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President Trump acknowledges the consumer toll of his tariffs on Chinese goods. Labor groups protest administration policies on May Day, and U.S. House votes to repeal a waiver letting California ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. f

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Welcome to 2025 Talks, where we're following our democracy in historic times.

They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff.

Somebody said, "Oh, the shelves are going to be open."

Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.

President Donald Trump says his import taxes on Chinese goods could mean fewer and more expensive products for American consumers.

New data show the U.S. economy shrank during the first three months of the year.

Economists say one big cause is companies stocking up on imports ahead of the tariffs.

But Trump is blaming his predecessor and standing behind his trade policy.

Democrats gathered outside the Capitol Wednesday and said Trump's first 100 days have damaged the U.S. economy and democracy.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the president isn't delivering on promises to lower costs.

Donald Trump's first 100 days can be defined by one big F word, failure.

Donald Trump is running the American economy the way he ran his family business, into the ground.

Schumer also says a Republican-backed bill requiring voters provide proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections will be, as expected, dead on arrival in the Senate.

Many around the country say they'll protest on May Day, the International Workers' Celebration.

Arizona Education Association President Marisol Garcia says the union's 22,000 school employees support equal rights efforts and oppose public employee layoffs and cuts to safety net programs.

We need to be courageous and push back and ask, is this best for my family, for my community, for my school?

The White House and Ukraine have signed a rare earths deal which will give the U.S. the benefit of the minerals in return for continued military aid.

This marks a victory for Kiev after a public dispute between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky in February.

The Washington Post reports that the Postal Service's law enforcement arm will cooperate with immigration officials to track down people suspected of being in the country illegally.

The decision follows Trump's executive order calling on all federal law enforcement agencies to work on locating and deporting illegal immigrants.

Nevada could be the next state to expand Internet voting.

The Silver State, like others, already allows overseas voters, those with disabilities and tribal members to cast ballots electronically.

But C.J. Coles with the nonprofit organization Verified Voting calls expanding that high risk.

At some point in the future, when there are enough ballots connected to the Internet, where then our adversaries could access that system and make those changes to alter the outcome of an entire election, that is the worst case scenario.

Finally, the House has voted to reverse what Republicans are calling a radical California mandate that would ban new gas-powered cars and trucks in 10 years.

The bill would deny the state a waiver required for the ban, but could face setbacks in the Senate.

I'm Alex Gonzalez for Pacific Network and Public News Service.

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