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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, March 8

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

President Trump announced tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, despite strong objections from fellow Republicans. Economic adviser Gary Cohn became the latest Trump administration official to resign, adding to a record breaking rate of turnover in this White House. Stormy Daniels, the porn star who allegedly had an affair with Trump years ago, has filed suit against him. And in California, a high level of excitement among Democrats has led to very crowded primaries that could actually pose problems for the party. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Scott Horsley, congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, and editor correspondent Ron Elving. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bonjour à tous, this is Ronnie calling from Ottawa, Canada, where the parliamentary interns

0:04.5

are eagerly preparing for our upcoming study tour to Washington DC.

0:08.5

This podcast was recorded at...

0:10.0

150 PM on Thursday the 8th of March.

0:13.5

Things may have changed by the time you hear this.

0:15.3

Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage on npr.org, on the NPR1 app, and on your local

0:20.6

public radio station.

0:21.6

Alright, here's the show.

0:23.6

Abiento.

0:24.6

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast here with our weekly roundup of political news,

0:33.2

and there is a lot to round up.

0:35.4

President Trump is moving to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

0:40.0

Economic advisor Gary Cohn became the latest Trump administration official to resign, adding

0:45.0

to a record breaking rate of turnover in this White House.

0:48.7

And we are going to talk through the curious case of Stormy Daniels, the porn star who

0:53.6

allegedly had an affair with President Trump years ago, and now is suing him.

0:59.0

Plus, Scott Detre was on a reporting trip in California, and he's going to dial in to

1:03.3

tell us what he's learned.

1:04.7

I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House for NPR.

1:07.3

I'm Scott Horsley, I also cover the White House.

1:09.1

I'm Danielle Kurtz-Layvin, political reporter.

1:11.2

And I'm Ron Helving, Editor-Core-respondent.

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