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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Before Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s tariffs were expected to be a problem for markets and the economy, but a manageable one. So much for that idea. What happened instead is something worse…
A man checks his phone next to an electronic board showing stocks on the Heng Seng Index in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said “the market has spoken” following the U.S. imposition of sweeping new tariffs and called for the White House…
The seal of the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC on March 21, 2024. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images A New York federal judge on Friday ordered the jailing of convicted drug dealer and predatory lender Jonathan Braun, whose 10-year prison sentence was commuted in 2021 by President Donald Trump, after a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 4, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF fell on Friday to its biggest drop since March 2020, as President Donald Trump’s retaliatory tariffs raised fears of a global trade war and recession….
The production line for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is pictured at Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, November 18, 2021. Jason Redmond | Reuters President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariffs are set to drive up the cost of Boeing and Airbus planes, GE Aerospace engines, and hundreds of other aerospace and defense products,…
A customer shops for produce at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2025. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Shoppers will likely pay more for coffee, bananas, vanilla and toilet paper over the coming weeks as the Trump administration’s new tariffs go into effect. The U.S. plans to hike tariff rates on…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on, as President Donald Trump (not pictured) delivers remarks, in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters The Pentagon’s internal watchdog opened an investigation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using the Signal messaging app to discuss pending…
Vehicles seen on the lot of a Ford auto dealership in Montebello, California on April 1, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT — President Donald Trump‘s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles to the U.S. have taken effect, but the impacts of the new levies on investors and the global automotive industry…
U.S. President Donald Trump stands, after delivering remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Global markets, businesses and long-standing geopolitical relationships were thrown into disarray on Thursday, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy — and Europe was not…
King Penguins contemplating the snow on Heard Island, Antarctica. Vw Pics | Universal Images Group | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive and far-reaching “reciprocal tariffs” were signed into effect on Wednesday, hitting over 180 countries, ranging from major trading partners to remote islands. The newly elected White House leader unveiled a raft of…