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Bondi's Heated Hearing, Pushback On Trump's Tariffs, Revised 2025 Jobs Report

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:13:14
Publish Date: 2026-02-12 10:52:32
Description: Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with lawmakers during a Capitol Hill hearing dominated by questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
President Trump’s tariff agenda faces a rare Republican pushback in Congress, even as the White House argues the policy is bringing money into the United States.
And a new jobs report shows stronger hiring to start the year, but revised data suggests the labor market was far weaker in 2025 than previously believed.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Rebekah Metzler, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.

It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.

Our director is Christopher Thomas.

We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

Our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.

(0:00) Introduction
(02:07) Bondi's Heated Hearing
(06:04) Pushback On Trump's Tariffs
(09:54) Revised 2025 Jobs Report

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