The infighting inside the White House over tariffs
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Tensions are rising within the White House as a result of inconsistent messaging on the policy goals for tariffs. Bloomberg’s Justin Sink details the challenge in sorting out the varying disputes.
The Trump administration is using a point system to determine who is eligible to be deported. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán with NPR describes how the system is leading to critical errors.
The Los Angeles Times looks at the administration’s attempts to strip legal funding that provides lawyers for children who crossed the border without a parent or legal custodian. Reporter Rachel Uranga describes the scene at the West Los Angeles Immigration Court.
Plus, the National Weather Service stopped translating alerts into other languages, a judge ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with firing thousands of federal workers, and the deadline to get a Real ID is fast approaching.
Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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