Donald Trump is bailing on his tariff agenda after less than a week. The president said on Wednesday that he has authorized a “90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff” for countries who have not economically “retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States” and …
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Elon Musk may have bought himself influence over President Donald Trump’s administration, but public criticism of the president remains out of his budget. Instead — as the world braces for Trump’s tariff regime to go into effect at midnight on Tuesday — Musk is picking fights with a fellow presidential …
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The sweeping tariffs on foreign goods unveiled by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, April 2 are expected to have widespread implications across the United States and beyond, affecting the cost of cars, clothes, wine, furniture, shoes, and — to the chagrin of many online — highly anticipated video games and …
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President Donald Trump’s tariff regime goes into effect at midnight on Tuesday, and some Republican lawmakers can barely contain how much they hate it. As markets crater, and tensions escalate between the United States and its most important trade partners, elected Republicans must be realizing that they will be among …
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Donald Trump said today he is not deliberately tanking the stock market, following his extreme tariff announcement last week, though the president indicated it’s OK if Americans suffer as a result of his economic policies. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked if there was a level …
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After spending a weekend of panic over the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the New York Stock Exchange continued to crater on Monday — before spinning into chaos amid a false rumor that Trump may pause the tariffs. Within minutes of opening, the Dow Jones dropped over 1,500 …
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Donald Trump made clear today that he is not pulling the reins on his potentially recession-inducing tariff plans — or giving up control of implementing them. As markets went on a roller coaster, the president threatened to veto proposed bipartisan legislation that would seek to limit his tariff authority. In …
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A conservative think tank has said the formula the Trump administration used to calculate tariffs that are wreaking havoc on the economy contains an egregious error. When confronted with the allegations, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doubled down. CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that the Trump tariffs that went into effect Wednesday …
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TORONTO, ONTARIO — Donald Trump is losing an election in a landslide — in Canada. After a decade under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada was ready to move on from his center-left Liberal Party. It seemed inevitable that my homeland was about to elect a new conservative government and perhaps …
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Republicans aren’t typically big fans of taking deliberate action to crash the stock market — but that’s what Donald Trump did on Wednesday, putting lawmakers who have fashioned their careers around fluffing the president in a tough spot. There are, of course, plenty of Republicans who have given their full-throated …
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