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Here on The Indicator from Planet Money, we fanned out across the country to ask how you are feeling about the 2025 economy. Anxious. Uncertain. Unfair. Turbulent. Crazy. We don't just recite the headlines.

We show you how the economy is affecting your life in 10 minutes or less. Each weekday, listen to The Indicator from Planet Money Money wherever you get your podcasts. Lye from NPR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh. The U S House is now debating president Trump's domestic agenda. The legislation, which clear the Senate yesterday by one vote contains about four and a half trillion dollars in tax cuts over 10 years. Money to cover the tax breaks and added funding for defense and border security would be partially paid for by slashes to social safety net

programs for poor Americans. NPR's Mara Lyson reports on why some Republicans are worried about interfering with food assistance and health care coverage on which millions of low-income Americans rely. We know there are a lot of Trump voters, blue-collar voters on Medicaid. One of the reasons is that Obamacare was a giant Medicaid expansion bill. That's why people like Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina decided to end his career, not run again. Instead of bucking Trump, he has said that Republicans are making a dangerous political decision by cutting Medicaid because Democrats are going to run against this bill saying

it hurts working families in order to help billionaires. NPR's Mara Lyson reporting. Hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs has been acquitted of the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. However, jury in New York has found him guilty of prostitution related crimes. Combs still faces the possibility of up to a decade in prison at sentencing. The mixed verdicts drawing mixed reactions from other celebrities. Some rallied for Combs, others criticized the acquittals. Ukraine says it was not informed by the Trump administration's decision to withhold air defense missiles that have already been promised. NPR's Joanna Kikisis

reports from Kyiv the cutoff in aid comes as Russia is escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine's Defense Ministry said in a statement that it had not quote received any official notification about the suspension or revision of defense assistance. The ministry says it is grateful for the support Ukraine has received from the US and has requested a telephone conversation with the Pentagon. and has requested a telephone conversation with the Pentagon. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry summoned the charged affair of the US Embassy in Kiev to discuss the reported change in military aid. Russia, meanwhile, welcomed the news. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted in the state-run TASS news agency

as saying the war will end sooner if fewer weapons are supplied to Ukraine. Joanna Kekesis, NPR News, Cave. After years of litigation over an 1849 law that conservatives argue criminalizes abortions in the state, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the law does not actually ban abortion. This means abortions can continue in the state marks the end of a saga that began when Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022, ending federal constitutional protections for abortion. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 39 points. From Washington, this is NPR News.

A new forecast says the U.S. will likely see a net outflow of immigrants this year for the first time since at least 1960. Here's NPR's Scott Horsley. Researchers from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute project the number of people coming into the U.S. this year will drop by at least 2.5 million compared to 2024, as the Trump administration puts new roadblo will drop by at least $2.5 million compared to 2024, as the Trump administration puts new roadblocks on both legal and illegal pathways. Meanwhile, the number of people leaving the country, either by choice or forcible deportation, is expected to increase. Between the drop in new arrivals and the jump in exits, the U.S. could see a net outflow of half a million people this year, with an even larger exodus in 2026. That means fewer people working and spending money. Forecasters project the economic fallout will force a

gradual loosening of immigration policy by 2027. Scott Horsley in Pear News, Washington. As temperatures in Europe top 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the European Commission is proposing a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040. More from NPR's Rob Schmitz. The European Union's executive branch has proposed the legally binding target with the aim of keeping the block on course to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The EU's green transition chief has warned political cowardice is hindering EU efforts to face up to the impact of climate change, saying it will be more expensive if the block does not act fast.

Scientists from the UN and the European Environment Agency say Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, with temperatures there increasing at twice the global average rate, leading to more fires and flooding. Rob Schmitz and Pear News, Berlin. It's NPR. What would you think if you saw a robot dog out for a walk in your neighborhood? and flooding. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin. It's NPR. What would you think if you saw a robot dog out for a walk in your neighborhood? What the hell is that? Oh my god. This is Basha. She's hanging out with us. Double takes and how they can change your point of view.

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