The trade deficit — the difference between what the U.S. imports and what it exports — shrank by the most ever recorded in a single month in April. That news follows the largest widening of the trade deficit on record in the first quarter. We'll unpack what to make of it all. Also, service sector activity falls as tariffs take a bite, and predictive contracts raise questions around gambling regulation.
Newshour - President Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the US
Those banned include people from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Haiti and Sudan. Citizens from another seven countries face travel restrictions. President Trump said the new rules were designed to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors and to stop people overstaying their visas. We hear from Republican Congressman Clay Higgins, who supports the move, and ask American law professor Barbara McQuade about its rationale and legality.
Also in the programme: as the bodies of two more hostages are recovered by the Israeli military in Gaza, we speak to the father of one hostage whose whereabouts are still unknown. And some new research that offers a glimmer of hope for an eventual cure for HIV.
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Bad Faith - Episode 480 – Towards a New U.N. (w/ Craig Mokhiber)
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Craig Mokhiber, international human rights law specialist who stepped down from his post as director of the New York office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights after October 7th, returns to Bad Faith to discuss the Rafah massacre in which dozens of Palestinians were killed by the IDF while waiting for aid, the Gaza Tribunal's Sarajevo Conference in which legal scholars, human rights experts, journalists, and survivors pushed a civil society-led initiative for accountability for Israel; and the potential for U.N. reform now that the U.S. is withdrawing funding, and perhaps influence, from the United Nations.
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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Mike Howell, the executive director of the Heritage Oversight Project, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss President Donald Trump's orders demanding an investigation into Joe Biden's cognitive decline and his alleged use of an autopen.
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Start Here - Trump’s New Travel Ban
President Trump says he’s implementing a full travel ban on nationals from a dozen countries, while also directing an investigation into former Biden administration officials. The Congressional Budget Office says a Republican “mega-bill” would spend $2.4 trillion more than it saves. And federal agents arrest a man suspected of aiding an attack on an IVF center.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: One Local Impediment to Free-Range Kids
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
Parents might embrace their children’s independence, but how much support do those parents have in the form of local infrastructure? Andrea Keith of Let Grow explains.
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CBS News Roundup - 06/05/2025 | World News Roundup
President Trump issues new travel ban targeting some African and Middle Eastern countries. Taking aim at Harvard. Big day for video gamers. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Marketplace All-in-One - A creative way to get federal money sent back
Expect the White House to keep trying to claw back money that Congress appropriated and that the Trump administration is supposed to spend. Administration officials think they’ve found a loophole in the law that runs out the clock on federal funding through a process known as rescission. We'll hear more. Plus, a group of Altadena homeowners who lost houses to this year’s wildfires are banding together to try to keep rebuilding costs down.
Marketplace All-in-One - India takes the U.S. to task over tariffs
From the BBC World Service: India formally takes its dispute with the U.S. to the World Trade Organization, challenging Washington’s global tariffs on cars. Then, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia work to stop Russia's fleet of illegal oil tankers from passing through the Baltic Sea. And later, students at the University of Havana in Cuba boycott classes over a sharp hike in mobile internet fees, and the Nintendo Switch 2 launches worldwide.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Chicago Fire Hopes For A New $650 Million Stadium
As the Chicago Bears work to finalize a site for a new stadium, possibly outside city limits, Chicago’s Major League Soccer team, which currently plays home games at Soldier Field, is developing its own plan for a future home in the city. Reset gets the details from Crain’s Chicago Business commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker.
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