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Will Trump's new tariffs on auto makers bring manufacturing back?

4:18am March 27, 2025

by A Martínez

President Trump announced new 25% tariffs on imported cars and car parts, a measure he said would move more auto manufacturing back to America and boost government revenue.

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Signal leak put lives of military personnel 'at stake,' says House Democrat

4:16am March 27, 2025

by Michel Martin

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., told Morning Edition that "the risk of casualties goes up tremendously" if adversaries learn of military operations. He says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign over the Signal chat group leak.

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Morning news brief

4:16am March 27, 2025

by Michel Martin

Democrats grill the top national security officials on Capitol Hill, Trump says his auto tariffs will boost manufacturing, who in DOGE can see private information belonging to millions.

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Utah Election Officials Process Early Voting Ballots

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A new Utah law is Republicans' latest effort to limit mail ballot return

3:50am March 27, 2025

Utah's new law is part of a larger effort by Republicans to limit the window in which mail ballots can be counted during an election.

As Bangladesh gears up for election, a new political player emerges

2:21am March 27, 2025

Last year, Gen-Z uprising in Bangladesh helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Student activists continue to be central figures in shaping the future of Bangladesh's political landscape.

Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam's tradition of making fish sauce

1:09am March 27, 2025

Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.

Exhibit takes visitors inside the annex where Anne Frank lived

12:01am March 27, 2025

For the first time, a re-creation of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid is available outside of Amsterdam. Visitors in New York said its themes reverberated in today's political climate.

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Daily Life In Greenland, The Autonomous Danish Territory Coveted By Trump

As U.S. foreign aid grants get slashed, Greenland gets money for a dog race

8:00pm March 26, 2025

Second lady Usha Vance has scrapped a plan to attend Greenland's national dog sled race this week. But American tax dollars will help support the race anyway.

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Social Security officials partially walk back plans for in-person verification

7:23pm March 26, 2025

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

More than three years after fatal on-set shooting, the 'Rust' trailer is out

6:45pm March 26, 2025

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun that Alec Baldwin was holding went off on the set of the film in 2021. Last summer, a judge in New Mexico dismissed Baldwin's case for involuntary manslaughter.