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Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is leaving open the possibility that the Trump administration Could extend the deadline for countries facing steep tariffs To reach a deal with the US. Speaking on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Bessant also pushed back on claims that American consumers are bearing the brunt of the tariffs.
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.
General Motors is reporting a profit loss of three billion dollars in the second quarter, partly due to tariffs, and Stellantis is projecting a two point seven billion dollar loss for the same period. A federal appeals court panel in San Francisco has struck down President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship. The two to one ruling by the Ninth Circuit puts the matter closer. To appearing before the US Supreme Court. President Trump has signed an executive order barring federal contracts with tech companies that operate what he calls woke AI. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, it's among a number of artificial intelligence related actions that the White House unveiled on Wednesday.
President Trump says the administration will now be vetting AI companies to make sure wokeness is not being spread by AI. The president order defines that as AI models that push diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgenderism, and critical race theory. Trump announced it at an AI summit in Washington.
The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models. AI
scholars say while chatbots can generate left-leaning policy positions, it depends on how questions are framed and what part of the internet is being sourced. Experts say in order to comply with the order, AI companies may create anti-woke chatbots to land future federal contracts. Bobby Allen and PR News.
A Texas committee focused on flooding has heard from several state agencies on their needs during natural disasters. The panel of state lawmakers was created in wake of the flooding in central Texas. From the Texas newsroom. Lays Gainey has more.
Several recommendations were tossed around during the more than eight hour long hearing. One recommendation from Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd was to start only allowing credentialed professionally certified emergency managers, which in smaller counties can often be an
appointed position. We've got some great local emergency managers out there. But there's no baseline standardization for how they got to where they are. The next meeting will be held in Kerrville,
the area hardest hit by the storm. Lawmakers expect it to be emotional, but also a chance to hear from residents impacted by the storm and local officials still dealing with recovery and cleanup efforts. I'm Blaze Gainey in Austin.
This is NPR. A divided US Supreme Court says the Trump administration is allowed to fire three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission without cause. The three were let go in May and then reinstated by a federal judge. Among other things, the Commission identifies and bans dangerous consumer products. Thailand's army is reporting at least one death and three injuries from renewed clashes with forces in Cambodia. The Thai army says it's launched airstrikes on Cambodian ground targets. Cambodia's prime minister says t Thailand attacked army positions near two temples. There have been clashes in six areas along the Thai Cambodian border. This week is a big week on the Billboard music charts.
As NPR Steven Thompson reports, five new albums are debuting in the top ten for each other.
Eight weeks, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem was the biggest album in the country. Many other records came and went after failing to dislodge Wallen from number one. This week that streak ends thanks to two new blockbusters. The first is by Travis Scott and his hip-hop collective Jack Boys, called Jack Boys 2. That album debuts at number one this week, largely driven by old-fashioned album sales.
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