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🗓️ 22 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, |
| 0:07.4 | working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:15.1 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says he's raising his new global tariffs from |
| 0:22.4 | 10% to 15%. This after the Supreme Court yesterday struck down most of his earlier tariffs against |
| 0:29.0 | imports to the U.S. He's using a different authority for these new tariffs, but they expire in |
| 0:34.4 | 150 days without congressional approval. |
| 0:42.2 | Impairs Daniel Kurtzleben says the court's ruling is a blow to his presidential power. |
| 0:45.0 | Tariffs have just given Trump enormous power. |
| 0:50.1 | He had claimed he had the ability to impose tariffs when he wanted, at what level he wanted. |
| 0:55.5 | And as the head of an economic superpower, that gave Trump massive leverage over other countries. |
| 1:00.0 | And he used that to make trade deals on pharmaceutical pricing, even for diplomacy. |
| 1:03.9 | And now he doesn't necessarily have that same power anymore. |
| 1:05.5 | And peers Daniel Kurtzleben. |
| 1:11.1 | Some of the tariffs Trump had imposed under different sections of the Trade Act, including on steel, |
| 1:17.7 | aluminum, and cars will stay. But what happens to the $133 billion in now unlawful tariffs collected? |
| 1:24.3 | This is a thorny issue for courts in U.S. customs as companies and Democratic governors demand refunds. |
| 1:29.4 | Federal environmental regulators have repealed standards for limiting mercury and other air pollution from coal plants. Montana is home to the country's biggest emitter. Ellis Yulin, |
| 1:35.4 | from Julin, rather, from Montana Public Radio reports. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized |
| 1:40.7 | its repeal of the 2024 mercury and air toxic standards. The policy would have required |
| 1:45.2 | power plants to install filtration systems to capture pollutants like mercury, arsenic, and lead. |
| 1:50.4 | The Trump administration says the move will save utility companies money, but health professionals |
| 1:54.1 | say the costs outweigh any savings. Rob Byron is an internist in rural Montana. |
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