A.M. Edition for Aug 1. As the deadline for many countries to clinch trade agreements expires, President Trump moves to hike levies on scores of countries, while delaying their implementation until Aug 7. WSJ finance editor Alex Frangos unpacks the ins and outs of this new trade order. Plus, WSJ data reporter Inti Pacheco takes a stroll down main street to explain how tariffs are affecting American businesses and consumers. And, Ray Dalio sells his remaining stake in Bridgewater, the hedge fund that made him a billionaire. Azhar Sukri hosts.
The aims of France, Britain and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state are laudable—but now is not the time to deploy what little leverage they have. AI optimists reckon the era of superintelligence will bring about explosive growth; we ask what that world would look like. And remembering Tom Lehrer, whose rare gift for satirical song skewered anything and anyone.
President Trump’s trade deadline passes - but some of its most draconian tariffs won’t go into effect until next week. A top White House advisor will visit Gaza today, as Palestinians swarm aid trucks. And a White House decree aims to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test.
We’re talking about historic new tariffs President Trump unveiled for countries all around the world.
Also, the response to last month’s Texas floods is being scrutinized as new flooding impacts a different part of the country.
Plus: the latest and most ambitious project yet in Trump’s White House makeover, which “rite of passage” is coming to public schools, and how Justin Timberlake is responding to backlash from his own fans.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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The United States has imposed travel restrictions on members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, accusing them of undermining peace efforts with Israel. The US State Department said those targeted continued to support terrorism and were internationalising the conflict, for example through the International Criminal Court. Washington's special envoy Steve Witkoff, who's in Israel trying to salvage Gaza ceasefire talks, will travel to the territory on Friday where he will inspect aid distribution sites. Also: In another blow to the Pakistan opposition leader, Imran Khan, senior members of his party have been jailed for up to ten years, and scientists exploring the Pacific Ocean say they've discovered entire ecosystems of marine life at depths of over eight kilometres.
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Severe storms hammer the eastern states. Hearing held in Kerrville, Texas on the massive flooding there that led to 138 deaths. Mexico gets a break, but not Canada, as tomorrow's deadline on tariffs nears.
CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
"In an era where false claims are the norm, it's much easier to ignore the fact-checkers." Those are the final words of the final column of Glenn Kessler, who has been The Fact Checker at the Washington Post these last 14 years.
Kessler is one of many journalists making high-profile exits from the Post, some of whom cite the new direction the paper's leadership is taking as the reason they're leaving.
In an interview, Kessler reflects on the arc of the project, why he's leaving, and the value of fact checkers — even if politicians ignore them.
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On this week’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson breaks down the party’s post-2024 election autopsy and explains why they’re doomed to fail if they continue on their trajectory.
“ After the defeat of Kamala Harris in November 2024, the Democrats decided recently to run an autopsy, a discovery, so to speak, of why they lost that election. These autopsies are not uncommon for the losing political party, but they only tend to work if you're honest and you try to analyze every considerable factor or criterion without censorship or without fear.
“ They didn't have issues and policies that reflected their core values, but would also appeal to the middle class. … They don't want to talk about the middle class because their policies—open borders, The Green New Deal, Critical Race Theory, Critical Legal Theory, defund the police—all that have to be rejected because they're anathema to the middle class. They won't do it.”
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