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Trump Ratchets Up Tariffs on China, Drawing Swift Response From Beijing
President Trump’s 10 percent tariff on all Chinese products went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the result of an executive order…
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‘60 Minutes’ Head Producer Says He Won’t Apologize Over Trump’s Lawsuit
The head of “60 Minutes” told the show’s staff on Monday that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit…
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Mexico and Canada Reach Last-Minute Deal With Trump to Avert Trade War
President Trump on Monday delayed his planned tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days after winning concessions from both countries to…
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U.S. Attorney Vows to Target Anyone Who Tries to Stop Elon Musk’s DOGE
Many of these Musk staffers are young people between 19 and 24, such as software engineer Akash Bobba, an undergraduate student at…
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CFPB Comes to a Halt as Trump Continues War on Federal Government
Many of these Musk staffers are young people between 19 and 24, such as software engineer Akash Bobba, an undergraduate student at…
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JD Vance Hit With Brutal Fact-Check on Trump and Mexico Tariffs
JD Vance tried to defend Donald Trump’s tariffs Monday with an X post claiming that Mexico gave in to Trump’s demands in order to stall…
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Trump Has Extreme New Demand for Ukraine If It Wants to See Any Aid
Trump is placing a new condition on aid to war-torn Ukraine: guaranteed access to Ukraine’s valuable rare minerals in exchange for…
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Trump’s Latest Executive Order Makes Absolutely No Sense
Donald Trump’s latest solution to salvage TikTok for U.S. consumers includes a sovereign wealth fund, though how it would be funded isn’t…
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After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe
Europe, you’re next. That’s the latest message from President Trump, who has repeatedly said in recent days that he would slap punitive…
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The EPA Just Locked Its Own Employees Out of Doing Their Jobs
Many of these Musk staffers are young people between 19 and 24, such as software engineer Akash Bobba, an undergraduate student at…
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The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
Economies in poorer countries with which USAID has partnered may also start to suffer. USAID works with governments, nongovernmental…
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Elon Musk Makes His Most Terrifying Power Grab Yet
Many of these Musk staffers are young people between 19 and 24, such as software engineer Akash Bobba, an undergraduate student at…
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The Worst Person Possible Just Took Over USAID
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he’s now in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development, just hours after…
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Trump’s Victory Lap on Mexico Tariffs Is a Giant Farce
Those products include groceries such as avocados, maple syrup, ground beef, cherry tomatoes, sugar, bananas, nuts, cooking oil, squash,…
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Trump’s Tariffs Go Too Far for Even This Senior Republican
Those products include groceries such as avocados, maple syrup, ground beef, cherry tomatoes, sugar, bananas, nuts, cooking oil, squash,…
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Stock Market Plummets as Trump’s Extreme Tariffs Take Effect
Those products include groceries such as avocados, maple syrup, ground beef, cherry tomatoes, sugar, bananas, nuts, cooking oil, squash,…
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Elon Musk’s Crusade to Shut Down USAID Suddenly Gets More Serious
Those products include groceries such as avocados, maple syrup, ground beef, cherry tomatoes, sugar, bananas, nuts, cooking oil, squash,…
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Weighing the Fallout From Trump’s Looming Trade War
What a weekend of headlines, from tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico to Elon Musk getting inside the Treasury Department’s payment…
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How the New Orleans Saints Helped the Catholic Church Handle a Sex-Abuse Scandal
The Archdiocese of New Orleans was facing a crisis. A sex-abuse scandal was bursting into public view, sending shock waves through the…
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Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter on Monday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding answers for why the…
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Panama Canal Fees Have Become a Flashpoint. Here’s Why They’ve Risen.
The cost of using the Panama Canal has risen in recent years — excessively so, President Trump has asserted. The canal operator says…
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One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
In May, the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, will meet the six Middle Eastern nations that make up the…
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Three Years After Ukraine Invasion, Europe Still Deals With Energy Crisis
At a newly built dock along Germany’s Elbe River, tankers from the United States unload liquefied natural gas to fuel factories and homes.…
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Global Markets Brace for Fallout From Trump Tariffs
Markets around the world braced for volatile trading on Monday as investors began to assess the potential fallout from President Trump’s…