UNBIASED Politics (8/4/25): Trump Fires Head of Labor Statistics, Texas Re-Districting Drama Explained, a $200M White House Ballroom, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutting Down, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: President Trump Signs Two New Executive Orders Modifying Tariffs (0:00) Trump Fires Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics Following Negative Job Report (5:23) Corporation for Public Broadcasting Says It's Shutting Down Amid Funding Cuts (11:25) What We Know About the $200M White House Ballroom Project (16:15) Office of Special Counsel to Probe Jack Smith Over Potential Violations of Law (20:57) Listener Q&A: Did Trump Ask the Smithsonian to Remove Impeachment Information? (23:47) A New Law that Makes You Legally Married After Being in a Relationship for More than 5 Years? (26:02) What's Going on in Texas with the Re-Districting Drama? (27:59) Quick Hitters: Senate Rejects NIH Budget Cuts, Gifford Fire Grows in California, Manhunt Underway for Montana Shooting Suspect (36:29) Critical Thinking Segment (37:56) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	unbiased your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to unbiased politics.
0:39.0	Today is Monday, August 4th.
0:40.4	Let's talk about some news, starting with a couple of executive orders from last week related
0:46.1	to tariffs.
0:46.8	So last Thursday, President Trump signed two executive orders modifying tariffs.
0:53.2	I want to break down each of those orders and talk about
0:55.9	how they change the original tariff plan that we talked about back in April. So back in April,
1:01.7	as I'm sure a lot of you remember, President Trump announced these so-called Liberation Day tariffs,
1:07.0	right? They were scheduled to take effect in two phases on April 5th and April 9th,
1:11.4	and they included two key components. So first, a baseline, 10% tariff on imports from all
1:18.0	countries, except Canada and Mexico because of an existing trade agreement. And then second,
1:23.9	country-specific tariffs. And these country-specific tariffs were based on each country's
1:30.5	trade deficit with the United States. And a trade deficit, just so we're all on the same page,
1:35.3	is the difference between how much the U.S. imports from a country versus how much it exports to
1:42.5	that country. If we buy more from a country than they buy from us,
1:47.9	we have a trade deficit with that country. So under Trump's plan, countries with which we have a
1:53.9	higher trade deficit would face higher tariffs. Now, we know since that original order was signed
2:00.1	in April, President Trump has reached
2:02.5	individual trade agreements with various countries like Japan, South Korea, the EU, the UK, and some
2:09.2	others. One of the two executive orders that was signed last Thursday modifies the original
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