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Chapter 1: What are the new U.S. auto tariffs and their expected impact?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and parts made outside the U.S. starting this week. NPR's Luke Garrett reports it's expected to increase sticker prices across the country, but the largest auto union is celebrating the plan.
Chapter 2: How does the United Auto Workers Union view the tariffs?
United Auto Workers President Sean Fain tells CBS News he supports Trump's auto tariffs.
Tariffs aren't the total solution. Tariffs are a tool in the toolbox to get these companies to do the right thing.
Fain hopes companies will bring workers back to U.S. manufacturing plants in response to the duty on foreign-made cars and parts.
I've had companies tell us point blank that they're going to have to bring product back here if those tariffs are implemented.
Chapter 3: What are the challenges to increasing U.S. auto production?
But some analysts say automakers may not be able to make those changes to scale up U.S. production so easily. Despite his agreement with Trump on tariffs, Fain criticized President Trump for signing an executive order last week that seeks to end collective bargaining for many federal workers. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 4: What is the current situation in Myanmar after the earthquake?
The death toll from Friday's devastating earthquake in Myanmar is expected to climb much higher after topping 1,600. Michael Sullivan has more from neighboring Thailand on relief efforts.
Two days after the 7.7 magnitude quake struck, rescue workers are frantically digging through the rubble, some by hand, to find survivors. Many rescuers complaining of a lack of heavy equipment and personnel as the smell of death begins to hang over parts of the city.
Mandalay's airport remains closed, hampering relief efforts, with the UN warning of a severe shortage of medical supplies in a country whose public health system was already in tatters after four years of civil war following the 2021 coup. Myanmar's insular military rulers are allowing some aid in, with China and India the first to send supplies.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
After shutting down a program that was helping Ukraine track children abducted by Russia, the State Department is trying to reassure U.S. lawmakers that the database is safe and funding will continue a bit longer, part of what the department calls a wind-down period. MPS Michelle Kellerman has more.
With the help of a federal grant, researchers at Yale University have been tracking tens of thousands of children abducted by Russia. The Trump administration canceled the program, raising fears about the status of the database meant for future war crimes trials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters traveling with him that the database is secure.
The program's not funded. It was part of the reductions that were made. But we secured the data and we ensure that we have it and can be transferred to any appropriate authorities.
His spokesperson says there will be some more funding for a short period of time so the researchers can properly transfer what she calls critical data. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Actor Richard Chamberlain has died at the age of 90. He was known as the king of the miniseries, including The Thorn Birds and Shogun. Empire's Juliana Kim has more.
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