A look at what happened in the US government this week

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are set to go into effect. The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files continued. Trump officials traveled to Israel, as other countries ramped up the pressure to get aid into Gaza. The Center for Public Broadcasting announced it is shuttering after the federal funding cuts. A weak jobs report caused a downturn on Wall Street. And Trump fired the official who oversaw the disappointing jobs report.Here are the top stories involving the U.S. government this past week.Trump’s tariffsAfter several delays, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are set to go into effect. Starting Aug. 7, the U.S. will impose a 10% levy on countries with which it has a trade surplus and a 15% tariff on countries with which it has a trade deficit. Some countries are facing a steeper price.Here’s a list of all the tariffs on each country.Separately, Mexico and Trump agreed on Thursday to enter a 90-day negotiating period while maintaining the existing 25% import tax on certain goods. Meanwhile, the president raised tariffs on Canada from 25% to 35% on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which took effect Friday.Procter & Gamble, the maker of several household staples including Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper, is hiking prices because of Trump’s tariffs.Here’s what consumers can expect from import taxes as the U.S. sets new tariff rates.Video below: Tariffs kick into gear as U.S. jobs growth stallsEpstein files fallout Trump said Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” young women who worked for the spa at Mar-a-Lago, which led to the dissolution of their friendship.Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s family expressed shock over Trump saying Epstein ‘stole’ her.Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.Lawyers for Maxwell say she’s open to an interview with Congress if given immunity.Video below: Trump says he ‘didn’t know’ why Epstein ‘stole’ young women from his Mar-a-Lago spaIn other newsU.S. envoy Steve Witkoff visited an aid site in Gaza Friday run by an Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized. At least 91 Palestinians were killed and more than 600 wounded while attempting to get aid in a 24-hour period, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Thursday.France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Malta announced plans this week to recognize a Palestinian state that does not technically yet exist.The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.The stock market had its worst day since May after the government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring and Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from a number of U.S. trading partners.Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics director, accusing her, without evidence, of manipulating job numbers for political reasons following the release of July’s job numbers.Kamala Harris said she will not run for California governor after months of consideration.The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts.The Trump administration is pushing for Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies. Here’s what to know about the system.The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department.Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev.Video below: Palestinians rushed to collect boxes of aid that were dropped from the sky