NPR News: 07-23-2026 6PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is imposing new tariffs as the current blanket set of ten percent tariffs expire. It's the latest move to impose new tariffs after the Supreme Court deemed many of Trump's tariffs unlawful in February. They cover fifty-nine countries and the EU, including major US trading partners. The administration says the new levies are on economies that import goods made with forced labor. Global oil prices are surging. At one point this morning, passed a hundred dollars a barrel as fighting escalates in the Middle East. NPR's Hadiel Al-Shalchi reports.

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The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, soared more than six percent to one hundred dollars as the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. The Houthis are blockading the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It's a second choke point for oil transportation besides the Strait of Hormuz. Trump threatened the Houthis, saying they would face, quote, "major military punishment" if they kept attacking ships. The rise in oil prices could inflate costs, which could force the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates. Hadiel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Istanbul.

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The US Justice Department has agreed to drop subpoenas against journalists for The New York Times under duress from a highly skeptical federal judge. The case focused on the source of leaks to The Times of security concerns about the new Air Force One jet given to President Trump by the Qatari government. NPR's