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Trump wants America to make things again. Does it have what it takes?

(NYTimes) — President Donald Trump ignited a global trade war on a gamble that taxing other countries would bring jobs and factories “roaring back” to the United States. But companies that want to revive domestic manufacturing are grappling with how to do it: The United States lacks nearly every part of the manufacturing ecosystem — the workers, the training, the technology and the government support. And Trump’s strategy is shrouded in uncertainty. Last month, he said, “We’re not looking to make sneakers and T-shirts” in the United States. But his steepest tariffs, set to take effect in July, were directed at countries that make clothes and shoes for sale to Americans.

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Electricity prices are surging. The GOP megabill could push them higher

(NYTimes) — The cost of electricity is rising across the country, forcing Americans to pay more on their monthly bills and squeezing manufacturers and small businesses that rely on cheap power. And some of President Donald Trump’s policies risk making things worse, companies and researchers say. This week, the Senate is taking up Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. In its current form, that bill would abruptly end most of the Biden-era federal tax credits for low-carbon sources of electricity like wind, solar, batteries and geothermal power. Repealing the tax credits could increase the average family’s energy bill by as much as $400 per year within a decade, according to several studies.

Republican policy bill would add $2.4 trillion to debt, budget office says

(NYTimes) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the broad Republican bill to cut taxes and slash some federal programs would add $2.4 trillion to the already soaring national debt over the next decade, in an analysis that was all but certain to inflame concerns that President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda would lead to excessive government borrowing. The CBO estimate focused on the version of the bill that passed the House late last month, but the tally could change as Republicans in the Senate put their imprint on the legislation.

Judge orders Trump administration to take steps to give due process to deported migrants

(NYTimes) — A federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to take steps toward giving nearly 140 Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law the due process that they had been denied. In a sweeping and at times outraged opinion, the judge, James E. Boasberg, compared the expelled men to characters in a Kafka novel. Boasberg also asserted that they were likely to prevail in their claims that President Donald Trump had treated them unfairly by deporting them without hearings to a brutal Salvadoran prison under the expansive powers of the wartime statute.

Man charged with providing material used in fertility clinic bombing

(NYTimes) — A Washington state man was accused Wednesday of helping to plot and carry out the bombing of a California fertility clinic last month. Daniel Park, 32, was arrested Tuesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City after arriving from Poland, according to the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. Park is accused of scheming to blow up the Palm Springs clinic, American Reproductive Centers, with Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old California man who officials say executed and died in the bombing. Four people were injured. Parks was charged with providing material support to terrorists and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

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