot of our stuff. The poll shows most Americans see a potential solution.
How do Americans feel about tariffs and their impact on the economy?
Cut tariffs on China in exchange for China buying more U.S. agricultural goods. Frank Langford, NPR News, Washington.
The Pentagon says the cost of the war with Iran continues to rise by billions of dollars. With the ceasefire that President Trump describes as being on life support, lawmakers in Congress are Expressing frustration, here's NPR's Claudia Grisales.
Pentagon officials estimate the Iran war has cost $29 billion so far, but that does not include repairs to U.S. facilities attacked by Iran that could add billions more to that price tag. The Pentagon plans to ask for supplemental funding on top of a $1.5 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year that Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth argues will remake the military.
This is admittedly a historic budget. It is a fiscally responsible budget, and it is a warfighting budget.
But amid an unpopular war, many lawmakers are expressing bipartisan frustration over the administration's shifting plans concerning Iran and a lack of information tied to their historic spending plans. Claudia Rosales, NPR News.
The state of Alabama says it'll hold a special primary election for four of the state's seven congressional seats. The U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for the Republican-led state to use a congressional map that had been previously blocked by the courts.
After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act two weeks ago, there's been a flurry of GOP redistricting efforts in the South. And now Alabama can use a map that has one more seat that favors Republicans compared to the now-defunct map that the lower court ordered. This ruling, however, came a week before the state's primary. Republican Governor Kay Ivey announced the state will hold a special primary for the four seats affected by the change. This is expected to cause some confusion for voters, particularly because this change was announced when absentee mail voting was already underway. The new special primary election will be held on August 11th. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
From Washington, this is NPR News. In London, mounted soldiers escort the British monarch to deliver the King's speech for the ceremonial state opening of Parliament today. Weeks after visiting the U.S. today, King Charles III laid out the United Kingdom's priorities, including on foreign policy. There's been a source of friction with the Trump administration.
My government will also uphold the United Kingdom's unbreakable commitment to NATO and our NATO allies, including through a sustained increase in defense spending.
Ahead of the speech, Prime Minister Keir Starmer exited 10 Downing Street and encountered reporters shouting questions about his political future.
Starmer is under growing pressure to resign following dismal performances in local elections last week. Alec Murdoch, the South Carolina former attorney sent to prison for life for the 2021 murders of his wife and son, is getting a new trial. Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously accepted the defense's argument. that a court clerk tampered with the jury in Murdoch's initial murder trial. A new trial does not mean Murdoch walks free.
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