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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. The Labor Department is out with new inflation data this morning. The annual inflation rate stayed steady, rising 2.7%. Today's report shows monthly inflation ticked up 0.2% in July from June. Economists warned President Trump's tariffs will increasingly start to impact prices Americans pay. The U.S. government will get 15% of the revenue that chipmaker NVIDIA earns from sales of its H-20 microchip in China. The U.S. had previously imposed restrictions on national security grounds. The chip is used in the development of AI. Attorney Peter Harrell advises companies and investors on international risks.

Traditionally, when the government has issued export control licenses, it has done so for free. Sometimes there's a very small fee of a few thousand dollars associated with processing. an application, but there's just never before been this kind of concept where the government has said, we'll let you sell this stuff abroad, but you've got to give us sort of a rev share, if you will, a revenue share of what you're making. Harold talked to NPR's morning edition. President Trump dismissed security concerns at a press conference yesterday. The U.S. Russia presidential summit this Friday is in Alaska, the place where two countries have a shared history. As NPR's Greg Mirey notes, Alaska was a full-fledged

Russian colony for more than 60 years. Russian fur traders hunted bears, wolves, and otters in Alaska throughout the first half of the 19th century. But over hunting caused the animal population to dwindle, and at the same time, Russia was burdened with debts. So Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 for just over $7 million, or $2 an acre. Historian Lee Farrow wrote a book about the U.S. purchase of Alaska. She says Russia had a real colony there. It wasn't just a piece of territory that they had sort of stuck a flag in and that they had a strong presence in California as well. President Trump has invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to a summit on U.S. soil in a bid to end the war in Ukraine. Greg

Myrie, NPR News, Kiev. Elon Musk says he intends to take legal action against Apple. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, Musk claims Apple's giving unfair advantage to his rivals. Musk is picking another fight with a big tech company. This time Apple is the target of Musk slashing out, saying he intends to take Apple to court for alleged antitrust violations. Musk says Apple is making it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach the coveted number one spot in the Apple App Store. Musk's ex-AI company, which makes the chat bot grok, ranks six in the app store's top free app section. Apple hasn't responded, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman did reply on X. Altman says Musk's claim is remarkable, given that Musk himself allegedly manipulates X to boost his views

and his own companies. Bobby Allen, NPR News. This is NPR News from Washington. For at least the next 30 days, President Trump is putting Washington, D.C.'s police department under federal control and sending 800 guard members to the streets of the nation's capital. He declared a crime emergency. Civil rights groups protested near the White House yesterday. One concern about rising cancer rates is that studies show men do less well in recovery, both physically and emotionally, than women. NPR's Yuki Nakuchi reports. Research places men under 40 at highest risk of suicide among cancer survivors, a risk that increases even after treatment ends.

Trevor Maxwell, who's had colon cancer for nearly eight years, says he thinks it's because men are not socialized to seek support. In my mind, it comes down to cultural norms and conditioning. There are thousands of guys out there just like me who felt devastated, but they are just too proud, angry, ashamed, or depressed to seek it out. Maxwell started a group called Man Up to Cancer to address the gender gap in peer support. Yuki Naguchi and PR News. Ford is rolling out a new line of electric vehicles, the first a more affordable mid-sized pickup at a price tag of around $30,000.

CEO Jim Farley calls the new pickup a Model-T moment for the company. The Detroit automaker says the goal is to produce less expensive EVs and beat out the competition. Earlier this month, Ford delayed plans for a next generation of electric full-sized trucks and vans to shift to focus on this new mid-sized model. I'm Kristen Wright, and you're listening to NPR News in Washington.