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Why is U.S. inflation rising and how are Trump’s tariffs affecting the cost of living?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Inflation ticked up two point seven percent from a year ago. There are the latest figures out from the Commerce Department today. MPR Scott Horsley reports President Trump's tariff agenda is making it hard to bring down the cost of living.
Markets are betting the Fed will start to cut interest rates in September. President Trump and his allies have been jawboning the central bank, insisting the rate should be lower. But as we learned today, Trump's own tariffs are making it harder for the Fed to get inflation under control.
That's MPR Scott Horsley reporting.
What controversies surround Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein investigation?
Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to sidestep questions about her handling of the investigative files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports Bondi also refused to address reports of a rift with the FBI's deputy director over the Epstein investigation.
Bondi has come under a wave of criticism from many in President Trump's MAGA base since the Justice Department released a memo last week stating that there was no Epstein client list, that Epstein had indeed died by suicide, and that no further files from the investigation would be made public. Some critics have called for Bondi's resignation. Asked how she would respond to the MAGA frustrations, Bondi said this.
We're going to fight to keep America safe again, and we're fighting together as a team.
The Attorney General also refused to address reports of a major rift with FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino over the Epstein matter.
I'm not gonna discuss personnel matters.
How is Israel’s government coalition shifting over the military‑exemption dispute?
I think we all are committed to working together now to make America safe again.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a challenge to the stability of his government. NPR's Daniel Esther reports, a key political party, says it's quitting Netanyahu's governing coalition in a dispute over military enlistment.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish political party called United Torah Judaism says it's quitting Israel's coalition government over a long-running dispute involving ultra-orthodox Jews being exempted from serving in the Israeli military. The party is demanding a law to ensure military exemptions continue so members of their community can focus on religious studies. But the Gaza War and the need for soldiers has placed more political pressure on the community to take part in military service.
How are scientists using AI to bring back the endangered California red‑legged frog?
The party's departure is not an immediate threat to Netanyahu's ability to stay in office, but it would leave him with a narrow governing majority and more reliant on his far-right political partners who oppose a ceasefire in Gaza. Daniel Estran N PR News, Tel Aviv.
This is NPR News in Washington. An effort to bring a federally threatened frog back to Southern California is getting a reason to celebrate. NPR's Nate Ront report scientists recently used artificial intelligence to help show that the frogs are successfully breeding.
The California red legged frog is the largest native frog species west of the Rocky Mountains, but it's been eliminated from a two hundred and fifty mile long stretch of Southern California and northern Baja California. After a years long binational relocation project, scientists are using AI to help sort through audio recordings at those relocation sites, and they're hearing this. Those low ba ba ba grunts you're hearing under the chorus frogs under those ribbets?
Why are parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast under poor‑air‑quality alerts from Canadian wildfires?
Those are the California red legged frog. The first time they've been heard in San Diego County in twenty five years. Nate Rott, NPR News.
Parts of the upper Midwest and the Northeastern U.S. are being warned about poor air quality. The National Weather Service says smoke from wildfires in Canada is prompting the alerts that are in effect today in sections of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio, as well as areas of New York and Vermont. Firefighters are working to contain hundreds of wildfires that are burning in western Canada. Health officials there have downgraded the risk level but caution residents to avoid rigorous outdoor activities in Toronto and parts of Ontario.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is U.S. inflation rising and how are Trump’s tariffs affecting the cost of living?
0:00–0:49
2
What controversies surround Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein investigation?
0:49–1:46
3
How is Israel’s government coalition shifting over the military‑exemption dispute?
1:46–2:37
4
How are scientists using AI to bring back the endangered California red‑legged frog?
2:37–3:47
5
Why are parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast under poor‑air‑quality alerts from Canadian wildfires?
3:47–4:38