U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday paused new 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods exported to the United States for a month after speaking with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Sheinbaum said she would dispatch 10,000 National Guard troops to try to curb the flow of the deadly […]
One economist warned the tariffs would amount to the “largest tax increase… that has ever been imposed” on working-class families. The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched over the weekend by announcing sweeping new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China drew intense criticism from experts and analysts across the ideological spectrum, including those who believe […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is considering declaring a federal gas tax holiday and curbing some tariffs on imported Chinese goods to help Americans cope with the surging cost of consumer goods, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday. “President Biden wants to do anything he possibly can to help consumers,” Yellen told ABC’s “This Week” […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump expects a “successful meeting” Thursday in Ankara as his vice president and secretary of state push Turkey to halt its offensive in northeastern Syria. Meanwhile, Trump continues to reject that he is responsible for the operation meant to push Kurdish fighters from the border region. “If they […]