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What are President Trump's proposed 30% tariffs on Mexican imports and how are negotiations unfolding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Mexico says the proposed new tariffs by President Trump are unfair. NPR's Ada Peralta reports officials say they're in negotiations to stop them from going into effect.
Mexico's economy minister Marcelo Ebrard was in Washington on Friday meeting with U.S. officials. Ebrard says they were already negotiating on economic issues as well as security and migration. Saturday, President Trump said he intended to slap 30% tariffs on Mexican imports. Ebrard called the move unfair and said they hope to reach an alternative understanding before August 1st when the tariffs are supposed to go into effect. Trump has threatened similar tariffs in the past, but every time he's walked away from them.
How is the Trump administration planning similar 30% tariffs on the European Union and what timeline is set?
Indeed, census data and Mexican government data shows the vast majority of Mexican imports to the U.S. continue to pay zero tariffs. Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
Meanwhile, Trump says he will also impose a 30 percent tariff on the European Union. He acknowledged a close relationship with both Mexico and the EU, but says the trade deficit with the EU is too high. It also takes effect August 1st. The White House is downplaying reports of friction between Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, the White House spokesperson is describing unity between the two.
NPR hasn't independently confirmed the reports, but multiple news outlets say Bongino and Bondi are at loggerheads over the Jeffrey Epstein files.
What is the reported conflict between Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino over the Jeffrey Epstein files?
Epstein was a sex offender who the Justice Department says died by suicide while in federal custody. Many in Trump's MAGA base, outraged that more evidence hasn't been released, are taking sides in the reported Bongino-Bondi feud. In a statement, White House spokesman Harrison Fields says President Trump has assembled a highly qualified team whose work is, quote, being carried out seamlessly and with unity, adding that any attempt to sow division within this team is baseless. Tamara Keith,
NPR News. The Trump administration says immigrants without legal status can no longer access services from Head Start. That's the federally funded preschool program for low-income children and families. NPR's Janet Ujung Lee has more. Immigrants without legal
status have long been ineligible for federal benefits like financial aid or student loans for going to college. And the Health and Human Services Department announced Thursday that they will further lose access to services like Head Start and community health centers.
How will new rules affect undocumented immigrants' access to Head Start and other federal health services?
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a statement that this change, quote, restores integrity to federal social programs, enforces the rule of law, and protects vital resources for the American people. Janet Woo-Jung Lee, NPR News.
Wall Street was lower for the week. The Dow was down 1% on the week. The S&P 500 down about a third of a percent. This is NPR. Environmental groups in Georgia are celebrating a big win after years of fighting a proposed strip mine next to one of the largest protected swamps in the U.S. Marissa Mechie from member station WABE in Atlanta has more.
What recent environmental victory saved the Okefenokee Swamp from a proposed strip‑mine and what are the details of the land purchase?
A six-year-long fight is coming to an end as the conservation fund, a national nonprofit, finalizes a $60 million purchase of about 8,000 acres near the Okefenokee Swamp. Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals owned the ridge next to the swamp and applied for permits with the state of Georgia in 2019 to mine titanium dioxide, a whitening pigment used in paints and foods. Scientists argued digging into the ridge along the swamp would lower the already very shallow water levels and dry up fire-prone areas. The sale is set to be completed July 31. For NPR News, I'm Marissa Mechie in Atlanta, Georgia.
A preliminary report on the deadly Air India crash last month raises questions on the position of the critical engine fuel cutoff switches, cutting off fuel to the engines, but it doesn't say how the switches could have flipped during the flight. The Air India plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, was on its way to the UK when it crashed into a building shortly after takeoff June 12th.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are President Trump's proposed 30% tariffs on Mexican imports and how are negotiations unfolding?
0:01–0:47
2
How is the Trump administration planning similar 30% tariffs on the European Union and what timeline is set?
0:47–1:37
3
What is the reported conflict between Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino over the Jeffrey Epstein files?
1:37–2:37
4
How will new rules affect undocumented immigrants' access to Head Start and other federal health services?
2:37–3:17
5
What recent environmental victory saved the Okefenokee Swamp from a proposed strip‑mine and what are the details of the land purchase?
3:17–4:38