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🎧 European leaders were stunned by Trump’s announcement, NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley tells Up First. The EU-U.S. trade is worth around a trillion dollars a year. This could be upended if 30% tariffs go into effect. Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods were scheduled to take effect today, but have been suspended in hopes of reaching a trade deal by the end of the month. Beardsley has been speaking with winemakers in Burgundy, France, who say they have had zero tariffs for decades. Winemaker Pierre-Vincent Girardin says his relationship with the U.S., his biggest market, could soon be over due to Trump’s actions.  

🎧 Trump seemed convinced before that he could leverage his personal relationship with Putin to secure a peace agreement. But Putin wanted more, rejecting Trump’s efforts for even a temporary ceasefire, says NPR’s Charles Maynes. Moscow is potentially waiting to find out whether the U.S. arms deliveries through NATO include more offensive weapons that could strike inside Russia. It is also watching for whether the U.S. includes new sanctions in an announcement expected from Trump today. 

🎧 Yesterday’s storms dumped up to 10 inches of rain on parts of the Texas Hill Country — a stark reminder of what just happened there, says NPR’s Frank Morris. Kerrville County Commission is expected to meet this morning with a lot on its agenda, including the water supply. Kerrville gets most of its drinking water from a reservoir on the Guadalupe River. Former Kerrville Mayor Judy Eychner says the flood dumped all kinds of stuff in the lake, and it will eventually have to be dredged.