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The Price Tag: What America Pays in 2026
4 episodes · 74 minutes · every episode, in order, on this page.
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Episode 1 · 21 min
Where's the Beef? The Tariff Receipt
The tariffs were sold as a way to build up American production and as leverage abroad. After an election scare they were rolled back on more than 200 foods, the Senate's votes to end them sat untouched in the House, and the Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs only for a new 10% charge to replace them the same day. All the while, the beef price was being driven by a herd shrinking toward a 75-year low.
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Episode 2 · 20 min
Tariffs at the Checkout
The Constitution gives tariffs to Congress, but this year the House voted to stop the calendar so it wouldn't have to vote on them, the Senate's no-votes went nowhere, a Mexican-tomato duty needed no vote at all, and Texas shoppers got a price index that can tell them how much prices rose but not who decided.
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Episode 3 · 21 min
Congress Held the Purse. Who Paid?
Three prices, three ways Congress gave up the power of the purse: a megabill it passed by one vote, a health subsidy the Senate let die with a majority in favor, and tariffs the House shut off by declaring that calendar days no longer counted. Texas's members are the named example.
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Episode 4 · 12 min
The Refund
The Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs, the Treasury is paying $147 billion back, and the receipts show who got the money — and who is still holding the bill.