Shamita Basu
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On the eve of the tariffs going into effect, financial markets took a dive, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest loss since December and the Dow dropping more than 600 points. The Wall Street Journal describes this as the end of a decades-long era and a souring of the bet Canada and Mexico made when they signed agreements tying them to U.S.
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trade, believing that the United States would continue to become more interconnected and more market-oriented. So let's take some time today to talk about the expected impact of these tariffs and how we got here.
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A month ago, when Trump first threatened tariffs against Mexico and Canada before backing off, officials from those countries made quick moves to deploy more resources to the border, including Canada creating a fentanyl czar and Mexico sending troops. Lutnick told CNN the administration appreciated those moves, but they hadn't done enough on fentanyl.
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Yesterday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum disputed that claim, pointing to data that shows there's been a nearly 50 percent drop in fentanyl seizures at the border compared to a year ago. China, meanwhile, did not offer concessions and, according to The New York Times, does not want to come across as pleading with Trump.
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Now that the tariffs are here, economists say it could impact everything from grocery products to lumber to gas. The Wall Street Journal spoke with economists who say this trade war could lead to stagflation. That's a condition where the economy is barely growing or stagnant while combating high inflation. J.P.
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Morgan's chief economist also told the journal that if Canada and Mexico go into a recession because of this, that would also hurt the U.S. economy. Here's how CNN's Fareed Zakaria explained what the impact could be.
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American carmakers won't be the only ones hurting. Shares of European car companies like Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW all dropped early Tuesday. And while a lot of larger American businesses have long been preparing for this moment, some of America's smaller businesses say it's been much tougher for them.
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Rick Muscat has a family-run business that imports and sells footwear to companies like JCPenney, Macy's, and Kohl's. He told CNBC that the uncertainty of the current moment makes it hard to do business.
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Trump tariffs fulfill a long-held Trump pledge to reshape our trade relationships. Back in February, the president acknowledged that they will cause, quote, some pain, but he said he expects foreign countries to bear the brunt of it. At the same time, he was largely elected to lower prices for Americans. And this trade war is likely to make that campaign promise much harder to fulfill.
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Let's turn now to another crisis brewing between the United States and our neighbors. As Trump accuses Mexico of not doing enough to stop the flow of fentanyl coming north, Mexico says the United States isn't doing enough to stop the flow of guns from heading south.
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But first, after a one-month delay, President Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada went into effect at midnight last night. The president also doubled the current tariffs on imports from China from 10 percent to 20 percent. China swiftly responded with retaliatory tariffs on imports of American food and farm products.
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And today, Mexico is bringing their case to the Supreme Court in a first of its kind lawsuit being filed by a foreign government in American courts about gun violence. Mexico argues that U.S. gun manufacturers are not just knowingly trafficking their guns into Mexico, but are actually designing and marketing those weapons to grow this illegal market. To understand Mexico's accusation, which U.S.
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gun manufacturers deny... you have to understand a few things about Mexico's gun culture and laws. First, it's actually pretty hard to legally obtain a gun in Mexico. The laws there are strict. So strict, in fact, that the Washington Post reports there are only two legal gun stores in the entire country, and both are run by the Mexican military.
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That means it can take weeks or months for a citizen to legally get a gun. The second is that these strict laws have not meant safer streets. Cartels get most of their guns from the United States and use them to commit violent crimes. Anne Marimo is a Supreme Court correspondent for The Washington Post. She explained the Mexican government's case that U.S.
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manufacturers are supplying these weapons that flow through what's known as the Iron River, deliberately designing guns that they know will be used illegally in Mexico.
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Lawyers for some of these gun manufacturers did not respond to requests for comment from the Post, but alleged in court filings that Mexico's lawsuit is intended to limit Second Amendment rights. And they've raised concerns that proceeding with the suit could have harmful impacts on other U.S. companies.
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One reason this case is an interesting one to watch is because it's unclear how sympathetic the Roberts court will be to this argument.
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The case is also notable because there's a law on the books that shields gun makers from liability. In fact, at first, this case was dismissed by a lower court.
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Good morning. It's Tuesday, March 4th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, Mexico brings a case to America's Supreme Court, the Trump administration pushes immigration officials to deport more people faster, and how a single man's blood saved over two million babies.
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It's not entirely clear how many guns are trafficked into Mexico. One study in 2013 estimated the figure to be around a quarter million a year. Separate figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that about two-thirds of guns that are confiscated in Mexico turn out to be from the U.S.
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New reporting from The Wall Street Journal shows that as the Trump administration has pledged to prioritize deporting criminals who are living here illegally, a large number of people being detained do not have criminal backgrounds. Take the case of Lucas dos Santos Amaral.
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like chicken, soy, wheat, corn, fruits, and vegetables. Canada also announced their own tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. imports, with promises to extend that in the days to come. Mexico, China, and Canada are among the U.S. 's biggest trading partners. Combined, the three nations were responsible for more than 40 percent of the nearly $3 trillion in goods imported in 2023.
