Senate Budget Bill Limbo, Trump Ramps Up Tariffs, Big Changes At The EPA, Trump Team Heads To Russia

Today on America in the Morning Senate’s Budget Bill Concerns The Senate’s Democratic leader is calling on Republicans to negotiate a new budget bill, rather than force Senate passage of the measure the House passed on Tuesday, and the clock is ticking on whether it can pass in its present form. The latest from Correspondent Rich Johnson. Trump Ramps Up Tariffs President Trump ramping up tariffs on U.S. allies, including Japan and those in Europe who are calling it a trade war. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Khalil Remains Jailed Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil remains in a Louisiana jail, facing a hearing now scheduled for later this month where a judge will decide whether his student visa will be revoked and face deportation from the United States. Correspondent Julie Walker reports. Transgender Trouble In The House A Congressman from Texas is defending his introduction of a transgender member of Congress after facing backlash from his Democrat colleagues. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports. Soaring Deficit As Congress debates a new budget, the nation’s deficit is soaring. The Treasury Department reported that the gap between federal revenue and government spending widened to more than $1 trillion dollars in the first five months of the fiscal year More Aid Finally Coming The White House says that more Hurricane Helene aid should start to flow later this month. Lisa Dwyer has details. Ball’s In Russia’s Court Military aid is flowing to Kyiv again after Ukraine agreed to US-backed peace proposals, including a 30-day ceasefire. This comes as a delegation from the Trump administration will travel to Moscow before the end of the week. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Big Changes At The EPA The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back dozens of regulations, which according to the agency's director, puts “a dagger through the heart of climate-change." Correspondent Clayton Neville reports. Greenland Election Results In an election dominated by thoughts of independence from Denmark and President Trump’s desire to add the sparsely populated nation into the United States, the people of Greenland have spoken. Correspondent Ed Donahue reports the votes are in, and the nation of just 56,000 people, despite divisions, have decided on a slower approach. Where Did The Votes Go The mayor of Wisconsin’s capital city said that she has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how she failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots from the November election. Weinstein Back To Court Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court as judge weighs key rulings for his looming #MeToo retrial. Correspondent Julie Walker reports. Schools Spending & Hiring Freezes A number of colleges and universities, including Harvard, Penn, the University of Pittsburgh, and North Carolina State have all implemented hiring and spending freezes with concerns of losing federal funding hanging in the balance. Correspondent Sue Aller reports. Finally Four astronauts will have to wait at least one more day to travel to the International Space Station. Space-X has scrubbed the launch of their Crew-10 flight for NASA to the ISS after an issue with the ground system led to a postponement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices