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Four Key Facts About Trump’s New Tariffs, and a Town Hall Showdown
10 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2025 at 10:00 am.
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Plus, inside the weight-loss drug wars. 

On Today’s Episode:

Staggering U.S. Tariffs Begin as Trump Widens Trade War, by Tony Romm

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat, by Tripp Mickle and Ana Swanson

Trump and Putin to Meet in ‘Coming Days,’ Kremlin Aide Confirms, by Nataliya Vasilyeva

A G.O.P. Congressman Faced Hometown Voters. It Wasn’t Pretty, by Annie Karni

Another Pakistani Woman Is Killed for ‘Honor,’ but She’s Not Forgotten, by Elian Peltier and Zia ur-Rehman

How Ozempic’s Maker Lost Its Shine After Creating a Wonder Drug, by Eshe Nelson

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