Articles filed under Donald Trump
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no senseApr 03, 2025 7:55 pm - Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade d...
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Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to statesApr 03, 2025 4:36 pm - A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public healt...
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strikeApr 03, 2025 2:57 pm - The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlashApr 03, 2025 12:55 pm - President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.
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Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources sayApr 03, 2025 10:40 am - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffsApr 03, 2025 10:29 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar...
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Trump tariffs set to wipe out nearly $2 trillion from US stocksApr 03, 2025 8:26 am - Roughly $1.7 trillion is set to be erased from the S&P 500 Index when trading opens Thursday amid worries that President Donald Trump’s sweeping new round of tariffs could plunge the economy into a recession.
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Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake marketsApr 03, 2025 8:19 am - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.
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Musk setback in Wisconsin raises questions about his future roleApr 02, 2025 2:19 pm - The billionaire Tesla owner jumped fully into a hard-fought state election and suffered a major political rebuke.
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As Trump shakes trust in U.S., a hub for F-16 fighter jets braces for impactApr 02, 2025 9:00 am - Booming exports turned a South Carolina city into the “Global Home of the F-16.” Slipping foreign demand among angry allies could hurt that economic engine.