Apr 03 Rubio tries to reassure wary NATO allies of U.S. commitment as Trump sends mixed signals By Matthew Lee, Lorne Cook, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO members of the U.S. commitment to the alliance. Continue reading
Apr 03 Trump’s tariff gamble is a race against potential voter backlash By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The White House is gambling that other countries will also suffer enough pain that they will open up their economies to more American exports, leading to negotiations that would reduce the tariffs imposed Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 03 Trump to fire several national security officials over concerns they’re not loyal to his agenda, AP reports By Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The people say Loomer made her case for the firings in an Oval Office meeting attended by Trump and other top officials. Continue reading
Apr 03 Worker rights agency chief signals shift of focus to Trump’s campaign to stamp out By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage, Associated Press The initial steps taking by Andrea Lucas, acting chief of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, have earned her backing from the Trump administration. Continue reading
Apr 03 5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports By Rod McGuirk, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted. Continue reading
Apr 03 Calls for global trade talks from countries around the globe as Trump tariffs cause worry By Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh, Associated Press The measured responses from key trading partners highlighted a lack of appetite for an outright trade war. Continue reading
Apr 03 Dow tumbles more than 1,600 the day after Trump’s major tariff announcement By Stan Choe, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 6:46 How Trump’s sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies By Amna Nawaz President Trump escalated trade wars with a new set of sweeping tariffs for about 60 countries. During a speech in the Rose Garden, the president declared a national economic emergency as the legal justification for the new tariffs. Trump says… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 8:33 What election results in Wisconsin and Florida tell us about voter sentiment By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens A trio of off-cycle election results show the president and his party losing political ground, even as they won two of the three races. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has a look at the message sent by voters in Wisconsin and… Continue watching
Apr 02 WATCH: Senate passes resolution to undo Trump’s Canada tariffs in rare Republican rebuke By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The Senate’s legislation has practically no chance of passing the Republican-controlled House and being signed by Trump, but it showed the limits of Republican support for Trump’s vision of remaking the U.S. economy by restricting free trade. Continue reading