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At this year’s just-concluded SXSW, hip-hop/pop artist Kimmortal was scheduled to play a showcase with other rising acts from Canada. About a month before, though, they heard the event had suddenly been canceled over concerns related to Donald Trump‘s escalating threats toward Canada, including tariff hikes. That meant Kimmortal, an …

I hadn’t fully formulated my thinking until the Canadian guard at the border crossing asked why my wife and I wanted to visit his country. “Well, we’re going to buy stuff,” I said. “What kind of stuff?” he asked “Pretty much anything,” I said. “To be honest, we’re ashamed and …

President Donald Trump is threatening to levy a 200-percent tariff on wine and liquor products imported from the European Union after the alliance levied its own tariff on American whiskey products — the latest in a tit for tat tax battle with Trump. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, …

Stock markets continued their downward slide today amid growing concerns that President Donald Trump’s economic shock doctrine will trigger a major economic downturn. The “golden age” of economic prosperity he promised during his 2024 campaign doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon, and just weeks into his term, Trump is …

Donald Trump once again acknowledged that his foolish trade wars will disrupt the economy, potentially causing a recession. But the president still spoke about the impending tariffs on Mexico and Canada as if they are paid by the exporting country rather than the American companies importing goods, who then pass …

If Republicans’ crusade to fire tens of thousands of federal employees, raise prices through an ill-advised trade war, gut Medicaid and other social services, and generally make things more difficult for working class Americans wasn’t enough, they would also like you to stop being such a baby about it. On …

President Donald Trump addressed Congress for a very long time on Tuesday. It was the longest time ever, in fact, that a president has addressed lawmakers, breaking the record previously held by President Bill Clinton in 2000. Trump’s speech was filled with misinformation, jabs at Democrats, and, more than anything, …

Major markets are continuing their downward plunge after President Donald Trump implemented steep tariffs against three of the country’s most important trade partners: China, Mexico, and Canada. The Dow Jones has fallen over 600 points in 24 hours, the NASDAQ briefly found itself near correction territory, and the S&P has …

Donald Trump has temporarily delayed the implementation of tariffs against Mexico and Canada after speaking to the leaders of both nations on Monday. The president made a show of detailing the supposed concessions made by the neighboring nations in order to gain his mercy — but most of the agreements …

Donald Trump has trained his sights on the closest geographical allies of the United States: Canada and Mexico. The president announced that he will impose 25 percent tariffs on both nations, a bewildering but sadly not surprising decision that is expected to cause the prices of an untold number of …