Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs On US, Trumpapalooza Convention, Miami Cargo Plane Crash
September 8, 2026
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5 min readOver the weekend, NPR’s Steve Inskeep was eating breakfast at the Toast Factory in Rochester, New York, when a listener from Pittsburgh walked up and asked him to say his name on the air. “George Robinson,” Inskeep obliged. “Yes, thank you. Yes, thanks for listening.” That small moment of public radio royalty was a brief respite from a much heavier news cycle: Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods went into effect at midnight, Republicans are gathering in Texas for a midterm convention they’re calling “Trumpapalooza,” and investigators are still trying to understand why a cargo plane crashed into vehicles on the ground at Miami International Airport, killing five people.
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- 1 (00:30) **Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs Go Into Effect** - Prime Minister Mark Carney matches Trump's latest tariffs dollar-for-dollar, escalating the trade war.
- 2 (06:34) **Trumpapalooza: Republicans Hold Unconventional Midterm Convention** - The party stages a non-presidential-year convention to boost Trump's influence ahead of the midterms.
- 3 (10:12) **Miami Cargo Plane Crash Investigation** - NTSB reveals all five victims were in vehicles on the ground when the Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway.
- 4 Standout Quotes
- 5 (04:20) "It'd be hard to overstate just how angry Canadians are... they feel really that their very independence as a country is at stake." - Reporter Peter Armstrong
- 6 (07:34) "What I really want you to do is pretend please that I'm on the ballot. Just come and vote." - President Donald Trump
- 7 Mentioned Resources
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Show Notes
Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for an unusual midterm convention headlined both nights by President Trump, who wants voters to pretend he is on the ballot as the party looks to energize voters ahead of the midterm election.
Investigators recovered the flight recorders from the Amazon cargo plane that overran a runway in Miami, killing five people on the ground as the NTSB examines what caused the crash.
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(0:00) Introduction
(02:25) Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs On US
(06:25) Trumpapalooza Convention
(10:02) Miami Cargo Plane Crash
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