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Jack Spear
In Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The Trump administration's 25% tariffs on all cars built outside of the US is already rippling through the industry. It would affect not only foreign automakers, but also the big three US Carmakers who'll build at least some of their vehicles they sell in the U.S. in countries like Mexico and Canada. The Trump administration says it will bring jobs back to the country. However, NPR Scott Horsey says analysts are.
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Scott Horsley
Skeptical unionized auto workers cheered the president's move. They're hopeful more cars and parts will be built in the US but, you know, it's not entirely clear that's really going to happen. The White House is also counting on these tariffs to raise about $100 billion a year for the government. And the only way that happens is if most of the manufacturer stays where it is. If production really were to shift to the US Then that tariff revenue would go down.
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Jack Spear
Tariffs set to take effect next week. Tariffs are essentially a tax, and much of that cost is likely to be borne by consumers who are already paying near record high prices for new cars and trucks. Federal land managers are touting the first oil and gas lease auction on public lands under the Trump administration. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports. The $39 million sale marks an increase compared to the last years of the Biden era.
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Kirk Sigler
President Trump's Secretary of the Interior, Dou Burgum, has been charged with fast tracking oil and gas leasing on federal land in the West. And while this first sale was required by the law and is rather routine, its new leases on 25,000 acres of land from New Mexico to Wyoming is a notable increase and is more on par with historical averages. Since the early 2000s, the Biden administration had sought to limit the amount of new public land open to drilling and even lease some of it for conservation. The new administration is promising to cut red tape from the time a lease is issued to an actual permit to drill. Still, many companies in the last decade have preferred to drill on private land, which helped lead to record US Oil production last year. Kirk Zigler, NPR News, Boise.
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Jack Spear
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. may have revoked more than 300 visas. NPR's Joel Rose reports. Rubio's comments came after the arrest of another graduate student who expressed support for Palestinians.
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Marco Rubio
Secretary Rubio was asked about the arrest of Rumesa Ozturk, a graduate student from Turkey who was detained this week in Massachusetts by plainclothes agents wearing masks. He said the State Department has revoked her visa and hundreds more.
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Unnamed Source
It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.
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Marco Rubio
Rubio said the US Would not give visas to people who participate in, quote, vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, but he provided no evidence that Ozturk had done any of those things. Ozturk was arrested a year after she co wrote an op ed in a student newspaper urging Tufts University to divest from companies with ties to Israel and to, quote, acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. Joel Rose, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall street today. The dow was down 155 points. You're listening to NPR. A lawyer for the Associated Press is calling on a federal judge to reinstate the AP's access to the White House press pool along with some other events. Lawyers saying the Trump administration's ban should be overturned after the news agency, quote, has now spent 44 days in the penalty box. The AP and the administration are in court following removal of AP reporters and photographers from the White House press pool over a fight about how to refer to the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump has renamed the Gulf of America. The Sundance Film Festival will have a new home beginning in 2027, as NPR's Mandalito Barco reports. Boulder, Colorado won the bid to host the annual event.
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Mandalit del Barco
Sundance will relocate from Park City, Utah, to a new snowy and picturesque locale after a year long search for a new host city. Boulder beat out other finalists, Salt Lake City and Cincinnati, Ohio. In announcing the move, Sundance officials noted that Boulder is a college town, an art town and a tech hub surrounded by natural beauty, the Rocky Mountains. They also said Boulder's welcoming environment aligns with the ethos of the festival, which celebrates independent storytellers. Since 1985, cinephiles have gathered in Park City to watch indie movie premieres ever since actor Robert Redford established the nonprofit Sundance Institute and Film Festival. Next year's festival will be the last in Park City before before moving to Colorado in 2027. Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
Crude oil futures prices closed modestly higher today. Oil was up 27 cents a barrel to end the session at 69. 92 a barrel. In New York, I'm Jack Spear, NPR News, in Washington.
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