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Dave Mattingly
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump is expected to begin rolling out his latest round of tariffs today. NPR's Tamara Keith says the president has described this as Liberation Day.
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Tamara Keith
President Trump has been hyping up this day for weeks, saying tariffs will boost the US Economy even though most economists say the cost of tariffs will be paid by American consumers. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says one of Trump's goals is to build back a domestic manufacturing base in the US it's simple.
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Caroline Levitt
If you make your product in America, you will pay no tariffs.
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Tamara Keith
Manufacturing in the U.S. however, is generally more expensive. Levitt says tariffs will take effect immediately, though Trump has also said he is open to negotiation. So whatever is announced today may not be where the tariffs ultimately land. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White house.
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Dave Mattingly
Additionally, Trump's 25% tariffs on US imports of cars and auto parts take effect tomorrow. Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey now holds the record for the longest continuous speech on the Senate floor. Booker rallied against President Trump's policies for 25 hours before calling it quits last night. During his speech, Booker described Trump's executive orders and mass layoffs of federal employees as grave threats to American democracy. Trump has said the government downsizing is necessary to stop the country from continuing to rack up massive debt. Booker's marathon speech broke the record set 68 years ago by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spent most of his Senate career as a Republican. Voters in Wisconsin have chosen the liberal backed candidate to fill an open seat on the state Supreme Court as Mayon Silver with member station WUWM reports. Political analysts viewed the race as a litmus test of the president's first two months. Back in the White House, Susan Crawford.
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Ayan Silver
Touted her common sense and experience representing Planned Parenthood and labor interests. Her opposition, Brad Schimmel, was endorsed by Trump and funded to the tune of at least $25 million by billionaire Elon Musk. Voters like Serena Satow, who knocked on doors for Crawford, said that the message is that democracy wins and that Musk and Trump's actions are deeply unpopular.
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Dave Mattingly
When we talked to people over and over, they were furious with what they are doing to the federal government, furious that Musk is trying to buy their vote.
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Ayan Silver
Spending in the race is expected to tally in at more than $100 million, the most expensive judicial race in American history. For NPR News, I'm Ayan Silver in Milwaukee.
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Dave Mattingly
In Florida, voters have chosen Republicans Jimmy Petronas and Randy Fine to fill a pair of House seats left open by the resignations of Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz. This is NPR News. Actor Val Kilmer has died of pneumonia at the age of 65. That's according to his daughter speaking to the Associated Press and the New York Times. Kilmer was known for lead roles in movies such as Batman Forever and the Doors, where he played singer Jim Morrison. Kilmer also won acclaim for his supporting roles in the western Tombstone, where he played Doc Holliday, a the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun alongside actor Tom Cruise, where he portrayed the naval aviator Iceman. Kilmer also appeared briefly in the sequel Top Maverick several years ago. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, but eventually recovered. The NFL is going high tech when it comes to measuring first downs. Beginning next season, the league will do away with its chain crews, opting instead for a system of cameras to determine down and distance. And NPR's Becky Sullivan reports.
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Caroline Levitt
Chain crews have been part of football since before the NFL existed. So, too has been the laborious process of officials trotting out onto the field holding two orange markers connected by a 10 yard long chain to measure precisely whether the football has reached a first down. That will now be replaced by a camera based system from Hawkeye, the tech company owned by Sony that provides automated replay reviews in other sports like tennis. The new technology can't determine where to place the football, though, because the bodies on the field block the camera views. So that will still be up to hum referees and replay review to determine. Becky Sullivan, NPR News.
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Dave Mattingly
NFL owners also voted to move touchbacks on kickoffs to the 35 yard line. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.
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