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Chapter 2: What is happening with U.S. tariffs and Canadian exports?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Ontario's now backing off a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to Minnesota, Michigan and New York after President Trump threatened to bump up the U.S. tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. The double levy was due to begin in the morning when broader steel and aluminum tariffs were set to take effect. All of this roiling the U.S.
market, as NPR's Maria Aspen reports.
Chapter 3: How are tariffs affecting the U.S. economy?
President Trump has long courted Wall Street's approval. During his first term, he regularly boasted about the stock market's performance, and he ran for the second presidency by promising investors many business-friendly policies. But now, Trump appears to be prioritizing the leverage power of tariffs above all else, including the stock market and the pain that a trade war would cause the U.S.
economy. He spooked investors over the weekend by declining to rule out a recession this year. The White House shrugged off the stock market's reaction, saying that the country is in, quote, a period of economic transition. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.
The Dow is down more than 1% or 478 points. U.S. and Ukrainian officials say they have taken, quote, important steps toward restoring durable peace for Ukraine. And the U.S. says it'll resume intelligence sharing and security assistance. NPR's Michelle Culliman reports.
Chapter 4: What are the recent developments in U.S.-Ukraine relations?
The talks in Saudi Arabia seem to have gone a long way to overcome a public break between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainians are expressing, quote, strong gratitude to President Trump for making possible meaningful progress toward peace. They say they're ready for a 30-day ceasefire, a proposal the U.S.
will now bring to Russia, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. And we hope that they'll say yes, that they'll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court. The U.S. is now lifting a pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Chapter 5: What safety concerns exist in air travel near Reagan National Airport?
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board investigating January's mid-air collision between a regional jet and a military helicopter says the flight patterns around Reagan National Airport pose an intolerable risk as helicopters and commercial planes operate in close proximity in the busy airspace above the D.C. area. The January collision killed 67 people.
Chapter 6: What are the charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested and flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity. The 79-year-old was detained at a Manila airport today after returning from Hong Kong.
Apparently I was brought here not of my own...
A video recording of Duterte was posted online by his daughter Veronica. The International Criminal Court issued a warrant in its investigation of thousands of extrajudicial killings during, that is, Duterte's war on drugs after he became president in 2016. From Washington, this is NPR News. This afternoon, employees of the U.S.
Department of Education received an email telling them to leave all department offices by 6 p.m. Eastern tonight. Staff were instructed by the department's Office of Finance and Operations to work from home tomorrow. They were told that they could return on Thursday. Employees of the department share the email with NPR. We are not naming them because the employees feared retribution.
Neither the White House nor Department of Education have responded to NPR's request for comment yet. The administration has been implementing sweeping cost-cutting measures across the federal government, including mass layoffs of federal government workers. Billy Joel is postponing his current tour.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports the singer will take four months off due to an undisclosed medical condition.
The statement on Billy Joel's Instagram says the singer will postpone his tour so he can recover from recent surgery and undergo physical therapy. The singer says, quote, while I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first. The statement says the tour will resume in Pittsburgh in July. Shows that will be rescheduled include dates in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
The statement says purchased tickets will be valid for the rescheduled shows.
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