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There’s ‘enough smoke’ for Congress to investigate possible insider trading on tariffs, Booker says
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) tells Meet the Press that Congress should look into whether insider trading took place after President Trump told supporters to buy stock before announcing a change of ...NBC News - 20h -
There’s ‘enough smoke’ for Congress to investigate possible insider trading on tariffs, Booker says
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) tells Meet the Press that Congress should look into whether insider trading took place after President Trump told supporters to buy stock before announcing a change of ...NBC News - 20h -
US trade representative defends administration’s tariff plan amid changes
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer defended the Trump administration’s tariff plan amid the changes to the original agenda. Greer joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where host ...The Hill - 16h -
57-year-old bridal store owner cuts own salary to handle Trump's China tariffs: 'I see a retail meteor heading towards' the U.S.
Penny Bowers-Schebal, owner of wedding dress shop Formality Bridal, says she cut her salary and must likely raise prices due to the President's tariffs on China.CNBC - 1d -
Tesla Halts Orders in China on U.S. Imported Models
An “order” button was removed from Tesla’s Chinese website after Beijing raised tariffs on U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s levies against the country.The New York Times - 2d -
Tesla Halts Orders in China on U.S. Imported Models
An “order” button was removed from Tesla’s Chinese website after Beijing raised tariffs on U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s levies against the country.The New York Times - 2d -
Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine ahead of deal with Russia
A Russian missile killed 34 people on Sunday in an attack that Trump described as "horrible" and "a mistake" and Germany called a war crime.BBC News - 3h -
China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants' social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more.Wired - 1d -
Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.The New York Times - 3d -
How one Maine high school became the center of Trump's war on trans student athletes
Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine, has become a focal point in Trump's crusade against transgender student athletes.NBC News - 3d -
How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.The New York Times - 5d -
Trump plans to stockpile deep-sea critical metals to counter China
US drafting order to collect ‘nodules’ from Pacific seabed for minerals used in battery supply chainsFinancial Times - 2d -
Why does Trump love those ‘beautiful’ tariffs? It didn’t start with China.
“Make America Great Again” longs for an America that can never be again.MarketWatch - 1d -
Will more people ride out a trade war with Netflix? The streamer’s results will offer clues.
With quarterly results due Thursday, analysts will be looking for signs of indirect impacts of tariffs on the streaming platform.MarketWatch - 9h -
What to Know About Who Pays the Higher Costs of Trump’s Tariffs
President Trump’s trade policies will make imports more expensive and calculating and paying the tariffs more complicated.The New York Times - 2d -
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steps Down Amid Strained Ties Under Trump
The departure may complicate the already delicate relationship between Washington and Kyiv, which has been stressed by President Trump’s efforts to end the war.The New York Times - 3d -
China’s exporters defy US ‘paper tiger’ as Beijing invokes Mao
Stoic defiance in ‘trinket town’ echoes Beijing’s insistence that nation can prevail against Donald Trump’s tariff blitzFinancial Times - 2d -
Democrats Widely Blast Trump’s Tariffs, but Not Tariffs Overall
While Democrats have widely criticized President Trump’s whipsawing trade strategy as chaotic, they’ve displayed little consensus on where the party stands on tariffs overall.The New York Times - 17h -
Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
Financial markets have been roiled since President Trump imposed stiff tariffs on China, where Apple and other tech companies make many of their products.CNBC - 1d -
Trump tariffs bring Democrat disagreements to surface
President Trump’s tariffs are putting Democrats in a challenging political position as they decide how strongly to denounce his trade policy. Democrats have pounced on Trump’s tariffs in recent ...The Hill - 18h -
Fed Under Pressure as Inflation Expectations Surge
A new survey from the University of Michigan shows consumers souring sharply on the economic outlook as the trade war heats up.The New York Times - 2d -
UK drivers brace for luxury British car price hike
A global trade war could mean higher prices for some models on both sides of the AtlanticFinancial Times - 2d -
Dealmaking genius or boy who cried wolf? Trump’s trade retreat sows doubts
Nothing is certain under this president – as seen in the inconsistent implementation of tariffs. And it has a longer-term economic cost. Minutes after Donald Trump unveiled a climbdown on tariffs ...The Guardian - 2d -
Democrats rail against Apple after Trump unveils electronic tariff exemption
Democrats slammed the Trump administration for allegedly favoring sector-specific companies by giving them the ability to bypass the fallout from new trade policy with a Saturday exemption of ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Trade Deal With the U.S.
The administration says foreign governments are racing to the United States to negotiate, but exactly which countries might strike a deal — and over what — remains unclear.The New York Times - 3d -
Warren Urges S.E.C. to Investigate Trading Around Trump’s Tariff Pause
The president told his social media followers it was a “GREAT TIME TO BUY” hours before announcing a reversal on tariffs that sent markets soaring.The New York Times - 2d -
Senate daylight saving time hearing: "Stuck with this since World War I"
President Trump has suggested he supports eliminating daylight saving time, although he's also called it a "50/50 issue."CBS News - 2d -
Navarro says Trump has '90 deals in 90 days possibly pending here'
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro projected confidence in President Trump’s approach to tariffs, saying in a Sunday interview there’s potential for the president to strike numerous trade ...The Hill - 18h -
Trump adviser Peter Navarro says ‘we’re great’ after Elon Musk calls him ‘moron’
‘I’ve been called worse,’ says top trade adviser after Musk said he was a ‘moron’ and ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’. Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser to Donald Trump, said he and Elon Musk ...The Guardian - 18h -
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Putin in Russia
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff is part of negotiations for a Ukraine war ceasefire, the White House said.CBS News - 2d -
White House unveils new exemptions on some Trump tariffs
The White House has revealed new exemptions for some of President Trump's tariffs, specifically for electronics like smartphones and computers assembled in China. NBC News' Maggie Vespa has more.NBC News - 1d -
Stephen Miller: Trump 'saving the West from complete economic domination'
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said on Sunday that President Trump’s recent steps on tariffs are preventing China from achieving “complete economic domination” on the world stage. ...The Hill - 13h -
Relief at a Trade Hub on the Southern Border, but No End to Its Unease
In an industrial district in Texas and New Mexico, companies welcomed President Trump’s tariff exemptions for Mexico, but concern and confusion linger.The New York Times - 3d -
Relief at a Trade Hub on the Southern Border, but No End to Its Unease
In an industrial district in Texas and New Mexico, companies welcomed President Trump’s tariff exemptions for Mexico, but concern and confusion linger.The New York Times - 3d -
The last grand strategists: what Brzezinski and Kissinger could teach Trump
Living parallel lives, they counselled presidents and changed the course of the cold war. How would they steer America today?Financial Times - 2d -
Trump exempts smartphones from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs after market rout
Dispensation is first sign of softening of levies against China and provides a big boost for AppleFinancial Times - 1d -
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
It follows concerns that tech prices could skyrocket, as many gadgets are made in China, with the US president saying he will give more detail on Monday.BBC News - 1d -
Trump’s Tariffs Leave No Safe Harbor for American Importers
For companies that have shifted factory production from China to other countries, the latest tariffs have undermined their strategy while sowing paralysis.The New York Times - 5h -
Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to reverse his position, arguing that the risk of war with the United States and the worsening economic crisis could topple the regime.The New York Times - 2d