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What new trade agreements did President Trump announce and how might the looming tariffs affect U.S. consumers?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump says the U.S. has reached trade agreements with three countries Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The deals come ahead of Trump's deadline next week. If other nations don't strike independent trade agreements with the US, Trump will impose significant new tariffs on them. Economists say the tariffs will prompt manufacturers to pass higher costs onto American consumers. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says that's not fully happening.
Who pays the tariffs is a choice, and what we've seen thus far is that the manufacturers are eating a substantial portion of the tariff and taking it into their profit margins.
Company officials cited the Trump tariffs.
Why are Ukrainians protesting the new anti‑corruption law and what is President Zelensky’s response?
Yesterday, the Ukrainian parliament voted in favor of a bill limiting the independence of anti-corruption agencies. And Piershanna Palomarenko reports from Kyiv thousands turned out in the capital and other Ukrainian cities to protest, demanding Ukraine's president veto the law.
Піпчати віто зало аз дай гарят і не сквер клос то до говормент квартир і Київ. Твентина є роль Поліна Тимченко і само протестер.
Це батрайл офірангої за дефронтлан, хуісфайтінфова ліберті, по ериванку ісфайтінфов Україна бераша.
Despite the protests, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law. He later had the meeting with the heads of law enforcement and anti corruption agencies to start work on a common action plan. The Ukrainian parliament says it will collect votes for a petition to the Constitutional Court to repeal the law. Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News,
Kyiv. In the US, officials from the Social Security Administration have shuffled hundreds of local frontline workers to cover the agency's national eight hundred hotline. This is part of an effort to bring down wait times on the phone. But as NPR's Ashley Lopez reports, agency workers say it's creating more strain in local offices.
A spokesperson for the Social Security Administration says officials have deployed four percent of local staff to cover the 800 number. And they say this effort has already started to bring down wait times for phone services. But workers say it's forced overworked staff to cover employees now on the phone lines.
How is the Social Security Administration reallocating staff to cut phone‑wait times and what are workers saying?
Jessica LePointe is president of a union chapter that represents these workers. She says the agency's ongoing efforts to shrink the overall workforce was already creating issues. We were already overburdened, overworked. And burning out and then a bunch of work just got dumped on us. LePointe says efforts to bring down wait times for services cannot be done without hiring more people. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News. President Trump is poised to release his artificial intelligence action plan today. He's scheduled to sign executive actions this afternoon. Big tech firms have called for the ability to sell more AI technology abroad.
What successes are there in restoring the American oyster catcher and how are coastal partners achieving them?
The plan stems from an executive order Trump signed when he first took office asking for the AI plan. Most North American shorebird populations are declining, but there are some success stories. There's been a decades long effort to help the American oyster catcher bounce back. From Central Florida public media, Molly Durig reports
Today there are forty-five percent more American oyster catchers compared to seventeen years ago. That's according to data from a coalition of more than 40 groups along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that have spent nearly two decades collaborating on oyster catcher recovery. From Maine to Florida, that recovery work includes improving coastal habitat, restoring oyster reefs, and recruiting volunteers, who help stop people from walking on shorebird nests on or near the beach. Conservationists say for oyster catchers to keep coming back, it Be critical to continue investing in these long term coordinated partnerships.
Which regions are under extreme heat warnings today and what should residents do to stay safe?
For NPR News, I'm Molly Durig.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What new trade agreements did President Trump announce and how might the looming tariffs affect U.S. consumers?
0:00–0:51
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Why are Ukrainians protesting the new anti‑corruption law and what is President Zelensky’s response?
0:51–2:31
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How is the Social Security Administration reallocating staff to cut phone‑wait times and what are workers saying?
2:31–3:13
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What successes are there in restoring the American oyster catcher and how are coastal partners achieving them?
3:13–4:10
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Which regions are under extreme heat warnings today and what should residents do to stay safe?
4:10–4:39