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Chapter 1: What is the focus of NPR's report from China?
Hi, this is Steve Inskeep. Our team is in China, inside a historic Chinese trading city where people come from all over the world to buy wholesale goods to import to their countries. And we're here to find out, among other things, how people are responding to tariffs on goods that go to the United States. Listen for that report on Up First from NPR News.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of the new U.S. car tariffs?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump has signed a measure imposing steep tariffs on cars imported into the U.S. The 25 percent tariff on vehicles made in other countries and sold in the U.S. will affect not just foreign companies, but also U.S. automakers who build cars in Canada and Mexico. Trump says it will result in more cars being built here.
We'll effectively be charging a 25% tariff. But if you build your car in the United States, there is no tariff. And what that means is a lot of foreign car companies, a lot of companies are going to be in great shape because they've already built their plant. But their plants are underutilized, so they'll be able to expand them inexpensively and quickly.
Chapter 3: How is the U.S. vehicle market impacted by tariffs?
Nearly half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. are imported. It is likely at least near term the tariffs will raise prices for consumers. That's at a time the average new vehicle price in the U.S. is approaching $50,000. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on a signal chat about strikes in Yemen. He faced questions about it while in State Department business in Jamaica. Here's NPR's Michelle Kellman.
Chapter 4: What did Secretary Rubio discuss about the Yemen strikes?
Secretary Rubio says the signal chat was set up to coordinate plans, and he only wrote in it twice to name his point person and to congratulate his colleagues on the successful strike against the Houthis in Yemen.
Obviously, someone made a mistake. made a big mistake and added a journalist. Nothing against journalists, but you ain't supposed to be on that thing. So they got on there and this happened.
He says he's confident that there was nothing in there that would have put American service members in danger. This won't happen again, Rubio insists, adding, in his words, it can't. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, with the Secretary in Kingston, Jamaica.
Chapter 5: Why is a watchdog group suing over the use of Signal?
NPR CEO Catherine Maher chairs the board of the Signal Foundation. It is a non-profit that supports the messaging app. A watchdog group is suing senior national security officials for using that app to discuss the planned bombing of Houthi targets in Yemen. And now U.S. District Judge James Boasberg will be presiding.
NPR's Elena Moore reports Boasberg recently oversaw another high-profile legal challenge which angered President Trump.
Judges typically don't have control over what cases they're assigned. This latest assignment happens to come shortly after a separate case Boasberg presided over, in which he temporarily blocked the administration from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Trump criticized that move last week and called for Boasberg to be impeached.
It sparked concern among the legal community and even prompted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a rare statement. saying, quote, impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. Elena Moore, NPR News, Washington.
Absent some kind of agreement between lawmakers and the White House, the U.S. could hit its statutory debt ceiling, sometimes called the X date as early as this summer. Washington could risk defaulting on the debt unless there's some kind of a deal to lift the borrowing limit. Stocks closed lower today. The Dow fell 132 points. This is NPR.
Many teens enter adulthood with risk factors for heart disease already in place. That's according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. NPR's Maria Godoy has more.
By age 18, many young adults already have high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, or type 2 diabetes, according to the American Heart Association. It says a growing number of younger adults are experiencing adverse cardiovascular events.
One challenge is that as adolescents transition into young adulthood, they may stop going for regularly scheduled doctor's visits, such as vaccinations or sports checkups. In some states, without expanded Medicaid access, young adults can lose Medicaid coverage when they turn 19.
In its statement, the American Heart Association says it's important to support policies that expand insurance access across the lifespan. It also calls for leveraging telehealth to increase health care use among young adults. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
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