If it's Thursday, it's a tariff free-for-all as President Trump declares a flurry of last-minute

agreements and extensions, but with few concrete details, just hours before the administration's

self-imposed deadline that could send prices soaring for some products.

Plus, a political war over district lines as Texas Republicans

moved to gerrymander the state's congressional map to give Republicans five more seats in Congress

as Democrats weigh a plan to fight back with a redistricting scheme of their own. And Republican voters

in one of the most important battleground states weigh in on the

Epstein-Files saga and whether their support for President Trump and his administration could

waver as the fallout intensifies.

Welcome to meet the Press Now.

I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, just hours from the Trump administration's latest self-imposed midnight tariff deadline that could put trade barriers at their highest levels since the 1930s.

But enormous questions remain about the

White House's actual willingness to follow through on its tariff threats as the president announces

a flurry of so-called deals, but with few concrete details. White House press secretary

Caroline Levitt today echoed the president's insistence that tonight's deadline,

which has been extended twice so far, will not be extended again.

We promised that the president would negotiate with countries all around the world to cut tailor-made trade deals depending on those countries' challenges, how badly they've ripped

off the United

States of America and our manufacturing industry and our workforce in the past. And he has done

that. So yes, tomorrow, August 1st, the reciprocal rates will be going into effect. If more

deals are cut between now at midnight, I will never count out the president. You've seen him do

it before.

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