Funding freeze pushback, tariff price increases, frog daddies ‘give birth’ & more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 3 February 2025
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| 0:31.2 | Hi, from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to know for Monday, February 3rd. |
| 0:37.5 | We're two weeks into President Donald Trump's second term, and Democrats are beginning |
| 0:41.9 | to organize their response to his barrage of executive orders and administrative shakeups. |
| 0:47.5 | House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told his members today that he plans to prioritize |
| 0:52.0 | canceling the White House's effort to freeze cash for federal |
| 0:55.4 | programs, calling the effort, quote, illegal. That's likely to spark a massive fight with the |
| 1:00.6 | administration as the March 14th government funding deadline approaches. Jeffreys also told |
| 1:05.6 | members that the party will fight in the courts, with at least 20 different lawsuits challenging |
| 1:09.9 | more than a dozen executive |
| 1:11.2 | actions. So President Trump has paused his tariffs on Mexico and is in talks to do the same with |
| 1:18.2 | Canada. The tariffs were expected to take effect tomorrow and included a 25% duty on all imports |
| 1:24.5 | for Mexico and most goods from Canada. CNN's Elizabeth Buchwald explains exactly which goods you have an extra month to buy before they could cost a lot more. |
| 1:33.3 | Hi, Madeline. So a bit of good news for anyone that was planning a Super Bowl party. |
| 1:37.3 | That's because the tariffs that were set to go in effect on Mexican goods, |
| 1:42.3 | a lot of that would have impacted produce. |
| 1:45.5 | So think avocados and also beer. |
| 1:49.0 | But some other items that would have gotten more expensive that might now be delayed are |
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