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Why is President Trump pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is turning up the pressure on the chair of the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Speaking on his way to Texas today, Trump accused Jerome Powell of dragging his feet, saying the delay is hurting the economy.
I think he's doing a terrible job. I think we should be no. Uh I think we should be three points lower interest rates. He's costing our country a lot of money. We should be number one.
Trump's budget director has also slammed Powell, accusing him of grossly mismanaging the Fed.
How is the aftermath of the Texas floods being addressed as Trump visits the disaster zone?
The president is set to arrive in central Texas at this hour. He'll survey the damage from catastrophic flooding that swept across the region a week ago. The death toll has risen to at least one twenty. Rescue teams are combing through massive debris searching for survivors. More than one hundred seventy people are still missing. NPR's Kat Lawnstorf reports Trump will visit the city of Kerrville, one of the hardest hit areas.
The skies in Kerville are filled with the nearly constant drone of helicopters as search and rescue operations continue. Friday is the one-week anniversary of the floods, which saw the Guadalupe River suddenly rise more than 20 feet, sweeping up houses, cars, trees, and people in its path. Rescue operations have largely turned into recovery operations.
What are the implications of Canada’s delayed trade deal after Trump’s threatened tariff?
Areas. Many streets have been closed for his arrival, making travel between towns more difficult. Kat Lonsdorf, MPR News, Kerville, Texas.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing back his deadline for a trade deal with the United States. Dan Karpinchuk reports it's a move that comes as President Trump threatens to impose a thirty five percent tariff on all Canadian goods starting on August first.
The two countries have been engaged in negotiations to try to reach a trade agreement by july twenty first, but after Trump announced a thirty five percent tariff would go into effect ten days later, Kearney changed his deadline. Ottawa had planned to announce countermeasures against existing tariffs as of july twenty first. That could still happen on August first. And in response to Trump's letter posted on Truth Social that fentanyl was pouring into the U.S.
Why are hundreds of State Department workers being laid off under the Trump administration?
from Canada. Carney said Ottawa has made vital progress in stopping the flow of fentanyl and would continue to work with the US on the issue. Data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Canada contributes very little of the fentanyl street supply in the US. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpentchuk in Toronto.
Hundreds of workers at the State Department are being laid off today. The Department is sending notices to more than thirteen hundred civil servants and foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States. The decision is part of a reorganization plan from the Trump administration. On Wall Street, the Dow was down two hundred and sixty-seven points.
How are wildfires in Manitoba creating a new emergency for residents and officials?
This is MPR. Officials in Manitoba have declared another emergency this year as more than one hundred wildfires are burning across the central Canadian province. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. The wildfires are being fueled by higher temperatures and most of the blazes were triggered by lightning strikes. It's been thirty years since an atrocity was committed on European soil since World War two. Terry Schultz reports on the somber day to mark the killing of thousands of Muslim men and boys in Bosnia.
Seven new graves have been dug at the Srebrenica Cemetery, as the remains of victims are still being found. It's been thirty years since Bosnian Serb soldiers overran an area which had been designated a United Nations safe zone. They took away the men and boys and killed more than 8,000 there, dumping them in mass graves, the only internationally recognized genocide in Europe since World War Two.
What is the significance of the 30‑year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia?
European Council President Antonio Costa spoke out against those who deny the events.
It is our duty to confront and acknowledge the full truth.
He committed to continue supporting Bosnia-Herzegovina in its aims to become a member of the European Union.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates?
0:00–0:37
2
How is the aftermath of the Texas floods being addressed as Trump visits the disaster zone?
0:37–1:31
3
What are the implications of Canada’s delayed trade deal after Trump’s threatened tariff?
1:31–2:18
4
Why are hundreds of State Department workers being laid off under the Trump administration?
2:18–2:57
5
How are wildfires in Manitoba creating a new emergency for residents and officials?
2:57–3:56
6
What is the significance of the 30‑year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia?
3:56–4:39