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Chapter 1: What is the sponsor message at the beginning of the episode?
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Chapter 2: What tariffs did President Trump announce?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Laying out a litany of grievances against tariffs charged by other countries against U.S. imports, President Trump presented his own retaliatory tariffs today. Speaking at the White House Rose Garden, Trump predicting with the levies, quote, American factories will come roaring back.
The imminent tariffs against countries including India, China, Japan, and the European Union range from a 10 percent baseline to nearly 50 percent, depending on what those countries charge the U.S.
I will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. Reciprocal. That means they do it to us and we do it to them. Very simple. Can't get any simpler than that.
Trump said companies that build their products in the U.S. will face no tariffs. Many economists have said raising tariffs on goods imported by other countries will result in higher prices for U.S. consumers. Trump also said 25 percent tariffs against cars imported into the U.S. will take effect after midnight.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Wisconsin judicial race?
Democrats won a key judicial race in Wisconsin, and Republicans won two special elections in Florida this week. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says the results are giving Democrats some hope and Republicans some cause for worry.
The win in Wisconsin for Democrats was big because it saw the most spending for any judicial seat in history, and it became something of a referendum on Elon Musk. Musk spent roughly $20 million to support the conservative judge in the race and even made an appearance in the state.
His agenda of sweeping federal cuts has been unpopular, and this result is a warning sign for the party not to embrace them too tightly. Republicans won the Florida House seats by double digits, but Democrats significantly cut into the margins in these deeply conservative districts.
Chapter 4: How do special elections impact future political outcomes?
You don't want to overread results of special elections, but the party that consistently overperforms in them usually does well in the next midterm elections. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 5: How do American lifespans compare to Europeans?
The wealthiest Americans only live about as long as the poorest Northern and Western Europeans. That's according to new research released today by the New England Journal of Medicine. Here's NPR's Rob Stein.
Researchers at Brown University analyzed data collected from more than 73,000 older adults in the United States and Europe between 2010 and 2022. They weren't surprised to find that the wealthiest people in both the U.S. and Europe tended to live longer than the poorest. But they were surprised by this.
The wealthiest Americans didn't live as long as the most affluent Europeans and only tend to have the longevity of the poorest Western and Northern Europeans. That's despite the fact that the U.S. spends more than any other wealthy country on health care. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Another volatile day on Wall Street ahead of the Trump tariff announcements. The Dow did close higher, though, up 235 points. The Nasdaq rose 151 points. The S&P 500 was up 37 points today. You're listening to NPR. A federal judge is dismissing New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case.
The judge granting an extraordinary request from the Justice Department to set aside criminal charges so the American aide and President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. The judge, however, denied prosecutors the ability to potentially revisit the criminal case against Adams.
The order dismissing the case with prejudice means Adams will not have to govern in a way that pleases Trump or potentially risk having the charges revived. China has concluded military exercises around Taiwan, declaring the two-day drills a success. NPR's John Wooich reports the military says its troops are still on high alert, though.
China says the exercises were staged as a warning to Taiwan's leader and others on the self-governed island who it says are seeking independence. Beijing considers Taiwan an inseparable part of China. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de called China a foreign hostile force last month. China's military says the exercises practiced precision strikes, area denial, and blockades.
It's the latest in a growing campaign of drills and other Chinese military activity around Taiwan, seen as intimidating the island. The Chinese military also separately conducted live-fire strike drills in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan.
The State Department said China's military exercises and rhetoric exacerbate tensions and put the region's security and the world's prosperity at risk. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.
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