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What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Aug 01, 2025 3:50 pm - It’s been almost 100 years since the U.S. had tariffs at the level they could reach next Friday. Once President Donald Trump's planned tariffs take effect, Americans will...
US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL
Aug 01, 2025 3:17 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed America...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

By TED ANTHONY and KEVIN FREKING
Aug 01, 2025 3:07 pm - WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure...
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 01, 2025 1:52 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Wall Street slumps and bond yields sink following weak hiring numbers and new tariffs

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Aug 01, 2025 10:15 am - Stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply Friday after a weak report on hiring and the latest gyrations in U.S. trade policy shook Wall Street.
Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Aug 01, 2025 7:40 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration over running out of time after hitting Trump's Aug. 1 deadline for striking deals with America’s trading partners.
Trump calls on Federal Reserve board to wrest full control of central bank from Fed Chair Powell

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 01, 2025 7:30 am - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve's board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates.
Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 01, 2025 7:27 am - For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public.
Trump seeks to use Canada's recognition of Palestinian state as leverage in trade talks

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Jul 31, 2025 8:14 pm - WASHINGTON — Canada's announcement it will recognize a Palestinian state “will make it very hard” for the United States to reach a trade agreement with its northern neigh...
Dozens of countries with no deals face higher tariffs as trade deadline nears

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jul 31, 2025 5:39 pm - WASHINGTON — Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of much higher duties on their exports to the United States on Aug. 7, a potential blow to the gl...

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