Florida primaries; U.S.-Canada tariffs; Meta trial : NPR

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Outcomes are nonetheless trickling in from yesterday’s main elections in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming. Two candidates named Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola moved ahead on the poll for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. Fourth place within the race stays too near name. In Florida, progressives noticed blended ends in Home and Senate races.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, participates in a worship service throughout a go to to the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church on Aug. 17, 2026, in Hallandale Seaside, Florida.

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• 🎧 Progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in a Florida Democratic U.S. Senate main, regardless of being dramatically outraised and never having a nationwide profile, NPR’s Ashley Lopez tells Up First. Nixon’s observe report of preventing high-profile labor and voting rights points as an activist helped propel her to victory. However she now faces vital challenges within the solidly purple state, and nationwide Democrats are usually not optimistic in regards to the odds of flipping Florida. Lopez says the important thing query for Nixon is how she’s going to attraction to a broader statewide voters.

Lower than two hours earlier than the deadline, President Trump introduced on Fact Social that the U.S. will postpone a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion value of Canadian imports by three days. Trump mentioned the 2 international locations had reached a deal that goals to renew development of the controversial Keystone pipeline challenge to ship oil from Canada to the U.S.

• 🎧 Neither nation has launched any particulars in regards to the pipeline, and it is unclear whether or not the tariff delay might be sufficient to quiet down Canada’s animosity in opposition to the U.S., NPR’s Emily Feng says. Nonetheless hanging within the stability is a sweeping free commerce settlement between the U.S. and its two largest buying and selling companions: Canada and Mexico. Regardless of the United States-Mexico-Canada Settlement’s (USMCA) position in facilitating tons of of billions of {dollars} in duty-free commerce throughout North America, Trump has mentioned he does not care about renewing it. Trump has a historical past of adjusting his stance on commerce and safety issues. This uncertainty might discourage companies from investing in North America, Feng says.

The high-stakes trial in opposition to Meta started yesterday, pitting Fb and Instagram’s mum or dad firm in opposition to 4 states that accuse it of deliberately designing its social media platforms to be addictive for younger customers and misrepresenting the dangers to the general public. The preliminary estimate for potential penalties on this case might attain as much as $1.4 trillion, roughly the complete worth of Meta’s fairness on Nasdaq.

• 🎧 The states known as whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former product security employee at Meta, as their first witness, NPR’s John Ruwitch says. Bejar highlighted inner research that confirmed that younger folks confronted a lot greater dangers of coming into contact with dangerous content material than Meta publicly acknowledged. Bejar is anticipated to talk additional at the moment, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg might ultimately be known as to testify. Meta has denied all accusations. The corporate’s lawyer, Paul Schmidt, mentioned that Meta acknowledged the dangers to younger folks, studied them severely and carried out insurance policies to mitigate them.