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He is a Brazilian citizen who was living in Marlborough, Massachusetts, with his pregnant wife and three-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen. He also owns his own painting business. In late January, he was stopped by immigration officers near his home who said they were looking for an individual they believed he resembled.
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Dos Santos Amaral does not have a criminal history or orders for removal, and he was not the person they were looking for. But the officers looked him up and saw that he had overstayed a tourist visa from 2017.
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That's Tarini Pardi, who covers the White House for The Wall Street Journal. Residing in the U.S. illegally is a civil violation, not a criminal offense. Dos Santos Amaral was released on an $8,000 bond and is now going through the immigration court process.
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Hardy told us that immigration officials are under a lot of pressure to fulfill the promises Trump made to deport more immigrants than any time in history. The data released so far by the federal government shows that in the first month of the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 20,000 migrants.
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That means arrests are on pace to more than double the 113,000 arrests ICE made under President Joe Biden in fiscal year 2024. But the Department of Homeland Security hasn't said how many of those arrested have criminal histories. A DHS spokesperson told the Journal that of the 20,000 people arrested, 22 were known suspected terrorists and 640 were suspected gang members.
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And the Journal reports that some of the arrest tactics used by ICE don't appear to be targeted at criminals.
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Immigration lawyers and activists have said they're taken aback by ICE's current mandate.
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Still, Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, says the number of arrests is far below where he wants it to be, prompting the removal of at least one top official at ICE. The target number from the administration is 1,500 arrests per day across the country. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following.
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The Trump administration is pausing all military aid to Ukraine days after a tense confrontation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. A White House official said the administration is reviewing aid to make sure it's, quote, contributing to a solution.
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Trump, meanwhile, is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress tonight where foreign policy is likely to come up, as well as his ongoing effort to radically reshape the federal government. In other news, an Australian man whose blood donations are credited with saving the lives of over 2 million babies thanks to a rare antibody has died.
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Trump says the tariffs will provide a new revenue source for the government, pressure companies to relocate their production operations to the U.S., and force these countries to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigrants into the United States. Here's how Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick described Trump's moves to Fox News on Sunday.
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Known as the man with the golden arm, James Harrison donated blood and plasma more than 1,100 times over 60 years. The precious anti-D antibody in his plasma was used to make a medication given to pregnant women to prevent their blood from attacking their unborn babies. Without it, babies could develop a fatal blood disorder.
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Harrison first began donating blood when, at 14 years old, he himself received a life-saving blood transfusion, making a habit of going every two weeks. Harrison's blood made over 3 million doses of anti-D. And finally, Lakers star LeBron James is set to make history tonight as he could become the first player ever to score 50,000 points across regular season and playoff games.
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James, already the NBA's all-time leading scorer, surpassed another Laker legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, two years ago to become the all-time scoring leader, breaking Abdul-Jabbar's record that stood for almost 40 years. Yahoo Sports has a shot chart graphic displaying every basket James has made throughout his career. And it's impressive.
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Picture a large smattering of sprinkles over ice cream, with a good number of sprinkles outside of the three-point line. James needs to score just one point tonight to reach 50,000 and make history. The Lakers host the New Orleans Pelicans at 10.30 Eastern. You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app.
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Here she is speaking to MSNBC yesterday.
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President Trump voiced his support for the proposed spending bill, posting on social media that all Republicans should vote yes and that, quote, we have to remain united, no dissent. That's, of course, because Republicans have only two votes to spare in the House. But a number of Republicans who in the past were against these types of stopgap measures are now saying they will support it.
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That's Representative Ralph Norman, a Republican from South Carolina and member of the Conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaking to Fox News.
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He went on to say what's different now is the work that Doge is doing, which he agrees with. NPR has been reviewing the claims made by the Doge team and comparing them with federal contract data and has so far found that the Trump administration is overstating the estimated savings totals by billions of dollars.
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If some of this to-the-brink spending negotiating sounds familiar, it's because it is. Late last year, heavy pressure and threats from Trump and Elon Musk torpedoed a bipartisan agreement in favor of the smaller current spending resolution that's set to expire on Friday.
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The New York Times reports this time around, bipartisan talks had been underway to find a way to pass a bill and wrestle some control back from President Trump on spending issues. But Republicans ran out of time and are hoping to instead push through what they can on party line votes. Speaker Johnson says he'll bring the bill to the floor tomorrow.
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President Trump has threatened for weeks now that he wants America to take Greenland, a large island in the Arctic Ocean with a population of 56,000 people. In fact, he specifically called out his intentions in last week's joint address to Congress.
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Well, tomorrow, Greenlanders will vote in what might be the most consequential election of their lifetimes. The vote, while technically unrelated to Trump's goals of territorial expansion, has certainly been influenced by it.
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That's Bloomberg reporter Sana Vass, based in Denmark.
