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Ft. Stewart soldiers honored, Trump’s new census, Alzheimer’s remedy & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We reveal how the government plans to spend the extra revenue generated from tariffs. Soldiers at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia have been honored for disarming a shooter yesterday. President Donald Trump has ordered work on a new census, excluding a certain group of people. We have an update on the wildfire raging in the south of France. Plus, an old medication may combat the effects of Alzheimer’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi there. From CNN, I'm Aaron Matthewson, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, August 7th.

0:38.7

As the Trump administration implements a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America's trading partners

0:43.9

and marks a major escalation in global trade policy, the U.S. government is expecting to collect

0:49.4

billions in tariff revenue. Just last month, the Treasury Department reported that the U.S. government collected nearly $30 billion in tariff revenue. Just last month, the Treasury Department reported that the U.S. government

0:54.9

collected nearly $30 billion in tariff revenue, which is a 242% jump compared to last July.

1:02.8

But what does the U.S. government plan to do with this money? I turned to CNN's Elizabeth

1:07.5

Buckwold for details.

1:09.5

Hey, Aaron, that's correct. And now Commerce Secretary

1:12.4

Howard Lutnik is saying with all these new tariffs that President Trump put in place today,

1:17.8

that $50 billion a month in tariff revenue could be coming in. Now, what's done with that

1:23.0

revenue is it goes to the Treasury's general account. Think of that as America's checkbook. It pays

1:28.8

bills like Social Security. That's the default setting, and there's a couple other things on the

1:33.8

table that the administration has floated, including tariff rebate checks.

1:39.0

I know that Wakers going through is awful, but we are so proud of it.

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