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On The Record with Christian Briggs - Tariffs on Trial, Shutdown Pressure, and AI’s Quiet Squeeze: Who the Economy Really Serves
In this straight-shooting episode of On the Record, Christian Briggs walks you through the real story behind the week’s most consequential economic events: the federal shutdown, the Supreme Court showdown over tariffs, and why the top fifth of Americans are doing fine while the bottom half is getting squeezed. Briggs unpacks how the Trump-era tariffs—still in force across key product categories—have delivered much-needed revenue for a cash-strapped federal government but now face a constitutional stress test at the U.S. Supreme Court. Are tariffs a legitimate tool under the International…
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