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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Trump has backed down from some of his biggest tariffs, but many remain in place, including a staggering 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods. China is retaliating, then it has the White House, again, considering how to help farmers. Here's MPiress Daniel Kurtzleben.

U.S. tariffs can make farm supplies more expensive, while foreign tariffs mean farmers sell less

overseas. As a result, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says Trump is considering direct payments to farmers.

It's something he did during his first term trade dispute with China.

John Peel, who farms in Northern Illinois, says those payments were helpful.

But...

That was just for the one year.

What about the market loss that continued through his term and into Biden's term?

I think the amount is incredible.

U.S. soybean exports to China plummeted in Trump's first term, and they haven't

recovered, as China has bought more soy from Brazil instead. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News.

The House of Representatives passed legislation today by a 220 to 20-28 vote that will require

showing proof of citizenship in person to register to vote in federal elections.

The PR's Jew Jaffe Block reports what Republicans have dubbed the SAVE Act as a GOP priority that's fiercely opposed by voting rights advocates.

The bill was expected to pass in the House.

Supporters say the SAVE Act is needed to ensure only American citizens vote in American elections,

though cases of non-citizen voting have been rare.

But voting rights advocates and Democrats say the bill could disenfranchise tens of millions of voters

and create barriers for others, including married women who don't have an ID that matches the name on their birth certificate.

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