Meg Cramer

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Greg Rosalsky |Willa Rubin |Meg Cramer

Tariffs: what are they good for? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242229719/1268838261" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all foreign-made cars.

2 months ago | npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Meg Cramer |Willa Rubin

Can the president override Congress on spending? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232435554/1266721545" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Jan 17, 2025 | npr.org | Amanda Aronczyk |Meg Cramer |Emma Peaslee

Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1225172101/1264987882" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> President Donald Trump listens to a question while speaking with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Jan 8, 2025 | npr.org | Sally Helm |Meg Cramer |Sam Kesler

How the ZIP code organized America, and has it gone too far? : Planet Money The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It started as a way to organize mail after WWII, but now it pops up all over our daily lives. You type it into the machine at the gas station to verify your credit card. You might type it into a rental search website if you're looking for a new apartment.

Jan 3, 2025 | npr.org | Erika Beras |Jeff Guo |Meg Cramer |Willa Rubin

The potato-shaped loophole in free trade Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1222640149/1264297904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Ever since free trade opened up between the US and Mexico in the 1990s, trillions of dollars of goods have been going back and forth between the two countries, from cars to strawberries to MRI machines to underwear.