Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico – September 24, 2024

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• Trump called for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan.
• Biden delivered final speech to UN, addressing global challenges and optimism as Zelensky echoed calls for upholding international law amid war with Russia.
• US officials say the Biden administration will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs, along with rockets, artillery, and armored vehicles, as part of a military aid package totaling about $375 million.
• New briefing by environmental group Oil Change International says rich countries could mobilize over $5 trillion annually for climate action by ending oil subsidies, imposing polluter levies, and cracking down on tax evasion.
• Marcellus Williams was executed today, becoming the third Missouri inmate put to death this year and the 100th since the state summarized using the death penalty in 1989.
• Oaxacan immigrants in California’s Central Valley work to share indigenous culinary traditions with the wider community.
• Unhoused rights activists protested in West Oakland after the mayor announced increased encampment sweeps following Supreme Court ruling.

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