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President Trump says the reciprocal tariffs he plans to impose next month might just be the beginning

and that there could be some pain for the U.S. economy.

And Pierce Tamara Keith has more.

Trump made the comments in a sit-down interview on the Fox News program Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartaromo.

Are you expecting a recession this year?

I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we're doing

is very big. We're bringing wealth back to America. That's a big thing. And there are always periods of,

it takes a little time. He dismissed concerns raised by business leaders that the on-again-off-again tariffs in recent weeks have created uncertainty, saying that's just a talking point.

Tamara Keith, NPR News.

Israel has ordered its power company to immediately cut off the electricity supply to Gaza.

As NPR's Hidal- al-Sholchi reports,

it's the latest tactic Israel is using to pressure Hamas to agree to an extension of the first

phase of the ceasefire deal. Israel's decision to cut off the electricity supply to Gaza comes a week

after it blocked all aid, including food and medical supplies,

into the strip. Israel wants Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of a ceasefire deal,

which ended last month. In it, Hamas would free half of the remaining hostages. But the militant

group says it wants to begin talks for a second phase of the ceasefire deal. That proposal would

see a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza

and a permanent end to the war.

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