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Chapter 1: What is the purpose of the Consider This podcast?
These days there's a lot of news. It can be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR.
Chapter 2: What is President Trump's status on his 100th day in office?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's actions are in the spotlight on his 100th day since he took office. Tonight in Michigan, Trump's attending a rally celebrating a benchmark that is widely considered the first impression of any administration. And Pierre's Don Gagne is in Macomb County.
Chapter 3: How do union autoworkers in Michigan view Trump's tariffs?
Trump has come to a county that is home to a large number of factories and design facilities for the U.S. automobile industry. As such, there is a large contingent of union autoworkers here who support the president. Among them, you find strong backing for Trump's tariff policies. They believe Trump, when he says tariffs, will bring tens of thousands of jobs back to places like Michigan.
Chapter 4: What concerns do Americans have about Trump's immigration policies?
Still, even with the focus here on tariffs, it's common to hear people lined up outside the rally cite tough immigration policies and deportations as the thing Trump has done that they're happiest with so far. Don Garnier, NPR News, Macomb County, Michigan.
Chapter 5: How are tariffs affecting the coffee industry?
However, Trump's approval ratings nationwide are dropping, underscored by fears of a recession in the wake of Trump's sweeping tariffs. Coffee production is one of the industry's jittery about tariffs. Murray Carpenter has that story.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of Trump's tariffs on coffee imports?
The U.S. grows about 1% of its coffee supply in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Chapter 7: What recent developments involve the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?
The United States is the largest coffee-consuming nation in the world.
Melissa Raftery roasts more than 80,000 pounds of coffee each year at 44 North Coffee in Maine. We can't grow enough for ourselves. President Trump's first round of tariffs included steep import taxes on major coffee producers, Vietnam and Indonesia. He's paused the country-specific tariffs and replaced them with 10% tariffs on most imports. But the coffee industry is rattled.
The National Coffee Association has requested an exemption from the tariffs, and the entire industry is waiting to see how things shake out. For NPR News, I'm Murray Carpenter.
President Trump has opened a new front in his battles with the media. Yesterday, he targeted the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Today, the CPB sued. NPR's David Fokenflik reports a hearing was expected today.
The White House sent an email to three of the five members of the CPB board saying they had been fired and thanking them for their service. Thing is, it's not clear Trump has the power to do that. As it noted in legal filings, federal law states the CBB is not a government agency. The attempted firings are part of Trump's larger effort to strip public broadcasting of taxpayer funds.
He says he'll ask Congress to pull back more than a billion dollars already allocated by lawmakers for public broadcasting for the next two years. PBS and its member stations rely on federal funds from CPB for 15% of their revenues. For NPR member stations, it's 10% on average. NPR itself receives just 1% directly and a bit more indirectly in fees paid by stations. David Folkenflik, NPR News.
This is NPR. President Trump addressed today's brief tiff with Amazon on news that the e-retail company planned to show shoppers tariff pricing. Amazon later said it would not happen. Today, Trump said he called to complain, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, quote, did the right thing.
UPS now says it plans to cut about 20,000 jobs, months after the company said it would cut the number of Amazon shipments it handles by more than half. UPS has also announced that it would close more than 70 facilities by the end of June. The only female unit to serve overseas during World War II has been recognized with a Congressional Gold Medal today, 80 years later.
NPR's Rachel Treisman has details.
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