Imported Steel Tariffs Double, White House Rescission Request, Gaza Aid Paused

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

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Starting today, the tax on imported steel and aluminum doubles to 50 percent. The White House has formally asked Congress to take back $9.4 billion dollars in funding for foreign aid and public media. And, the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation pauses food distribution for the day following another deadly shooting by the Israeli military near one of its sites.

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0:00.0	Good morning, Leila.
0:01.0	Good morning.
0:02.3	Just waking up?
0:03.4	Yes, I'm so tired today.
0:05.1	Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:06.5	But I sound like this all the time.
0:08.7	You're the first person I've spoken to, though.
0:10.5	Wow, I'm touched.
0:13.3	Do you know, I run into, like, listeners who will say that?
0:17.1	They'll say, you're the first person who talks to me in the morning.
0:20.5	Oh, that's sweet.
0:21.7	Yeah.
0:22.2	There might be variance on that.
0:23.9	You're the first person I like who I talk to today.
0:27.0	Everyone else in this house.
0:28.4	Get rid of.
0:33.0	How will new tariffs affect the cost of U.S.-made products that use imported aluminum and steel?
0:39.2	We, as canmakers, pass these increases onto our customers.
0:43.5	Domestic businesses consider the cost.
0:45.6	I'm Steve Inskeep with Laila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:51.6	The White House formally asked Congress to claw back some spending it had previously approved.
0:57.0	The administration made that request after failing to cut spending very much on its own.
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