Trump Focuses on Affordability in PA., Ghislaine Maxwell Files Unsealing Moves Forward, NVIDIA–China Chip Deal Raises Concerns, Fed Weighs Rate Cuts, L.A. Parking Crackdown, AP's Male Athlete of the Year, Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal Sparks Alarm

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

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President Trump is in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, defending his record on affordability. New details in the Epstein investigation might emerge in the coming days after a federal judge in New York approved the Justice Department's request. Also, Nvidia shares are falling today after Trump announced Monday that the California-based company would be able to sell its H200 AI chip to approved customers in China. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is expected to again lower interest rates. In Los Angeles, Times reporter Karen Garcia profiled Joey Garcia, a working dad by day and a street parking defender by night. And Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is named Male Athlete of the Year by The Associated Press. In business, Netflix's proposed buyout of Warner Bros. is sparking concern in the movie industry, while a closer look at Netflix's CEO, Ted Sarandos, reveals the road to the deal.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:09.0	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to Headlines from L.A. Times Studios.
0:14.4	Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:18.4	President Trump is in Pennsylvania Tuesday, defending his record on making America
0:23.7	more affordable. Trump stopped in Scranton in the northeastern part of the state before onto
0:29.4	a rally in Mount Pocono. That stands in a battleground congressional district. But many Americans
0:35.4	don't see America as being affordable. A recent Politico poll
0:39.5	found that 37% of surveyed 2024 Trump voters say the cost of living is the worst they can
0:46.8	ever remember it being. Earlier in the day, President Trump said this in a political interview.
0:52.1	A plus. A plus. A plus.
0:54.5	Yeah, A plus, plus, plus, plus, plus.
0:56.0	Well, it's interesting.
0:57.0	I inherited a mess.
0:58.0	I inherited a total mess.
1:00.0	Prices were at an all-time high.
1:02.0	When I came in, prices are coming down substantially.
1:05.0	Look at energy.
1:06.0	You and I discussed before the interview, energy.
1:08.0	Energy has come down incredibly.
1:10.0	When energy comes down, everything,
1:11.7	because it's so much bigger than any other subject. On paper, the economy is holding up. Markets
1:17.1	are up and growth is steady, but millions of Americans still feel that housing, food,
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