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So start supporting what you love today@plus.npr.org hey, I'm Madison Brainerd,
a student and reporter at the University of Alabama,
and I'm about to go live in the news wall for the first time.
This podcast was recorded at 1:18pm Eastern Time on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
Things may have changed by the time we hear this, but hopefully I'll have nailed my first live shot.
Congratulations.
I have no doubt.
Hey there.
It's the NPR Politics podcast.
I'm Sarah McCammon.
I cover politics.
And I'm Asma Khalid.
I cover the White House.
And on today's show,
we are looking at the tariffs President Trump has put in place this week
and how they're affecting the economy.
So we've got NPR's chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley with us.