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President Donald Trump is testing the power of the presidency in ways that are stressing global financial markets, federal courts, and changing the United States relationship with the rest of the world. What is Trump trying to do and is it working? Trump's Terms keeps you up to speed. It's a short podcast where we curate NPR's coverage of the Trump administration. Trump's Terms. Listen in the NPR app wherever you get your podcasts.

Live from NPR News wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump is pressing Republicans to rally behind his quote, big, beautiful bill. NPR's Franco Ordonias reports Trump met with senators as the bill comes under fire from a powerful foe. The meeting comes as President Trump's spending plan and tax cut package comes under heavy fire from his former senior advisor, Elon Musk, who is aggressively urging lawmakers to quote, kill the bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with Trump along with other Republicans to discuss

how to push the plan forward. The wheels are in motion on this. As I said before, failure is not an option. We will get this done one way or the other and it's not going to be easy. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected the legislation would add more than $2.4 trillion to the national deficit over the next decade. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, The White House. Imported steel and aluminum just got more expensive. President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on the metals kicked in Wednesday, doubling what

they were earlier this week. Trump said last week the tariffs are needed to secure the steel industry in the United States. Martha Gimble at Yale's Budget Lab estimates the price of new cars will jump by 13 percent because of the tariffs and she says other products will also increase. You can look at the first set of Trump tariffs and how much that has been passed on to consumers and you'll see economists arguing, you know, was it 97 percent passed on, was it 99 percent passed on, was it 100 percent passed on.

That's a fun debate for us to have, but for the American consumer it basically means the same thing. They're going to be paying these tariffs. Gimble, who previously worked in the Biden administration, estimates the average family will pay about $2,500 more for items if the Trump tariffs remain in place as they are. On the backdrop of Israel's offensive in Gaza, France and Saudi Arabia are leading efforts to promote the international recognition of a Palestinian state.

Israel is opposed to the effort and blocked the Saudi foreign minister from visiting the occupied West Bank. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Jerusalem. France and Saudi Arabia are sponsoring a conference in two weeks at the United Nations to rally support for recognizing a Palestinian state. Israel opposes a Palestinian state and is threatening retaliation. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharen Haskell. Unilateral actions may lead to unilateral action on our part as well.

That action could include annexing West Bank land claimed by Palestinians, says an Israeli official who was not authorized to discuss that publicly. Israel barred the Saudi foreign minister and other top officials from visiting the West Bank this week, saying the visit would have promoted a Palestinian state. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Jerusalem. On Wall Street Wednesday, stocks were mixed, and you're listening to NPR News. Local police departments are increasingly signing on to a program that allows them to partner with federal immigration authorities.

NPR's Meg Anderson reports the agreement allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, to use the local police agency's jail space. Sometimes it allows the police to do immigration enforcement work in their own communities. The program is called 287G. There are now more than 600 law enforcement agencies signed on in 40 states. That's nearly five times as many as there were at the end of 2024. Syracuse University professor Austin Coker says that could have unintended consequences for police. The long-standing criticism of 287G is that it sours the relationship between law enforcement

agencies and the communities that they need to rely on to do their job. Coker also says that if police use more resources on immigration enforcement, they'll have less for addressing criminal activity in their communities. Meg Anderson, NPR News. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday that President Trump's support for Pete Rose was a factor in the commissioner's decision

to lift the lifetime ban against Rose and several other deceased ballplayers. The decision will allow a committee to allow Rose and others to be voted on for the Hall of Fame. A big change is also likely coming to MLB in 2026. Manfred said Wednesday he'll propose the sport implement what's called an automatic ball strike challenge. Teams will get two challenges per games.

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