Trump's New Tariff Twist, and a $250 Million A.I. Job Offer

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/31/business/tariffs-trump-trade" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Announces Sweeping New Tariffs for Much of the World</strong></a>, <i>by River Akira Davis and Lydia DePillis</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/middleeast/witkoff-israel-gaza-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Trump Shifts Blame to Hamas, His Envoy Plans to See Hunger Crisis Firsthand</strong></a>, <i>by Natan Odenheimer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/middleeast/hamas-arab-states-palestinians.html" target="_blank"><strong>Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State</strong></a>, <i>by Farnaz Fassihi and Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/31/us/ice-deportation-hub-alexandria-louisiana.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest Deportation Hub</strong></a>, <i>by Brent McDonald, Campbell Robertson, Zach Levitt and Albert Sun</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/health/child-vaccinations-decline-cdc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows</strong></a>, <i>by Apoorva Mandavilli, Teddy Rosenbluth and Francesca Paris</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technology/ai-researchers-nba-stars.html" target="_blank"><strong>A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars</strong></a>, <i>by Mike Isaac, Eli Tan and Cade Metz</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>