5.12.25 State funding for charter schools, the UK trade deal, and the fight to end slavery

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On Legal Docket, a debate over funding for religious charter schools; on Moneybeat, David Bahnsen discusses a possible tariff “off ramp”; and on History Book, William Wilberforce’s fight to end slavery. Plus, the Monday morning news Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network. Helping entrepreneurs with a purpose find the support they need to thrive with faith-aligned financing options. More at ambassadorsimpact.comAnd from Pensacola Christian College. Academic excellence, biblical worldview, affordable cost. go.pcci.edu/world

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0:00.0	Good morning. Today on legal docket, the fine line between religious neutrality and religious
0:10.9	hostility. A Supreme Court case with the potential to be a landmark ruling highlights our unsavory
0:16.9	past. I think you're rewriting history. Do you think that anti-Catholic bigotry had disappeared from Oklahoma by 1907?
0:23.6	Also today the Monday Moneybeat has President Trump found an off-ramp for the trade war David
0:29.6	Bonson is standing by.
0:31.6	And later the World History Book, The Fight to End Slavery in England.
0:35.6	Sympathy is the great source of humanity.
0:46.8	It's Monday, May 12th.
0:48.7	This is the world and everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:52.5	I'm Mary Reichert.
0:53.6	And I'm Nick Eicher.
0:54.8	Good morning.
0:57.7	Up next, the news with Kent Covington.
1:01.2	The United States and China have reportedly agreed to de-escalate the trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
1:08.7	On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett emerged from talks
1:11.9	with Chinese officials in Switzerland and told reporters. We will be giving details tomorrow,
1:18.1	but I can tell you that the talks were productive. President Trump over the weekend on social
1:24.8	media said we want to see an opening up of China to American
1:28.0	business. Chinese vice-premier Holi Feng also voiced optimism after the meetings.
1:33.2	The atmosphere of the meeting was candid, in-depth, and constructive. The meeting achieved
1:39.8	substantial progress and reached important consensus.
1:49.5	While it was not immediately clear with the two sides had agreed to, Trump on Friday said 80% tariffs on Chinese goods, quote, seems right. The current U.S. tariffs on goods from China add up to
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