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Has Trump’s Tariff Fight Passed Its Peak?
Seen and heard, tariff edition “We have three airplanes that we had in China ready for delivery. I think we’ve got two of those already…
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Business
Nvidia and Other Chip Giants Are Caught in Trade War Crossfire
Nvidia and others are the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, as analysts press business leaders…
Business
Scott Bessent Is Not Our Economic Savior
It’s not clear that Bessent is in charge of other economic policies. Back in October, he told the Financial Times that he did not believe…
News
Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy
The traditional gathering of former Treasury secretaries to welcome a newly minted one into the fold is usually a lighthearted and…
Politics
Trump Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Trade Deal With the U.S.
A day after President Trump capitulated on his global reciprocal tariffs, he and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted that one…
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Who is Jillian Lauren? Wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner shot by police
Jillian Lauren, a bestselling author and the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot by Los Angeles police and later booked for…
Politics
Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’
For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to…
Politics
Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause
President Trump on Wednesday abruptly reversed course on steep global tariffs that have roiled markets, upset members of his own party and…
Politics
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Fired federal workers could fill factory jobs created under Trump
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing jobs by filling them with fired…
News
James C. Scott and the Art of Resistance
“In Praise of Floods” (Yale), a study of rivers by the late political scientist James C. Scott, arrives after a year of catastrophic…
Business
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend. There was plenty of anger, anxiety, frustration, and fear. Anger at President Trump for…
Politics
High Stakes and Lack of Details Add to Jitters About Trump Tariffs
What’s behind door No. 1? President Trump likes a big splash, and he’s not holding back for Wednesday’s introduction of reciprocal tariffs…
Politics
Trump Threatens Tariffs Against Countries That Buy Venezuelan Oil
President Trump said on Monday that he would crack down on countries that bought Venezuela’s oil by imposing tariffs on goods those…
Politics
U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by July, Analysis Finds
The United States could run out of cash to continue paying its bills by mid-July if Congress does not take action to raise or suspend the…
News
Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats…
Politics
Treasury Secretary Expected to Visit Kyiv
The first senior Trump administration official was expected to visit Ukraine, a day after Russia released an American prisoner in a…
Business
What Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Means
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two giant mortgage finance firms, have been controlled by the federal government for nearly 17 years, but a…
Politics
Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
In the days after President Trump took office, as Elon Musk’s team began pressing for access to the Treasury Department’s payments system,…
Politics
Fox News Adds Lara Trump as a Host
President Trump persuaded several Fox News hosts to leave the network and take up major roles in his administration. Now a Trump is…
Politics
What Is a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Trump’s Executive Order, Explained
While he was campaigning last fall, President Trump bemoaned the lack of a U.S.-backed investment fund and promised to create one. “Other…
Politics
Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global trading…
News
Scott Boras Was Reason Pete Alonso Never Received Yankees Interest: Report
With the MLB offseason winding down and spring training camps set to open for most teams in about two weeks, it seems a long time ago that…
Politics
Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the new…
Politics
Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a…