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What does President Trump say about inflation and affordability?
President Trump says Democrats keep talking about affordability in an attempt to embarrass him. Trump told a Pennsylvania rally late Tuesday that U.S. consumer prices are already coming down thanks to his tariffs.
A Thanksgiving meal with all of the trimmings is 25 percent less under Trump than it was a year ago. under Biden. That's a good start. We're bringing it down and we're coming down more. We're coming down a lot more.
Trump also says Pennsylvania steel workers will benefit from the acquisition of U.S. steel by Japan-based Nippon. He says polls showing Americans still concerned about inflation are fake. Farmers say they're encouraged by the president's $12 billion aid package meant to help them cope with losses during his trade war with China. As NPR's Kirk Sigler reports, it's not clear whether the one-time windfall will be enough to prevent many farmer bankruptcies and foreclosures.
These bridge payments, as the president is calling them, should be coming to farmers early next year. Many like Kevin Dynert are on thin margins due to inflation, tariffs, and Trump's trade war closing off Asian markets for soybeans. Most here in the Dakotas are grown for export.
And, you know, as farmers, we want trade, not aid. Sprint payments is going to kind of maybe help pay for inputs as we go into the next year.
Pretty much all of Dynert's soybeans are still sitting in storage. He's holding out for higher prices and is counting on the administration's promises that it's secured deals with China so that country begins importing commodities from the U.S. again. Kirk Ziegler, NPR News, Mitchell, South Dakota.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still deciding whether to release the full video of a second attack on a boat off Venezuela. Two men who survived the first U.S. attack were killed while clinging to the wreckage. President Trump says it's up to Hegseth to decide if the images will be shown to the public. The September incident is one of several deadly U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and East Pacific. Two students were shot on Tuesday at Kentucky State University. As Curtis Tate from member station WEKU reports, one of the victims has died.
The shooting took place at Kentucky's only public historically black college and university. Another student was in critical but stable condition. The university's president, Kofi Akakpo, spoke to the media Tuesday evening.
As a parent, I cannot imagine receiving the call or place to the parents.
Officials from the Frankfort Police Department said a suspect has been taken into custody. Kentucky State University has 2,200 students and 450 faculty and staff. Classes and campus activities, including final exams, are canceled for the rest of the week. For NPR News, I'm Curtis Tate in Richmond, Kentucky.
U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR. Time is running out for the Trump administration to release all government records on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents include materials on Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, the names of other associates, and travel logs.
How are farmers reacting to Trump's aid package amid trade wars?
The Justice Department is permitted to withhold the names of victims and materials that could harm the probe. The agency must also report to Congress 15 days after the materials are released. The top priority for the first mission to Mars should be searching for evidence of existing or past life. That's according to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. More from NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce.
The new report lays out how to maximize the scientific return from a future mission that sends astronauts to the red planet. It suggests several possible exploration campaigns, describing exactly what kind of crew and equipment would be required. The top-ranked option, for example, would involve a human landing lasting more than 30 days on Mars, plus a longer one lasting about a year, and would require a large suite of science instruments.
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