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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Former Congressman Matt

Gates is withdrawing as president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General. NPR's

Ryan Lucas has the story. Matt Gates announced his decision to drop out a day after he met with

several Republican senators on Capitol Hill.

In a post on X, Gates says it is clear that his nomination was unfairly becoming a distraction

to the Trump vance transition. He said there's no time to waste on a, quote, needlessly

protracted confirmation battle. He also said Trump's Justice Department leadership must be in place

and ready on day one,

and so he was withdrawing his name from consideration for Attorney General.

Gates' pick for Attorney General had generated a lot of controversy.

He has almost no legal experience, was recently the subject of a now-closed federal sex trafficking investigation,

and the House Ethics Committee also had been

probing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.

Ryan Lucas NPR News, Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump is pledging to implement sweeping tariffs in his next administration.

NPR's Windsor Johnston reports major retailers say they may be forced to pass on some of the cost increases to consumers.

As companies prepare for an increase in the cost of importing goods,

shoppers could end up paying more at their favorite stores, including the nation's largest retailer, Walmart.

Kent Smetters is a professor of economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

A lot of companies are stockpiling right now anticipating something like this could go through.

So there might be some delay, but I wouldn't be surprised come next summer, you will get some of the effect starting to show up.

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