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Tariffs View From The EU, Ukraine Weapons Plan, Texas Flood Update

Tariffs View From The EU, Ukraine Weapons Plan, Texas Flood Update

Up First from NPR
Jul 14, 2025 13 min
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President Trump sent letters to leaders of the European Union and Mexico threatening to impose higher import sanctions. The President has expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and says he will cut a deal coordinating arms shipments to Ukraine. And, as flood recovery efforts continue in central Texas, the magnitude of the disaster is coming into clearer focus.<br><em><br>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="http://ttps://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" ><em>Subscribe </em></a><em>to the Up First newsletter.<br/><br/>Today's episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Ryland Barton, Russell Lewis, Janaya Williams and Lisa Thomson. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Damian Herring. And our technical director is Zo van Ginhoven. </em><br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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