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What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why does it matter?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is spending the weekend in Scotland, his late mother's home country. He's playing golf, promoting golf resorts he owns here, and is to meet with British and European leaders. But issues back home have followed him as MPR's Lauren Freyer reports from Edinburgh.
Stepping off Air Force One in Scotland, president Trump dodged reporters' questions about his former friend Jeffrey Epstein.
I'm focused on making deals. I'm not focused on conspiracy theories that you are.
Trump is promoting his business interests here, inaugurating a new golf course at one of his resorts, and also talking trade and tariffs with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula Vanderleyen. But Scottish protesters lined his motorcade route, some with signs about Epstein.
Lint Lauren Freyer N PR News Edinburgh.
How are Texas Republicans planning to redraw congressional maps for the 2026 midterms?
Some leaders of the Democratic Party say they are preparing to counter a controversial push by President Trump and other Republicans. To redraw congressional voting districts in Texas, and Pierre's Hansy Lomong reports on the political fight that could determine which party controls the US House of Representatives after next year's midterm election.
The Texas Republican Party has said redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts is quote an essential step to preserving GOP control in Congress and advancing President Trump's agenda. And Trump himself said this month he wants a new Texas map that helps Republicans pick up five more seats in the U.S. House.
There could be some other states we're gonna get another three or four or five in addition.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York says Democrats are preparing to sue. This
is a five alarm fire. Now is the time for us to act.
Any democratic push to redo congressional maps may face legal hurdles.
What happened in the data breach of the dating‑review app and who is affected?
In California, an independent commission, not the legislature, is responsible for redistricting. And in New York, redrawing maps at this point of the decade is not allowed unless ordered by court.
Has been hit with a data breach. MPR's Bobby Allen reports that hackers access more than seventy thousand personally identifying images of users.
The App T recently has been surging in popularity, particularly among Gen Z users, that allows women to anonymously review dates with men. It rose to the top of App Store charts after going viral on Reddit and TikTok. In order to sign up for the app, users have to submit a selfie and a photo of their ID. The company now says 72,000 images, including thousands of selfies and IDs, were accessed in a data breach. The hacked images were posted to the fringe right-wing message board for Chan. Users there were angry about the app for its approach to women's dating safety and called for a hack.
Why did Taiwan’s recall election fail to remove opposition lawmakers?
A spokesperson for T says third-party cybersecurity experts are working around the clock to secure its systems. Bobby Allen of PR News.
This is MPR. Voters in Taiwan seem to have rejected an attempt to recall about one fifth of the island's parliament. Preliminary results from today's recall election show the effort failed to remove lawmakers from the China friendly opposition nationalist party. Stocks gained for the week with both the SP five hundred and the NASDAQ hitting record highs. Imperius Raphael Nam reports that investors are hoping the impact from President Trump's tariffs won't be as bad as feared.
The president announced the US had clinched a trade deal with Japan this week. As a result, the US will now impose a fifteen percent tariff on imports from the Asian economy. That's certainly pretty high, but it was lower than the twenty five percent tariff President Trump had first threatened back in April, and investors were relieved.
How are U.S. stock markets reacting to the new Japan trade deal and tariff changes?
Investors now hope the US can clinch other similar deals ahead of The August first deadline the president has imposed. Earnings also contributed to the gains in stocks this week. Companies such as Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced better than expected results. All three major indexes ended the week with solid gains.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why does it matter?
0:00–0:58
2
How are Texas Republicans planning to redraw congressional maps for the 2026 midterms?
0:58–1:49
3
What happened in the data breach of the dating‑review app and who is affected?
1:49–2:50
4
Why did Taiwan’s recall election fail to remove opposition lawmakers?
2:50–3:48
5
How are U.S. stock markets reacting to the new Japan trade deal and tariff changes?
3:48–4:38