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Trump Bars U.S. Travel for Citizens of 12 Countries

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 5. President Trump is reinstating a controversial immigration policy from his first term, banning travel to the U.S. from a host of countries largely in the Middle East and North Africa. Plus, Dow Jones Newswires economics editor Paul Hannon discusses the tricky needle central bankers will need to thread as inflation concerns spike, even if that’s not yet showing up in the data. And gamers worldwide scramble to get their hands on Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8

President Trump signs a sweeping travel ban and takes fresh aim at Harvard's foreign students.

0:36.9

Plus, the tricky needle that central bankers have to thread as inflation concerns spike,

0:43.3

but the data doesn't add up.

0:45.3

The question for center bankers is how quickly are those increases in inflation expectations

0:51.3

going to translate into fresh demands for higher wages,

0:55.5

and then another round of price increases.

0:58.5

And gamers worldwide scramble to get their hands on Nintendo's new Switch 2 console.

1:04.8

It's Thursday, June 5th.

1:06.6

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

1:11.7

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:18.8

We begin with a trio of actions taken by the White House, starting with President Trump

1:23.8

signing a travel ban, preventing citizens from 12 countries from traveling to the U.S.

1:29.3

The countries are largely in the Middle East and Africa and include Afghanistan, Iran, and Yemen.

1:35.3

Trump defended the move, saying it followed a State Department security review.

1:39.3

Their analysis considered are the large-scale presence of terrorists,

1:44.5

failure to cooperate on visa security,

1:48.5

inability to verify travelers' identities,

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