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With the U.S.' northern neighbor at bay, for now, Americans should turn their attention to the south, where Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum continues to criticize proposed remittance taxes while defending illegal immigration and even weighing in on U.S. civil unrest. Why the hostility?

 

On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson asks the question: Why are our supposed “partners” adding fuel to the fire in a time of instability?

 

“  This is the killer. They're going to enforce the law all the way back to 2022. … There's $9 trillion of market capitalization in Silicon Valley. But the idea that they're going to be gouged for $2 or $3 billion right in the middle of these heated discussions.

 

“ They are playing with fire. I have a solution. Maybe we could take Mexico and put it next to Canada and let them fight it out with each other. And keep us out of it.”

(0:00) North American Trade Relations

(0:27) Trade Disputes with Mexico

(2:05) Canada's Digital Services Tax

(3:54) Mexico's Trade Surplus and Remittances

(5:25) Contentious Issues and Proposed Solutions

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P.M. Edition for June 30. Senators have spent hours voting on amendments and procedural motions as Republicans race to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” by their self-imposed July 4 deadline. WSJ tax policy reporter Richard Rubin gives us the latest from the U.S. Capitol. Plus, a Trump administration investigation finds that Harvard University violated students’ civil rights. We hear from Journal higher education reporter Doug Belkin about where the president’s battle against elite U.S. universities stands. And investors love stocks that pay dividends, even though finance professors have long said that dividends don’t matter. But as WSJ investing columnist Spencer Jakab tells us, it’s what people do with the dividends that really makes those investments worthwhile. Alex Ossola hosts.

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Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. The barrage included targets in Western Ukraine, a region far from the front lines that doesn't often see bombardments. We get the latest from our correspondent in Kyiv.

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as President Trump said he would 'love' it if Fed Chair Powell were to resign.

Bitcoin is trading near the $107,500 level as Donald Trump reiterated his desire for interest rates to be cut to 1%. Additionally, the President said he would 'love' it if Fed Chair Powell were to resign. Plus, Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 4,980 BTC last week and Spanish arrested 5 members from a suspected $540 million crypto fraud operation. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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Prospects for negotiations between the United States and Iran on nuclear proliferation have dimmed significantly.

Just a few days ago, it seemed the two sides were ready to return to negotiations. But US President Donald Trump then said he was not speaking to Iran and was not offering Tehran anything. Iran's deputy foreign minister has told the BBC his country won't enter into talks on its nuclear programme.

Also in the programme: We'll get a rare glimpse at life inside the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after three years of Russian occupation; and after calling the shots for 148 years, tennis tournament Wimbledon says goodbye to human line judges.

(Photo: Iran's deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi in an interview with the BBC's Lyse Doucet. Credit: BBC)

At least seven people reportedly killed, and many others wounded during recent anti-government protests in Togo’s capital Lome. The Togolese government denies the allegations.

Who is Victoire Ingabire and why has the Rwandan government locked her up again?

Plus, a look ahead to the Women's African Cup of Nations in Morocco

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The UN is warning that millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war are at risk, after drastic cuts to food programmes. Also: Palestinians in Gaza report one of the worst nights of Israeli bombing in weeks and why Wimbledon is changing one of its oldest traditions.

Martha McMahon details her family's heroic effort to vindicate the name of husband Michael McMahon as he appeals his conviction of stalking and violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act. 

Michael McMahon is a highly decorated NYPD detective who retired and became a private investigator only to find himself in the crosshairs of a weaponized FBI and DOJ after he took part in a seemingly innocuous case that had ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Firefighters ambushed and killed in Idaho. Senate budget debate. Sean Diddy Combs jury gets the case. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Several Senate Republicans are attacking the cuts to Medicaid in the President's massive tax and spending bill, Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine, and two firefighters are dead in North Idaho after an ambush by a sniper.

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