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President Donald Trump's tariffs, scheduled to increase on August 1, could result in significantly higher prices for a range of food groups. This is according to an analysis published Monday by the bipartisan Tax Foundation, which found that these will impact nearly 75 percent of U.S. food imports, which it said will "likely lead to higher food prices for consumers." Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment. Why It Matters It has repeatedly been warned that the higher import taxes implemented as a result of the Trump administration's economic agenda will increase costs for U.S. businesses...

WASHINGTON – A government watchdog says the nation's space agency paid the out-of-this-world price of $66 a person a day for bagels, cookies and juice at a conference. The subject of the NASA seminar? It was a training session for its procurement officials — the people who do the buying with taxpayer funds. They were talking about how to determine reasonable prices. The NASA Inspector General said that during the three-day conference in Baltimore in 2008, the 317 attendees snacked on soda, coffee, fruit, bagels and cookies at a cost of more than $62,000.

VOICES OF SKYHIGH: - I have no people skills. But I do like animals. So I just pretend my passengers are livestock. - At SkyHigh Airlines, sure we're indifferent. But it's a genuine indifference. That's the key. - Terms like "First Class" and "Coach" are meaningless when you have no assigned seating. Because we make you fight tooth and nail for your seat, we like terms like "winner" and "loser."