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Welcome back. In the news today: Trump delays new tariffs on Canada for three days; South Korea and the U.S. shorten their joint drills following Trump’s order; and we give you the key takeaways from last night’s primaries, which were a mixed bag for incumbents in Florida. Also, a look inside what it’s like to house hundreds of guinea pigs.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump hold a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Trump says US and Canada reached last-minute deal to delay 50% tariffs
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The two sides reached agreement less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect for about 5% of Canadian exports to the United States. They agreed to a three-day delay while negotiations continued. Read more.
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- The deal avoids, for now, another strain in already tense relations between the historic allies. A White House proclamation said Canada had expressed a commitment to remove measures the Trump administration considers discriminatory against U.S. alcohol, dairy and motor vehicle exports. Canada did not immediately confirm those commitments. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement “substantial progress” had been made but that important work remained.
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South Korean and US militaries shorten exercises at Trump’s order
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South Korea’s military said in a statement the ongoing drills with the U.S. would end Friday, not Aug. 27 as initially planned, while the allies also agreed to downsize some joint field training exercises. Read more.
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Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
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Democratic voters elevated Angie Nixon, a progressive Senate candidate in Florida, while President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate in his adopted home state, Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, won the nomination as he vies to be the state’s first Black governor. Read more.
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It was a mixed bag for incumbents in Florida, where Republican-led redistricting efforts scrambled congressional maps. Meanwhile, longtime U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz won a diverse, redistricted Florida seat. Voters in Alaska, Wyoming and California were also choosing their nominees.
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Kimie Smothermon feeds some of her several hundred guinea pigs in Salisbury, Massachusetts, July 10. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)
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A tale of hundreds of squeals and purrs
Maui is friendly and gives kisses. Gritty is older, but shy. Rio has spunk and likes to run around. They are just three of the nearly 400 guinea pigs living at a bustling animal rescue in Massachusetts. The space is cramped and chaotic as volunteers and visitors squeeze past each other between the rows of cages of the converted office space. People come to watch, cuddle and comfort the little animals. See the piggies play and meet Kimie Smothermon, the Guinea Pig Sanctuary’s owner, tending to the daily barrage of piggy needs. Learn more about her story and how the sanctuary came to be.
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