Tariffs And Inflation, Epstein Conspiracy Theories, Public Broadcasting Cuts

关税与通胀,爱泼斯坦阴谋论,公共广播削减

Up First

2025-07-16

13 分钟
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Escalating import tariffs are beginning to show up in the prices that consumers pay. The President has backtracked on his promise to release government's files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the Senate has approved a cut of more than one billion dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – which provides money to NPR, PBS and their member stations. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Rafael Nam, Brett Neely, Gerry Holmes, Janaya Williams and HJ Mai. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenburg. And our technical director is Zo van Ginhoven. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • How are you adjusting to the hours, by the way, Sarah?

  • The hours?

  • Yes.

  • I like how you had to think about that.

  • Like, what time is it anyway?

  • I mean, I feel kind of like 20 years ago, almost, when I had a new baby.

  • But it's fine.

  • It's fine, Steve.

  • This program is your baby now.

  • This is now the baby.

  • We have a forecast for prices in the second half of the year.

  • I think people are in for at least another six months or so of slowly increasing inflation.

  • It already crept up a little, so how much are tariffs to blame?

  • I'm Sarah McCammon, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News.

  • Republicans in Congress have supported President Trump all the way until it came to the matter of the Epstein files.

  • It's a very delicate subject, but we should.

  • We should put everything out there and let the people decide it.

  • What makes so many Trump supporters doubt the administration?

  • Also,

  • the Senate considers the president's request to claw back funds for foreign aid and public broadcasting.