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podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump has sent a new round of

letters imposing tariffs on U.S. trading partners. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, this time, it's Mexico and the European

Union getting tariff threats. Trump says he intends to hit both Mexico and the European Union

with a 30 percent tariff rate starting August 1st. In the case of Mexico, he cites the country's

inability to halt the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.

In the EU letter, Trump blames long-term, large, and persistent trade deficits

engendered by tariff and non-tariff policies and trade barriers.

As with all the two dozen or so letters, Trump has sent this month, he threatened Mexico

and the EU with even higher tariffs if they respond

with higher import levies of their own. Initially, Trump said he was trying to secure new, more favorable

trade deals. Now, he says these letters are the deals. Tamara Keith, NPR News. In Kerrville,

Texas, the search for people still missing after the catastrophic July 4th flash flooding on the Guadalupe River is now in its second week.

At least 120 people are dead. More than 170 are still listed as missing.

And last night, several hundred people came together for a vigil.

Steve Futterman has more.

The vigil took place here in front of the

makeshift memorial that has been put up on a stretch of chain link fence, a mixture of flowers,

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