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In tomorrow's parliamentary elections, Greenlanders will be deciding whether to support politicians who have called for independence from Denmark, which colonized Greenland 300 years ago. It was a Danish colony until 1953. Today, Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark that receives annual funding from Copenhagen to fund its police, judiciary and defense, among other things.
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But with Trump now vying to take control, it's given voters there more to think about. Some believe it's even more important to be independent. Others argue that separating from Denmark could make it far more vulnerable to the threat of American colonization. Vass told us a few reasons why Trump sees Greenland as valuable. Aside from it already being home to a U.S.
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military base that monitors space and missile threats, the island has a vast amount of natural resources, including rare earth minerals that are critical to high-tech industries.
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85% of Greenlanders oppose joining the United States. And for those who support independence, Trump's interest in the island has buoyed their cause.
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Over the weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government funded through September. Included in the bill is a slight increase in defense spending, totaling around $892 billion, and a small cut to non-defense spending, totaling around $708 billion.
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Recently, Donald Trump Jr. visited the territory, followed by the Nelk Boys, a group of Gen Z right-leaning influencers on YouTube who handed out $100 bills telling locals, welcome to America. One father whose son came home with a $100 bill told Bloomberg he found it, quote, disgusting and that it crossed a line. However, tomorrow's vote plays out.
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One former chief analyst at the Danish Defense Intelligence Service told Bloomberg that it could have a far-reaching impact on Europe's security. Let's turn now to a political battle involving soda. President Trump is a big fan. He reportedly has several Diet Cokes a day. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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calls it poison and wants to make it so Americans can't spend their food aid benefits on it. Wall Street Journal reporter Christina Peterson told us about the efforts to modify SNAP. That's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Lawmakers in New York, Minnesota and Arkansas have advocated for restricting less healthy items from the SNAP program. But for more than 20 years, the USDA has rejected these types of requests, saying that it would be too logistically challenging to implement.
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Good morning. It's Monday, March 10th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, Greenland votes on the future of the island. Should food stamps pay for soda? And Canada's Liberal Party selects Trudeau's successor. But first, a big week for lawmakers in Washington as a partial government shutdown is set to begin Friday.
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Proponents of these restrictions say those questions are less relevant in the digital age.
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Lobbyists for major soda companies like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have made similar arguments.
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This puts Kennedy at odds with Trump and his base. The administration's willingness to change course on the SNAP program could be tested soon. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said she plans to ask the USDA to restrict certain items, potentially including soda, from SNAP eligibility in her state. And Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rawlins has seemed open to that.
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The bill also adds an additional $485 million for ICE, a $20 billion cut to IRS enforcement, and an additional half billion dollars for WIC, the federal program that provides grocery assistance for low-income women and children. Here's Speaker Johnson talking to reporters in the halls of Capitol Hill about the bill.
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But Peterson told us it's not totally clear whether Trump will follow his health secretary's lead or stick to his usual order. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. The measles outbreak in Texas has now infected more than 200 people in the state and neighboring New Mexico.
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Texas health officials said 23 people have been hospitalized and there's been one death of a school-aged child in the outbreak area centered in Gaines County near the New Mexico border. In New Mexico, 30 cases are confirmed and a person who died there tested positive for measles, although it's not been determined whether it was the cause of death.
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The Guardian reports shortages of measles vaccines are hitting Texas cities as demand soars. The CDC says nationwide cases jumped by a third over the past week, and there are currently confirmed cases in 12 states.
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Intense fighting in the past few days between Syria's new government and forces loyal to ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have led to the deaths of more than 1,300 people, mostly civilians, the worst violence in Syria since the toppling of Assad's regime in December.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says many of the killings were revenge executions carried out against the Alawite community, which was Assad's base of support. Leaders in the Alawite community say they have been targeted since Assad's fall and that the gunmen loyal to the former regime do not represent them. And finally, Canada knows who its next prime minister will be.
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The Liberal Party on Sunday chose Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau, who announced in January he would step down. Carney has a banking background and led the country through the 2008 global financial crisis as governor of the Bank of Canada, the country's equivalent of the Federal Reserve.
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CBS News reports many Canadians are hoping Carney's expertise in the financial sector will help the country as it deals with a lingering trade war and tariff threats from the Trump administration. Carney said, like Trump, he would enact dollar-for-dollar tariffs against the U.S. and leverage Canada's role as an energy supplier. It's not clear how long Carney will hold office.
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He does not hold a seat in Parliament and is expected to call elections soon after being sworn in. He'll face off against conservative party leader Pierre Poliev in those elections. Meanwhile, Trump said over the weekend he wouldn't rule out a recession this year, acknowledging the turbulence in the U.S. economy since he announced new tariffs.
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Democrats came out quickly against the bill. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in a statement with party leadership, criticized it for not explicitly protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Representative Rosa DeLauro, a top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, called the domestic cuts in the bill a power grab by Trump and Elon Musk.