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The U.S. is imposing 50% tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods this after
“trade talks between the two nations broke down last night.”
Canada has promised to match U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar and PR's Michael Coplay report. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he suspended trade talks after the U.S. pushed last minute changes that Carney called unfair. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative responded on social media, saying Canada had made new demands and walked back prior commitments.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday that no new trade talks are planned. We're moving forward with measures that respond to Canadian retaliation. Carney said Canada has known since the start of negotiations that its relationship with the U.S. has permanently changed, and that his country has been working to diversify its
trade relationships globally. Michael Coplay and PR news. The U.S. Postal Service has released a finalized plan this in response to President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for the fall mid-term election, but multiple court orders are blocking U.S. P.S. from carrying out that plan for now, and P.R.'s Hansi LaWong reports.
“A key change under the finalized rule from the U.S. Postal Service would require states to”
turn over their absentee voter list to the mailing agency in order to have their mail and ballots delivered. For now, though, a federal judge in Boston has blocked U.S. P.S. which is financial support of NPR. The judge round that President Trump's executive order for the postal service and other
federal agencies over steps is authority under the Constitution. Trump himself has voted by mail in Florida, and for months his executive order to limit mail-in voting has been caught up in legal fights. It doesn't Republican-led states are appealing the latest nationwide ruling by the judge in Boston, and comes as a way continues for the Supreme Court to weigh in on an earlier
ruling, the Bronx U.S. P.S. from implementing Trump's order in the 23-mainly Democratic state's plus Washington, D.C. that's sued. Hansi LaWong and P.R. News.
“The national mall in Washington, D.C. looks a lot different this weekend, as part of the nation's”
250th birthday celebrations in the U.S. holding a race, and P.R.'s Adam Beron reports. Instead of part two buses and ice cream trucks, the road to run the mall are lined with concrete barriers and catch fences. They mark out the circuit for the freedom 250-gram pre. The racist chairman, Bud Denker, says the city makes for a dramatic backdrop.
"You have the view of the nation's capital, cars going by on third street. You have the view of the Washington monument for cars going by on seventh street. It's just epic." Also epic will be the speed. The cars are expected to hit about 180 miles an hour. It's in D.C. first race in D.C. German tourist Chris Herald has his ticket.
"That's really maybe once in a lifetime who knows, but the first race, it's amazing to
the anniversary also." Around 120,000 fans are expected to be there. Adam Beron and P.R. News, Washington. "It's NPR. For all classes are getting underway at colleges and universities across the country, despite a renewed question of whether a college degree is even worth it. NPR's a listen, not running, reports from a college campus in Muncie, Indiana."
"I'm at Ball State, a public research university where students are moving in. I'm seeing roommates meeting up, families unloading new halls. There's so much energy and excitement, but there's a lot happening in the world of higher ed. High tuition, fear of student debt, increased interest in the trades, changes to student visas. And yet, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, undergrad enrollment overall is up, driven by gains at
public four year programs, like here at Ball State, and community colleges. Steven Koms is the Chancellor at Ivy Tech Community Colleges campus in Columbus, Indiana."
"We provide programs that are everybody's first choice is nursing, flights, cyber, IT,
industrial maintenance, so there's so many different opportunities that many community colleges offer that people just need to explore." And of course, community colleges, one of the cheapest options that students have. "Let's not run any NPR news." Triple A says the national average price for a gallon of gasoline remains stable today at 410 a gallon. That's three cents higher than a week ago,
and 96 cents more expensive than a year ago. Diesel prices increase two cents to 539. They're up a dollar 91 from a year ago. Diesel is the main fuel in the trucking and the railroad industries. California has the most expensive gasoline in the country at 560 a gallon. Indiana the cheapest at 356. I'm Dan Roman, NPR news in Washington. Support for the first time a US government debt has surpassed $40 trillion a massive number that affects your bottom line.
This week on Consider This, we connect the dots between the national debt and your car payment, your mortgage, your small business loan, and so much more. Listen to Consider This. the daily afternoon news podcast from NPR.
