This week on up first from Minneapolis to Venezuela to the Federal Reserve,
one of the biggest stories of the year so far is how the Trump administration is using presidential power.
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President Trump is promoting new ideas for dealing with concerns voters have about affordability.
As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Trump visited a truck plant in Michigan yesterday.
Trump's speech in Detroit lasted more than an hour and included a lot of commentary that had nothing to do with the economy.
But on the matter of bringing down the cost of living,
Trump talked about his recent pitch to have credit card companies cap interest rates at 10% for a year.
And it's unfair.
The rates are way too high.
Trump even called Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren this week.
She said she told him capping credit card rates would require congressional action and he would have to fight for it.
Tamara Keith, NPR News.
In Iran,
activists say more than 2,400 protesters have been killed in demonstrations around the country over economic issues.
Thousands have been arrested after authorities launched a brutal crackdown to stem the dissent that started three weeks ago.
Mahmoud Amiri Magadam is with the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Group.