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Chapter 1: What recent developments have occurred under the Trump administration?
Since Donald Trump took office in January, a lot has happened.
The White House Budget Office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans.
The impact of the Trump administration's tariffs is already being felt in President Trump's efforts to radically remake the federal government. The NPR Politics Podcast covers it all. Keep up with what's happening in Washington and beyond with the NPR Politics Podcast. Listen every day.
Chapter 2: How did the stock market react to the latest inflation report?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Stocks opened lower this morning despite a better-than-expected report on inflation from the Labor Department. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 900 points in early trading.
Inflation cooled even more than expected last month, thanks in part to a big drop in gasoline prices. Overall, prices in March were up 2.4 percent from a year ago. Prices actually fell slightly between February and March, although grocery prices continue to climb.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Trump's trade policies on inflation?
Investors would ordinarily welcome the positive inflation news, but there are lingering concerns that President Trump's trade warp could push prices higher in the months to come. While Trump has now suspended many of his new tariffs for 90 days... He left in place a 10 percent tax on nearly everything the U.S.
imports, along with a much higher tax that could more than double the price of goods coming in from China. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 4: What is the status of the new budget framework in Congress?
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he believes Republican leaders have now secured enough votes to pass a multi-trillion dollar budget framework. The vote is scheduled to start this morning on the House floor. The measure contains much of President Trump's domestic agenda. There had been opposition from fiscal conservatives in the House who said it did not do enough to cut the deficit.
Johnson says the measure addresses many concerns.
We are committed to funding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people while also preserving our essential programs. The Democrats are out right now trying to make hay out of the fact that we're going to gut Medicaid and all these other things. It's simply not true. We're going to protect the essential programs for everybody who's eligible to receive those.
And you'll see that reflected in the final bill.
Chapter 5: How might the US respond to Iran's nuclear ambitions?
The House will still need to agree with the Senate on a final budget blueprint. President Trump says that Israel would lead in any military action against Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Trump's remarks come ahead of talks between Iran and the United States slated for this weekend. And Piers Hadil Al-Shelchi reports from Tel Aviv.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, President Trump said he was ready to order military strikes against Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
If it requires military, we're going to have military. Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. It'll be the leader of that.
After a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said there would be direct talks with Iran this weekend, but later Iran said they would in fact be indirect.
Netanyahu, who has been outspoken in the past in calling for military pressure on Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, said this week that he would support a diplomatic agreement that would see Iran give up its nuclear program. Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Stocks are lower on Wall Street. The Dow was down more than 900 points. That's more than 2%. The Nasdaq is down 600 points. That's 3.5%. It's NPR. Officials in the Dominican Republic have increased the death toll from this week's disaster at a music hall. At least 218 people were killed when the roof fell in at the music venue on Monday night.
A popular singer, two former Major League Baseball players, and a politician are among the dead. Dominican officials say they have shifted to a recovery phase focused on finding bodies. New research suggests that given the right training, artificial intelligence therapy bots can deliver effective mental health care.
The results of the first clinical trial with an AI therapy bot are published in the New England Journal of Medicine. NPR's Katia Riddle reports.
There are already a lot of AI therapists on the market, but many aren't effective and some are even dangerous. Researchers at Dartmouth College decided to train a bot over five years in therapeutic best practice. Nick Jacobson is a clinical psychologist who worked on this effort. He says with a therapy bot, no appointments are necessary.
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