The News Roundup For May 2, 2025

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

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Summary

As dropping approval ratings rolled in at the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to claim that America is currently living with Biden's stock market and not his.

A Vermont judge ordered the release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi this week. He had been detained by ICE during a final interview for his American citizenship.

As Donald Trump's trade war continues, traditional U.S. trading partners are seeking to make connections with other global economic powerhouses.

The U.S. announced a deal this week that will see it receive a share of the revenue from Ukraine's mineral deposits and the creation of a joint investment fund shared by the two countries.

We cover all the biggest headlines from the week for this installment of the News Roundup.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen.
0:10.4	Hi, it's Naila Boodoo, your host for this edition of The News Roundup.
0:13.8	Just a quick heads up before we start the show, the news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode.
0:21.7	You can stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local NPR member station and visiting npr.org.
0:35.1	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Naila Boodoo, and this is the News Roundup. We got a big new
0:41.2	indication this week of how President Trump's policies are affecting the U.S. economy, and it's not
0:46.7	looking good. The GDP, that's the value of all U.S. goods and services, declined by 0.3%
0:52.7	in the first three months of the year. That's the GDP's
0:56.4	worst performance in three years. And it's a turnaround from the 2.4% growth in the last three
1:03.6	months of 2024 under former President Biden. The job numbers showed hiring slowed in April,
1:09.1	but not by too much. And another federal judge has weighed in on Trump's immigration policies.
1:14.5	There's a lot for us to digest from the week that saw Donald Trump mark his first 100 days with us to break it down.
1:21.1	In studio with me, Megan Scully, Congress editor at Bloomberg News.
1:24.5	Megan, good to have you back with us.
1:26.2	Great to be here.
1:27.2	Jeff Mason is also joining us, White House correspondent for Reuters.
1:30.2	Hi, Jeff.
1:31.3	Hi there.
1:31.8	Great to be with you.
1:33.0	Also with us, Anita Kumar.
1:34.7	She's the head of standards and practices at Politico.
1:37.7	Anita, always great to have you.
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