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The total fertility rate is a small number with big consequences.
It measures how many babies, on average, each woman will have over her lifetime. And for a population to remain stable - flat, no growth, no decline - women, on average, have to have 2.1 kids.
In the U.S., that number is 1.6, and dropping. It's driving a new political debate about what – if anything – can be done about it.
The thing is, beneath that demographic data point are millions of families making intimate decisions about kids. NPR's Sarah McCammon and Brian Mann dug into the politics and personal stories behind America's shrinking birthrate.
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Israel's defence minister says he has instructed its military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the territory. Also on the programme, the first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use; and, tomorrow could be the shortest day in history because the Earth's rotation appears to be speeding up.
(Photo: Smoke rises in Gaza after an explosion, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
On Monday, President Trump announced new tariffs on 14 different countries that would be taking effect on August 1. These tariffs range from 25% to 40%, and are focused predominantly on Asian countries. Reset sits down with Cécile Shea, nonresident senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, to find out how these tariffs could impact both Illinois.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
U.S. copper prices soared to a new all-time high after President Trump said Washington will slap imports of the metal with a 50% tariff. Plus, solar stocks fall on news that the White House will enforce the halt to clean-electricity tax credits faster than expected. And, Amazon is expecting record sales as its Prime Day event begins. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts.
P.M. Edition for July 8. During a cabinet meeting today, President Trump announced a 50% tariff on copper and threatened the European Union with steep tariffs if it doesn't reach a trade deal with the U.S. WSJ reporter Kim Mackrael says the EU’s member states are split as to how to handle Trump’s demands. Plus, the Supreme Court has lifted a halt on President Trump’s plan to shrink the federal workforce, clearing the way for potential mass layoffs of federal workers. And New York City real-estate executives are fighting to block Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani from winning the general election in November. Reporter Rebecca Picciotto explains why they’re switching their support (and money) from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to incumbent Eric Adams. Alex Ossola hosts.
I have one piece of advice for President Donald Trump.
Whether it's dealing with the fallout from executive orders, mass deportations, or bombing foreign countries without explicit congressional approval, President Trump just simply needs to remind his critics that nothing he’s doing is “ahistorical or unprecedented,” advises Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”
“So, they're saying he is deporting, deporting, deporting people. Well, Barack Obama deported more people in his tenure than any other prior president—2.5 million. And he focused on criminal aliens. He said so. Just like Donald Trump did. And as far as cages and detention centers, Obama created them. So Trump just said, ‘I'm just following the precedent of Obama.’"
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A typewriter recently discovered in a basement in upstate New York holds important clues about the origins of Chinese computing. And brings up questions about language and culture.
When President Trump paused most of his “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days last spring, the administration had hoped to cut dozens of trade deals. As trade advisor Peter Navarro put it, there could be "90 deals in 90 days." But as Trump’s deal deadline approached, it became clear that the administration’s deal-making push has hit some snags, resulting in only a handful of agreements with the UK, China, and Vietnam. This week, Trump extended his deadline to August 1st and sent public letters to many U.S. trading partners. WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains the sticking points that have gotten in the way of “90 deals in 90 days.” Annie Minoff hosts.
Looking at the company and stock behind the summer shopping event.
(00:21) Anand Chokkavelu, Jason Hall, and Matt Frankel discuss:
- The Aug.1 tariffs
- This year’s four-day Prime Day (and whether Amazon stock is a deal)
- Elon Musk’s political party and Tesla
- Bold predictions
Companies discussed: AMZN, TSLA
Host: Anand Chokkavelu
Guests: Jason Hall, Matt Frankel
Engineer: Dan Boyd
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