Roundup: Trump Vs. The Fed; Harvard Fights Back

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

As the White House continued to adjust its tariff policies, President Trump lashed out against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, saying his "termination cannot come fast enough." Trump thinks the Fed should be more aggressive in lowering interest rates.

Then, a look at why Harvard University is fighting against efforts to have billions of dollars in federal funding rescinded.

And, a star-studded trip to space.

This episode: political correspondent Ashley Lopez, White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, education correspondent Elissa Nadworny, and senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day.
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0:25.8	Hi, this is Liz, and I'm enjoying the sounds of morning on my back patio in Lake Chappalo, Mexico.
0:34.7	This podcast was recorded at.
0:36.9	12.34 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 14th, 2025. Things may have changed by the time you hear it,
0:44.8	but I'll be enjoying the sunrise over Mount Garcia. Enjoy the show.
0:58.6	Oh my gosh. It's amazing how much this instantly, like, lowered my blood pressure.
1:02.4	Yeah. That was so nice. That is Zen. I love the rooster. Excellent touch.
1:07.5	Sounds like quite the escape. Yeah, seriously. Hey there. It's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics. I'm Danielle Kurtzleben. I cover the White House.
1:11.6	And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. And it's time for our weekly
1:15.9	news roundup. There was a lot of big economic news this week from the White House. Let's start
1:20.7	with President Trump's ongoing push for tariffs. Danielle, we've talked a lot about tariffs these last
1:26.0	few weeks. And even in just those few weeks, things have changed a lot.
1:29.9	Yeah. So the latest started just after our last Friday News Roundup went out.
1:34.9	So last Friday, Customs and Border Protection released a list of products that are now being excluded from tariffs on overseas goods.
1:43.9	And it turned out it was a lot of electronic stuff.
1:46.9	It was semiconductors, laptops, and cell phones, among some other more technical things.
1:53.1	And this was a real surprise because a lot of those electronic things that are excluded now come from China.
1:59.7	And China is where the U.S. has really, really high tariffs of
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