Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lynda Kenyan.
The U.S. has imposed new 50% tariffs on more than $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.
“The new tariffs come after the latest round of trade talks between negotiators broke”
down last night, and PR's Matt Bloom has the story. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called last-minute terms introduced by the Trump administration unfair. He said, "Canada will match the new tariff's dollar for dollar." Meanwhile, U.S. trade representative Jamison Greer blamed Canada for the breakdown.
He said, "Canada sought tariff concessions on steel, aluminum, autos, and lumber that the U.S. was unwilling to provide." The impact is the latest strain on already tense relations between the two allies. The higher import costs will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the U.S. each year, ranging from hockey sticks to building materials.
The U.S. troops, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, say, "The tariff war could damage both countries' economies and drive up prices," Matt Bloom and PR News.
“The White House is considering renaming a Navy aircraft carrier after President Trump, the”
vessel currently under construction, was set to be named after a Black World War II here on named ours Miller. His great niece, Selena James, decried the change. He gave it all, but it wasn't good enough. He's not, it still feels a message of inequality. You know, something that is American that we fight so hard to bridge the gap in."
Doris Dory Miller was a U.S. Navy sailor, and the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross. He was recognized for heroism during the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack when he saved fellow soldiers, and sailors, and manned an anti-aircraft gun, reportedly without training, and shot down enemy aircraft, Doris Miller was killed in action in 1943.
Vice President JD Vance was in his hometown of Ohio to promote a $1 billion investment
in a Cleveland steel plant, literally halorin from member station WVXU has the story.
“Vance highlighted tariff sand, other Trump administration economic policies, and said the”
steel plant retrofit is proof that President Trump's actions are keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States. "The future of America, the future of the United States, the future of our homes and communities is going to be built right here in Mid-altown, Ohio." The project will repurpose $500 million originally granted to the company under the Biden
administration that would have shifted the plant from coal power to hydrogen power. Cleveland Cliffs will also invest $500 million, now the plant will get an update to its blast furnace and a technology upgrade. For NPR News, I'm Lily Halorin, in Mid-altown. Wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat, rusty bombs
and mines from World War I and II below the landscape. You're listening to NPR News.
This is newest space-based observatory, as best a critical milestone prior to launch.
As Jopalga reports, the Nancy Gray's Roman Space Telescope is set to leave Earth at the end of this month. "The milestone was a flight readiness review where all relevant teams report on the mission status prior to launch. Roman, as the telescope is known to its friends, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon
heavy rocket August 30th from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The new observatory is what's known as a survey telescope. Instead of staring at a small patch of sky, looking intently at a limited number of objects, Roman will look at wide swaths of the sky. It will be using a new technique to search for planets orbiting distant stars, and it will
also be searching for type 1A supernovas, a kind of exploding star that astronomers used to measure the speed at which the universe is expanding. For NPR News, I'm Jopalga." A humanoid robot, developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honour, has run 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record held by Jamaican Sprinter Hussein Bolt.
The robot aptly named Lightning reached a peak speed of just over 35 miles per hour during a test run for the second world humanoid robot games which have opened in Beijing. It surpassed the 9.58 second men's 100 meter world record set by Bolt at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009. The robot stands about 6 feet tall, its legs are three feet long.
I'm Linda Kenyan, NPR News in Washington. For the first time a US government dad 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.
