Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from Google.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Sneak peek this morning. Senator Kamala Harris has penned essay for Elle about

being the stepmother to her husband's two young daughters.

Among other things, she wrote about missing a high school graduation for Senate work.

Some new debate details.

The first Democratic primary debate, which is being aired by NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo,

will be at the Adrian Ars Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Wednesday, June 26th, and Thursday, June 27th.

It will air between 9 and 11 p.m.

As of 12.01 a.m., the tariffs have gone up.

The New York Times is the story, reporting that Trump has raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of

Chinese goods and taken steps to tax nearly all of China's imports as the U.S.-China trade

negotiators failed to come to a deal.

The White House has said talks will resume today, but it's unclear how they will resolve their

differences. China has said they will take necessary countermeasures. The Financial Times reports

that Chinese stocks finished higher despite the impasse.

2020 Democrats are hardly talking about Bob Mueller anymore.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Mueller report is the last word and argued the case is closed.

There's just one person who can't quit Bob Mueller, President Donald Trump.

In one news conference yesterday, he said the Mueller report was the Bible,

called it beautiful and perfect. He regularly tweets about the special counsel and seems to take it as

gospel. It's almost as if Trump feels like the report represents a victory in his long-running war

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