EPISODEAugust 19, 202613 min 18s
Florida Primary Results, US-Canada Tariffs, Meta Trial Begins
Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming held primaries last night, with a mixed showing for progressives in Florida, including a surprise win in the Democratic Senate primary.
President Trump pushed back new tariffs on Canada by three days after saying the two countries may restart a controversial oil pipeline, though the bigger North American trade deal is still up in the air.
A major trial against Meta began in California, with states accusing the company of designing its platforms to be addictive for young users and of misrepresenting the risks.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) Florida Primary Results
(05:51) US-Canada Tariffs
(09:38) Meta Trial Begins
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President Trump pushed back new tariffs on Canada by three days after saying the two countries may restart a controversial oil pipeline, though the bigger North American trade deal is still up in the air.
A major trial against Meta began in California, with states accusing the company of designing its platforms to be addictive for young users and of misrepresenting the risks.
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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Padma Rama, Kara Platoni, Rebekah Metzler, Tina Kraja, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.
Our director is Kaity Kline.
We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Eowyn Fain.
And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) Florida Primary Results
(05:51) US-Canada Tariffs
(09:38) Meta Trial Begins
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
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