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There's a lot of news happening. You want to understand it better, but let's be honest, you don't want it to be your entire life either. Well, that's sort of like our show, Here and Now Anytime. Every weekday on our podcast, we talk to people all over the country about everything from political analysis to climate resilience, video games. We even talk about dumpster diving on this show. Check out Here and Now Anytime, a daily podcast from NPR and WBUR. Noor Rahm Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Officials in the Trump administration said today the new tariffs placed on dozens of countries last week will go into effect as scheduled this week. The announcement had

sent stock prices sharply lower. NPR's Luke Garrett reports. Luke Garrett The tariffs range from 10 to 40 percent on certain countries that haven't made a trade deal with the U.S. and comes after the White House twice delayed mandating the so-called reciprocal tariffs announced in April. On NBC, Kristen Welker asked top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett if drops in the stock market will cause Trump to roll back these broad tariffs. I would rule it out because these are the final deals. Other countries like South Korea, the United Kingdom,

and Japan negotiated their own deals and tariff rates. Hassett says he expects these to hold, but didn't rule out changes. The president will decide what the president decides, but the president likes those deals. The reciprocal tariffs go into effect Thursday. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. White House envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow today, where he'll likely meet

with Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump is demanding Russia end the war in Ukraine by the end of this week or face new economic penalties. NPR's Charles Maynes reports. Whitkoff will seek to convey Trump's deep frustration over Putin's ongoing attacks on Ukrainian cities despite months of U.S.-led peace negotiations. Yet even Trump has expressed doubt that the threat of secondary sanctions and tariffs

on countries buying Russian energy exports will change Moscow's behavior. Putin has never responded directly to Trump's threats, but in comments before the press on Friday, obliquely noted that inflated expectations inevitably led to disappointments. Putin said Russia hoped for more peace talks but insisted his forces continue to have the momentum. Crimean officials have also argued that the Russian economy is now largely immune to U.S. economic pressure after more than three years of Western sanctions.

Charles Mainz in PR News. Ukraine and Russia traded long-distance airstrikes overnight. A Ukrainian drone hit a large fuel storage tank and ignited a huge blaze in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast. Smoke from wildfires burning in Western Canada is prompting special air quality warnings across the country and into the Midwestern U.S. Dan Karpanchuk reports. In Canada, smoke and haze from the wildfires has stretched from British Columbia into Western

Quebec. It's also led to air quality alerts in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois. Environment Canada is reporting extremely high levels of air pollution. The air quality index in many areas at some of the highest levels. That can lead to eye, nose and throat irritation and even more severe symptoms including chest pain and severe coughing. Health officials warn that those most at risk from the wildfire smoke are infants, children and seniors as well as anyone with an illness or chronic health condition.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpanchuk in Toronto. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. Several towns in Eastern Australia are digging out from snow. Meteorologists say as much as 16 inches of snow fell yesterday. They say climate change has made Australia's weather more volatile in recent years. A manhunt in a mountainous area of Western Montana is now in its third day. Police are looking for a suspect

who opened fire in a bar in the town of Anaconda Friday, killing four people. The Tee app describes itself as the safest place to spill tea about potential love connections. But last month, a data breach revealed users' direct messages and even pictures of their state IDs. NPR's Alana Wise reports. T allows its subscribers to conduct background checks and communicate anonymously about men in the dating pool. But last month, the app disclosed that its servers had been breached, and its users' personal information was splashed across social media. Online trolls also claimed to have sourced the metadata included in the photos and used it to make a map of T-subscriber's locations.

As a result of the breach, the company faces two class-action lawsuits filed in California. Experts say that networks of women quietly sharing information between themselves sounds the alarm on abusers, and it helps protect accusers from retaliation. But the app leak reveals how flawed these systems can sometimes be. Alana Wise, NPR News. In women's golf, Miyuyama Shihab Japan won the British Open today, her first major title. Japanese players have now won four of the last nine majors in women's golf. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

These days, there's so much news, it can be hard to keep up with what it all means for I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.